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WHERE SCIENCE LEADS: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PENN NURSING
$77.8
MILLION RAISED
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2,265 $5M
4,000
DONORS PARTICIPATED
FIRST-TIME DONORS TO PENN NURSING
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GIFTS — THE LARGEST IN PENN NURSING’S HISTORY — RECEIVED
RAISED NEARLY
$25M
$15M
IN NEW GIFTS TO OUR ENDOWMENT
IN SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS
IN A PROFESSIONAL CAREER SPENT STUDYING HEALTHCARE TRANSITIONS, I CANNOT REMEMBER A MORE EXCITING TIME.
SOME TRANSITIONS, such as shifts in public policy, have been gradual, while others, such as rapidly emerging technology, feel more immediate. We are living in a moment when the magnitude of transition tips the balance into transformation. As leaders in the profession, we are undergoing a transformation of our own, reshaping the practice of nursing based on a shared and ambitious vision. To fund this vision, we turned to you. The success of Where Science Leads, our six-year, $77.8 million campaign, has strengthened, energized and inspired us. More than 4,000 of you joined us in investing more than $73.5 million in Penn Nursing’s future and enabling us to answer a challenge from the Kresge Foundation that pushed us past our $75 million goal.
We are attracting the best and brightest students and the most inspiring and productive faculty. Applications to the School continue to grow, and thanks to our donors, we are making a Penn Nursing education more affordable to exceptional students from all backgrounds. Our gifted faculty are advancing science, redefining nursing practice and transforming policies through well-tested, innovative programs. We have configured a green, welcoming, state-of-the-art building that strengthens our community and enhances the experiences of students, faculty and staff alike.
What difference has your support made? We are transforming nursing education and practice. Penn Nursing has a strong local and global presence in educating future leaders, advancing nursing science and responding to the most pressing health challenges.
The stories that follow showcase how your generosity is changing the face of our school, our profession, our community and our world. Because you have done your part, we can do ours. Thank you for joining in our mission.
We successfully combine our strengths to work across disciplines, attacking complex problems such as reducing violence in the inner city, sustaining quality of care for an increasingly aging and chronically ill population, and enhancing wellness for the most vulnerable of populations. Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing
Support for Students OUR CAMPAIGN CREATED OR RENEWED 40 TERM AND ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS, PROVIDING ALMOST $15M IN SUPPORT FOR FUTURE LEADERS WHO COULD NOT ATTEND PENN NURSING WITHOUT IT. INVESTING IN A PENN NURSING STUDENT yields excellent returns. Our superbly prepared graduates lead at the bedside as well as in the boardroom. They serve in the highest levels of government, as chief nursing officers in large healthcare organizations and as faculty and researchers in the world’s top universities. Never satisfied with the status quo, they direct research, strive to improve bedside care, and mentor the next generation of nurse scientists. We are proud to report that Where Science Leads raised almost $15 million for student support. Your generosity means that every student with the ability and the passion to pursue a Penn Nursing degree can earn one, regardless of their financial resources. With your help, we are producing the young men and women who will lead the next healthcare revolution and the evidence-based programs whose results will influence policy and make our systems even more effective and accessible.
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Pursuing His Passion “My passion is helping people in emergencies,” says Jake Bevilacqua, Nu‘09, GNu‘13. That passion was in evidence less than ten days after Haiti’s devastating earthquake. Jake was in Port-au-Prince, one of a group of volunteers helping to stabilize and transport the gravely injured to clinics and hospitals. The pace and demands of Haiti’s densely populated urban environment were not unfamiliar to Jake. He credits the Hillman/Penn Scholars program with putting him on a path that enables him to help under pressure. While at Penn Nursing, Jake co-founded the Penn Medical Emergency Response Team to respond to campus emergencies until city ambulances could arrive. Five years later, the team is still an active part of campus safety and leadership. “My scholarship allowed me to come to Penn Nursing and to do my senior clinical in the burn unit at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, where I work today. More importantly, Penn Nursing allowed me to meet really inspirational people who helped me discover the impact I can have on the rest of the world.” Even today, Penn Nursing is never far away. Jake met the group of medical volunteers that he joined in Haiti while working in New York City with at least ten fellow Hillman/Penn Scholars alumni.
