UDM College of Health Professions receives Michigan Nursing Corp Grant

The critical shortage of nurses and educational faculty is both a public health concern and an economic development opportunity for Michigan. The focus of the Michigan Nursing Corps award is to help increase the number of educational and clinical nursing faculty and reduce the long wait periods currently experienced by nursing students.

Dean of the College of Health Professions Suzanne Mellon, PhD, RN, received the award last month by the State of Michigan's Department of Community Health and the Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

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The University of Detroit Mercy is Michigan's largest private Catholic University, offering approximately 100 majors and programs in 60 academic fields. Sponsored by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, the University has three campuses located in downtown and northwest Detroit.

UDM was ranked among the top tier of Midwestern master's universities in U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" – 2009 edition.  UDM was also rated one of the top 15 institutions in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category.

Publish date: July 14, 2008