ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SUSTAINING PARTNERS

Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life Grane Healthcare and SeniorLIFE

DONORS

Anonymous Edward R. Book & Inga Scheyer Book Marie Boltz Centre Foundation Barbara H. Conforti & Peter M. Conforti Mimi U. Coppersmith Donna M. and James Fick Donald Ford Nikki Hill Ying-Ling Jao Ann Kolanowski & Leon Kolanowski Susan I. Kukik David Maneval Stanley P. Mayers, Jr., & Patricia Mayers Ann L. McCracken Paula F. Milone-Nuzzo & Joseph Nuzzo Barbara Palmer Kimberly VanHaitsma

SPONSORS

Alzheimer's Association, Greater PA Chapter Centre Crest Centre HomeCare, Inc. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital Foxdale Village Grane Healthcare Juniper Village at Brookline Mount Nittany Health Harmony at State College The Village at Penn State

SUPPORT OUR WORK

Our work is made possible by generous supporters like you. Gifts of any size help us to continue to improve the healthcare and quality of life for older adults through innovative and integrated educational programming, rigorous clinical and translational research, and community outreach. Donations can be made online: raise.psu.edu/CGNE; or mail to Penn State College of Nursing, Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, 201 Nursing Sciences Building, University Park, PA 16801.

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RAISE.PSU.EDU/CGNE

As our CGNE Leadership Team looks ahead to the rest of 2020 and beyond, we have spent much of the past academic year engaged in significant dialogue and processes that have enabled us to update our strategic plan. By September 1, 2020 our plan will be polished with specific action steps, timeline, and other details that will guide our work for the next several years. Under the important lens of our vision and mission, and in alignment with our college and university’s strategic plan, the CGNE major strategic goals include the following:

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5. Strengthen gerontological education at Penn State College of Nursing, emphasizing recruitment of students who specialize in gerontology into graduate (PhD) programs. Continue to enhance and expand our investment in the development of research, scholarship and innovation. Increase the gerontological collaborative, internally and externally – among faculty, students, health care providers and organizations, visiting scholars, and state, national, and international organizations. Inform policy related to quality of care and life for older adults on local, statewide, and national levels. Increase visibility and understanding of our center with internal and external audiences and stakeholders.