Innovative Gifts Energize the Civic Fellows Program Sandy Samberg, Nu‘94, GNu’95, was in the second class of Hillman/Penn Scholars, a unique program where students, in exchange for tuition support, commit to doing their clinical rotations and two years of direct patient care in New York City. As she traveled to and from her rotations at New York University Hospital, Sandy had the opportunity to meet her benefactor, Rita Hillman. “I soaked up every bit of her knowledge, wisdom and passion for nursing,” recalls Sandy. “Listening to her talk was truly inspirational; she left a lifelong impression about the power of philanthropy.” Sandy put her memories to good use when she became active with the Nurse-Family Partnership, a national home-visitation program that introduces low-income, first-time mothers to caring maternal and child-health nurses. When Sandy learned of the Nurse-Family Partnership’s struggles to recruit and retain qualified nurses, an idea came to mind. “What better way to honor Rita Hillman’s legacy than to create a scholarship program at Penn Nursing?” She and her husband Joe took advantage of an incredible scholarship matching program — the Penn Nursing Civic Fellows Challenge Grants — to double the size of their gift and support a student who makes a commitment to a one-year post-graduation work
experience with the Nurse-Family Partnership in New York. Meanwhile, another Penn Nursing graduate, Mary “Molly” Love, CW’74, Nu’81, GNu’84, and her husband, Adrian Castelli, C’76, who had their own interest in supporting scholarships for community impact, learned about the Sambergs’ gift and created a similar scholarship through the Civic Fellows Challenge linked to the Nurse-Family Partnership in Philadelphia. Four more Civic Fellows matching opportunities remain. If our recent campaign is any indication, this thoughtful, socially conscious way of giving will inspire our community in ways we can’t begin to imagine.
“Rita Hillman was an inspiration to me. I feel honored to have had the opportunity to learn from her. While she may not be here to see this program launch, I’m confident that she would be proud to know that her influence continues to spread and to have an impact on so many lives.” Sandy Samberg, Nu‘94, GNu‘95
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Support for Faculty STELLAR FACULTY ARE PENN NURSING’S GREATEST ASSET. THEY NURTURE TOMORROW’S NURSE SCIENTISTS, ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND PROMOTE INNOVATION. OUR FACULTY’S RESEARCH defines the course of healthcare practice around the globe. Their leading-edge science translates to transformed care at the bedside. The students they educate will become nursing’s leaders. With your help, the campaign raised more than $16.5 million for faculty, including two fully endowed chairs, and a Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) professorship shared between Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing focused on health behaviors.
“The endowment of academic chairs, the work of the faculty holding these chairs, and the promise of the students they educate all lead to excellence in nursing science and improved quality of care for all. Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing
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Celebrating Faculty Who Drive Change As a Washington, D.C., critical care nurse in the 1970s, Therese S. Richmond, GRN‘95, PhD, FAAN, CRNP, realized that she needed to do something about gun violence. “In our society, we have chosen to live with guns,” says Richmond. “Given that choice, we need to focus on reducing the negative impact of guns in our lives.”
Richmond’s bold contributions don’t stop there. She is currently studying why some children in violent neighborhoods succeed while others do not. “The biomedical model alone does not account for it,” says Richmond. “The social determinants of health are messy and complex. We need to chip away at them until we understand the whole picture.”
As an academic, Richmond responded with a broadbased program of interdisciplinary research that helped position Penn as an unbiased expert on the factors that lead to gun violence. In 1997, she joined with C. William Schwab, MD, chief of Penn’s Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, to found the Firearm Injury Center at Penn (FICAP), where she works with an interdisciplinary team to create safer communities by reducing injury and its repercussions for individuals and communities.
