Giving YOUR GIFTS SUPPORT FUTURE AND CURRENT NURSES
We believe every patient deserves a UCF educated nurse, and we are committed to touching lives, leading by example and making a difference in nursing care.
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hile preparing nurses and scholars for diverse health care and leadership roles, the UCF College of Nursing is focused on the future of health care. Students receive a high quality education grounded in evidence-based practice. It is the college’s goal to reshape nursing practice and improve patient outcomes by investing in students and their nursing education. Your gift to the UCF College of Nursing To discuss a philanthropic ensures that we can prepare the next generation investment in our future of nursing leaders. Gifts of all amounts help to nurse leaders or ways advance the college and its priorities. Annual to get involved, please and endowed gifts have allowed our students contact me at: and faculty to purchase equipment and supplies PHONE for teaching through the Community Nursing 407.823.1600 Coalitions, expand student simulation training, EMAIL support students on a medical mission trip katiek@ucf.edu to the Dominican Republic, support faculty members with their research efforts and establish new scholarships to assist with tuition, lab fees and books. These are just a few examples of the many areas that have been impacted by the support from alumni, friends, community members, foundations and organizations over the past year.
Through your philanthropic investment in the College of Nursing, we can: • Continue to keep the nursing program affordable through endowed scholarships and other forms of private support • Attract and retain top faculty researchers and scholars • Provide funding for programs that allow our graduates to shape the future of health care on the local, national and global levels Katie Korkosz, MS
Director of Development
THE NEED FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING
70%
= 20 Applicants
of Nursing applicants did not receive a scholarship due to lack of funds.
320 students applied for scholarships and only 95 were able to be funded. That’s a 30% funding rate. 28 | FALL 2015 | nursing.ucf.edu
Ways to Give JOIN THE KNIGHTINGALE SOCIETY Founded in 2007 and named in honor of Florence Nightingale, the revered mother of modern nursing, the Knightingale Society provides donors with the opportunity to invest in nursing at UCF. With the university’s mascot being the Knight, it only seemed appropriate to link UCF’s nursing society to her name with a “K.” Annual contributions of $1,000 or more will help the college lead the way in health care and provide scholarship funds to support our students. SUPPORT NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS An endowed scholarship is a gift that the College of Nursing holds into perpetuity. Endowed scholarships can honor classmates, faculty members, caregivers and relatives who have impacted your life. With this gift, you are touching the life of the honoree while helping to ensure that new generations of UCF nurses improve health and healing in our community. Gifts to existing scholarships are also welcome. LEAVE YOUR LEGACY WITH A PLANNED GIFT A variety of giving methods are available that allow a donor to maximize their investment, increase their current cash flow and provide tax savings. The advantages a donor can receive from making a planned gift are enhanced by the knowledge that their gift will provide support for future generations of nurses. SUPPORT THE ANNUAL FUND Donations of all sizes help us prepare the next generation of nurses, faculty and researchers, ensuring that great nurses will be there when we need them. These gifts have a significant impact on what we’re able to accomplish, and no gift is too small.