Carroll Community College
Convocation 2009, No. 44




Contents

Academic Year Opens with Significant Enrollment Increase

President’s Column

PTK Members Complete Outdoor Beautification Project

College Receives Grant to Fund Nursing Program Spring Admission

Scholarship Recipient Expresses Thanks

Strategic Initiatives for FY2010

Rainforest Diaries: A Chronicle of a Student Service Trip to Puerto Rico

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College Receives
Grant to Fund Nursing Program Spring Admission

Carroll Community College has received a grant from the state of Maryland for $1,115,279 which will allow the nursing program to accept students in the spring semester. Previously, new students have only been accepted in the fall. Admitting students in the spring allows the program to expand, with the anticipation of increasing the annual number of graduates.

The Nurse Support Program II (NSP II) grant is from the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) and the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC). The college received notification of the award in May and the grant was effective on July 1, 2009.

The goal of NSP II is to increase the number of bedside nurses in Maryland hospitals. NSP II focuses on expanding the capacity to educate nurses. HSCRC has contracted with MHEC to administer NSP II.

College President Dr. Faye Pappalardo said, “The grant is an indicator of the high quality of our nursing program, and it will be a significant contributor to growing the number of students who enter the nursing profession.”

“We are thrilled to be able to use grant funds to expand our nursing program,” said Dr. James Ball, vice president of Academic and Student Affairs. “We are truly grateful for the NSP II grant as it will enable the college to gradually take on the full cost of program expansion. This is an unprecedented five-year funding opportunity.”

“In spring, 2010, the college will be accepting 32 additional students into the nursing program,” said Nursing Director Nancy Perry. “Every year thereafter, the college will accept 40 additional students.”

The grant largely supports new faculty, for whom the hiring process is underway. “Each year, the grant gradually phases out and the college assumes 20 percent of the cost so that by the sixth year after the initial grant, the college becomes wholly responsible for the costs of educating the additional nursing students,” said Dean of Mathematics, Business, and Sciences Judy Coen.

The grant will also fund half the cost of a high-fidelity birth simulator mannequin, while the college Foundation will provide the remaining funds to purchase the mannequin.

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