As a result of the campaign, Richmond was appointed as the first Andrea B. Laporte Term Endowed Chair of Nursing. “Statements of success are important in our field,” says Richmond. “The term chair is not only an honor of which I am very proud, it validates the importance of the work we do. But even more important than that is the additional support it provides for research and the way that those resources power my thinking, my scholarship and my ability to have an impact through the work I do.” “Two things make teaching at Penn Nursing transformational. The first is our ability to take risks and to be entrepreneurial. We’re constantly trying to do new things. The second is the seamless integration of our roles as clinicians, educators and researchers. All three are so palpably real here.” Therese S. Richmond, GRN‘95, PhD, FAAN, CRNP Andrea B. Laporte Term Endowed Associate Professor of Nursing Penn Nursing: Care to Change the World
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Translating Research into Practice PENN NURSING IS PIONEERING THE CONCEPT OF PRIVATELY FUNDED NURSING RESEARCH CENTERS. AT A TIME when our entire healthcare system is being reconsidered and redesigned, your support puts us at the epicenter of change, providing answers in critical areas, such as caring for the chronically ill. We continue to rank among the top tier of nursing schools in garnering NIH funding. The impressive scholarly productivity of our nursing centers is reflected in a recent National Institute of Nursing Research report which notes that five of a total of 10 “Landmark Nursing Research Studies” were led by current and former faculty at Penn. Ultimately, our research is changing care, influencing policy, improving lives and revitalizing communities here in the U.S. and around the world.
“The NewCourtland Center endowment shows how the campaign has made a difference, here at Penn Nursing and around the world, and has positioned us to produce science for impact.” Mary D. Naylor, GNu‘73, GR‘82, PhD, FAAN, RN Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology; Director of NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health
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A Landmark Endowment: The NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health As America ages, the incidence of chronic disease rises and frail elders who live alone are poorly prepared to cope with the necessary — and often repeat — transitions between home, hospital and skilled nursing facility. Healthcare delivery becomes fragmented as myriad specialists communicate with the patient but not with each other. Coordination of care is a big problem, and nurses provide a big piece of the solution. The NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health is a groundbreaking hub for research, education and policy related to the complex needs of people with chronic illnesses. “We believe that the Center’s research will prove what we’ve known instinctively: that with the right people and systems in place, we can really affect outcomes. And nurses are the right people,” says Gail Kass, President and Chief Executive Officer of NewCourtland, one of the region’s largest providers of senior care. NewCourtland’s $5 million investment is only the second gift of its size ever awarded to the School. A separate $1 million gift established the Kass Endowed Scholarship program in gerontological nursing.
The NewCourtland Center’s goal is to improve health outcomes by better understanding the effects of transitions on patients, families, organizations and society. It’s a place where experts from multiple disciplines come together to solve the problems inherent in caring for the chronically ill. “Inadequate care coordination is a pressing societal challenge,” says NewCourtland Center Director Mary Naylor, GNu‘73, GR‘82, PhD, FAAN, RN, Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology. “We have the opportunity to develop innovative, cost-effective solutions to minimize the effects of a growing epidemic of chronic illness.” The potential impact? A reduction in the rate of hospital readmissions, speedier recovery times and a lighter burden on families and friends.
“Our investment in Penn Nursing reflects our faith and confidence that they will be the ones to change the face of healthcare moving forward. The NewCourtland Center’s research will help us improve the quality of life of those we serve while equipping those who serve them with innovative tools to provide the highest quality of care.” Gail Kass President and Chief Executive Officer, NewCourtland
Pictured from left to right: Elizabeth Gemmill, Gail Kass, Afaf Meleis and Mary Naylor
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A Transformational Renovation THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT, ROUGHLY 75 PERCENT OF CLAIRE M. FAGIN HALL HAS BEEN RENOVATED, CREATING NEW SPACE AND NEW EXPERIENCES FOR ALL THOSE WHO ENTER OUR DOORS. NOWHERE IS THE SUCCESS of Where Science Leads more apparent than in the transformation of Claire M. Fagin Hall from a maze of disjointed walls, floors and departments to a newly renovated building that is much like Penn Nursing’s former dean: organized, innovative, welcoming, and beautiful inside and out. “Green” and forward-looking, the building stands as testament to a remarkable scholar and leader while nurturing extraordinary nursing teaching and research within its walls. In 2003, we saw how renovations to our building could transform our program and our community. In this campaign, we raised approximately $24 million for renovations that accommodate 21st-century teaching and learning, and that integrate space for education, research and social interaction. Top-notch facilities help attract and retain the brightest students and faculty, and with its re-envisioned public and private spaces, the building is raising Penn Nursing’s visibility inside and outside the University community.
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Intelligently Designed Space, Advanced Laboratories, Cutting-edge Classrooms For Joseph Libonati, PhD, the decision to join the faculty at Penn Nursing was easy once he saw the lab at Penn Nursing’s Center for Biobehavioral Research. “This beautiful facility with state-of-theart technology signaled that Penn Nursing is serious about biobehavioral research,” says Libonati. “It’s important for my own work, and it also gives nursing students access to the basic research and concepts they will apply in nursing practice.”
“Nursing students’ ability to participate in research is very powerful. Instead of just reading about it, they are able to see how it is done and do it themselves. This new lab space provides students with life- and career-changing opportunities to understand and even shape research.”
Penn Nursing’s new lab space reflects the ways in which today’s nursing scholarship is increasingly tied to basic research in the fields of physiology, nutrition, metabolism, neuroscience, biochemistry and genetics. State-of-the-art equipment enables faculty members and doctoral students to conduct interdisciplinary research, and keeps Penn Nursing ahead of the curve. The lab also puts the School in a stronger position to compete for NIH grants, makes Nursing faculty more viable partners in interdisciplinary research within the University, and offers appropriate faculty lab space within the Nursing building, something that has not always been possible in the past and which has a definitive impact in recruiting and retaining cuttingedge faculty. “We’re not finished by any means,” says Libonati. “We have an incredible facility with enormous future potential, which will no doubt increase our ability to get outside funding. But we still need investment in this beautiful work in progress.”
Joseph R. Libonati, PhD Assistant Professor of Nursing
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Places to Connect and Engage Mark and Ann Baiada know how environments can affect care and learning. Mark, a member of the Penn Nursing Board of Overseers since 2001, is the founder of Bayada Nurses, the region’s most successful home healthcare company. Ann, a certified rehabilitation registered nurse, manages Bayada Nurses’ rehabilitation nursing program, BayadAbility. When Dean Meleis called their attention to the less-than-inviting entryway that was Penn Nursing’s doorway to the world, the Baiadas saw the opportunity to help transform a community. Their generous lead gift enabled a significant redesign of the entrance, including an ADA-compliant path into the building to increase accessibility for persons with physical disabilities.
“Nursing is the face of healthcare,” says Ann, “and Penn Nursing needed a better face.” Today, Bayada Plaza is a welcoming, natural oasis of green bisected by a path inscribed with inspirational messages. For Ann, this was the most meaningful part of the collaboration. “Our goal was to connect those who walk through the plaza with the meaning and purpose of the School.” Says Mark, “We’re proud to support Nursing at Penn. Since we’ve known it, the School has been on a tireless upward trajectory. They’re never satisfied. They’re always trying to do more.” At Penn Nursing, the feeling is mutual: the Baiadas’ transformation of Penn Nursing’s public face is a contribution that will be felt for generations.
“Penn Nursing is so important to the future of the profession. We need the liberally educated nurse more than ever. We need broad-minded people who can innovate and adapt to change. Those are the future leaders that Penn Nursing provides.” Mark Baiada Founder and President, Bayada Nurses
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“From West Philadelphia to São Paolo to Lagos, women share common health-related challenges, from diabetes to physical security. If we attack these issues in a comprehensive way, we can make a difference for a lot of people.” Dean Kehler, W‘79 Vice Chair, Penn Nursing Board of Overseers
Support for Programs PENN NURSING’S BROAD-BASED, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO PROGRAMS TAKES ON THE WORLD’S GREATEST CHALLENGES AND ALWAYS LOOKS FOR NEW WAYS TO ENABLE COLLABORATION ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY’S 12 SCHOOLS AND AROUND THE WORLD. A CENTER OF CURRICULAR INNOVATION throughout our history, we bring a breadth and depth of expertise in virtually every field of nursing and offer endless possibilities for joint- and dual-degree programs. With our deep commitment to co-curricular programming, Penn Nursing offers one of the most forward-looking intellectual environments available to nurses.
The Where Science Leads campaign has delivered change-making support to programs that deliver care to people and places in need, break new intellectual ground and serve as models to change practice and policy. Thanks to your support, the campaign raised more than $22 million in support for research and programs, including corporate and foundation grants, support for the LIFE program, and other Penn Nursing priorities such as urban women’s health.
“Penn has a long history of crossing boundaries in the pursuits of knowledge, understanding and service, and we intend to take our leadership in this area to a whole new level." Amy Gutmann, HOM‘04 University of Pennsylvania President
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Pictured from left to right: Marjorie A. Muecke, Anne Teitelman and Jeane Ann Grisso
Taking on the Big Challenges For the first time in history, more than half the world’s people live in cities. And more than half of those people are women. “Hope is with the women,” states Jeane Ann Grisso, MD, MSCE, Professor of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing. “Urban women's health is incredibly important, not just for women but for families, and even for the stability of entire societies. Women are powerful agents of economic development around the world.” Penn Nursing is tackling this issue head-on, with help from across the University and across the world. The work began in earnest several years ago, when Penn Nursing Overseer Dean Kehler helped to launch the Urban Women’s Health Initiative (UWHI), a program committed to exposing the unique health issues facing urban women. Kehler’s extraordinary $1.6 million gift to Penn Nursing has already funded a groundbreaking think tank and helped to bring scores of the world’s leading experts on women’s health, urbanization and the environment to Penn Nursing for the April 2010 conference, Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives. Longer-term plans call for a chair in urban women’s health — a position that will enable the School to recruit an exceptional teacher-scholar to lead the initiative and to begin to build the breadth and depth so essential to its success. “This is a vital step if we are to move forward,” says Kehler, who hopes his commitment to Penn Nursing will encourage others to support this effort.
“The opportunities and vulnerabilities women in cities experience are extraordinary,” says Marjorie A. Muecke, PhD, RN, FAAN, Assistant Dean for Global Health Affairs and Associate Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing & Midwifery Leadership. “And Penn Nursing’s answer to these challenges is pathbreaking both theoretically and conceptually. From our strong emphasis on innovative study abroad programs for our students to becoming a site of convergence for scholars who work on these issues worldwide, we’re leading the way towards solutions.” “Nurses are in a unique position to address global health, from both the scholarly and practical angles. We’ve always been cross-disciplinary. We’ve always thought about how to apply what we know. Now we’re able to share that framework on the world stage, and we’ve got a head start.” Anne Teitelman, PhD, CRNP Assistant Professor of Nursing “This is the most ambitious place I’ve ever been. The vision, the passion, the way of bringing together phenomenal people, of mentoring...I’ve never seen anything like it.” Jeane Ann Grisso, MD, MSCE Professor of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing Penn Nursing: Care to Change the World
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Leaders with Vision A Partner in Progress When Carol Ware Gates, Nu‘73, graduated from Penn Nursing, she knew she wanted to make a difference not only in the lives of her patients, but also in the life of the School that took her interest in caring to a new level. She saw her opportunity in 2003 with the launch of the Where Science Leads campaign. From the first day, Carol positioned herself as a strategic partner. She made lead campaign gifts that drove support for the renovation of Claire M. Fagin Hall and qualified the School for the Kresge Challenge. She spearheaded funding for a collaborative conference on Alzheimer’s disease. She established the Marjorie O. Rendell Endowed Professorship in Healthy Transitions to answer the call for faculty support. She even carried the School over the campaign finish line through the creation of graduate-level scholarships in mental health nursing.
Carol embodies the loyalty and commitment that characterize so many of the dedicated alumni and friends who make up our Penn Nursing family: “I really believe in all of the different programs that make Penn Nursing a leader in healthcare,” she said. “That’s what you need to sustain and drive a great organization forward — great programs, great leaders and great potential to make a difference. For me, that’s why Penn Nursing will always be closest to my heart.”
“Carol’s involvement has been transformational — offering her strategic vision, incredible enthusiasm and generosity to help Penn Nursing make a true difference in saving and improving lives. As a longtime board member, volunteer, leader and inspiration, she has shaped our school, raised our visibility and embodied the phrase ‘Care to Change the World.’“ Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing 14
FROM 2003 – 2009, the Where Science Leads campaign helped to build an unprecedented foundation for Penn Nursing education, leadership and discovery. The vision of leaders and supporters, and particularly that of our School of Nursing Board of Overseers, has put the School on a path to preeminence. We thank our past and current Overseers for the critical role they have played in building the momentum, strategy and support that is paying dividends today. “Back then it was already a good school, but our leaders could also see great things for our future. They wanted to make this a preeminent school of nursing to produce the best caregivers and continue the University’s tradition of scholarly excellence and innovation.” Peggy Mainwaring, ED‘47, HON‘85 Board Chair from Jan. 1979 – 1991 “The faculty, who were then and still are an incredible group of professionals, were so dedicated to taking research and translating it into the community. So many things we were doing were unorthodox because many people saw nurses as those bedside attendants. But our faculty and students were serious scientists, researchers and professionals.”
Special Thanks We also extend a special thanks to those whose vision, leadership and stewardship have helped Penn Nursing move ever more confidently into a brighter and brighter future: Pedie Killebrew, CW‘61, and Andie Laporte, Nu‘69 Where Science Leads Campaign Co-Chairs Rosemarie B. Greco Chair, Penn Nursing Board of Overseers Dean Kehler, W‘79 Vice Chair, Penn Nursing Board of Overseers The Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell, CW‘69 Immediate past Chair, Penn Nursing Board of Overseers Peggy Mainwaring, ED‘47, HON‘85, and Vivian Piasecki Former Penn Nursing Board of Overseers Chairs
Vivian Piasecki Board Chair from 1991 – 1999 “Penn Nursing has always pushed the bounds of possibility, and I was fortunate to witness the birth of the Living Independently For Elders (LIFE) program, which continues to be a hallmark of our relationship with the community. This is Penn Nursing at its best — integrating innovative care, education and research to improve lives.” The Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell, CW‘69 Board Chair from 1999 – 2008 “What could be more powerful than a community coming together in historic support of advancing healthcare? That’s the continuing impact of the Where Science Leads campaign — a defining effort that has taken Penn Nursing to a new level, ensuring the preparation of professional leaders, the translation of nursing science and impact around the world.” Rosemarie B. Greco Board Chair from 2008 – present
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THE KRESGE FOUNDATION’S CHALLENGE TO PENN NURSING WAS SIMPLE BUT SIGNIFICANT. IF WE COULD COME WITHIN $1.5 MILLION OF OUR $75 MILLION WHERE SCIENCE LEADS CAMPAIGN GOAL BY DECEMBER 31, 2009, KRESGE WOULD CONTRIBUTE THE REST. THIS OPPORTUNITY came our way as a result of Penn Nursing’s historic commitment to putting research into practice, our focus on nursing’s impact both locally and globally. Kresge awards, typically made as challenge grants, recognize institutions that innovate, collaborate and can show the impact of their work.
Hundreds of Penn Nursing faculty, staff, alumni and friends posed for pictures that proudly proclaimed ‘I joined!’ A Kresge Challenge website shared who else had given, from Ed Rendell to the Phillie Phanatic. In December 2009 alone, 800 donors supported the School, an increase of more than 125 percent over previous years.
So when the Kresge Challenge emerged, 2,035 people in our community heeded the call.
Thanks to you, we met the Kresge Challenge, receiving a $1.5 million grant that supported our state-of-the-art renovations and pushed our campaign total to more than $77 million.
“We are proud to have been recognized by the Kresge Foundation as an institution dedicated to making an impact in local communities and in communities throughout the world.” Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing
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A Future Transformed IN JULY 2003 PENN NURSING BEGAN AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF NURSING. Our goal was to lead the profession toward better health outcomes, improved quality of life and solutions to healthcare’s most challenging problems. We asked you to invest in the care that is changing the world today and in shaping the nurse scientists who will change it tomorrow. Thank you to all of our leaders, faculty, staff, alumni and friends who recognized our excellence, commitment, and determination to improve healthcare in every way that nurses can and bring Penn Nursing’s solutions to the world.
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Office of Development and Alumni Relations Claire M. Fagin Hall 418 Curie Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217 www.nursing.upenn.edu/giving 215-898-4841
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