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Nevada
Cancer Institute (NVCI) and Siemens Foundation today
announced a partnership to provide scholarships to Nevada’s
nursing students.
The
Siemens Oncology Scholarship Program will help increase the
number of Nevada students focusing on oncology nursing, basic
sciences, biotechnology or public health. The scholarship
program will also allow for currently licensed registered nurses
(RN) to complete graduate work focusing on oncology nursing.
“The need
for nurses in Nevada is at a critical state,” said Heather
Murren, NVCI chief executive officer. “Through our partnership
with Siemens, we hope to grow interest in the nursing
profession, and in particular oncology nursing, while at the
same time helping promising students get their degree.”
Siemens is
providing $100,000 to fund a four-year scholarship program.
Annually, four $5,000 scholarships will be awarded. Students
working on their bachelor’s or master’s degree at any
Nevada-accredited nursing school will be eligible.
One of the
scholarships, the John R. Murren, MD Scholarship, will be
awarded to an academically excellent student enrolled in
undergraduate or graduate education in basic sciences, public
health or emerging fields of study such as biotechnology,
biomedical engineering, statistics or other programs that
ultimately enhance oncology and cancer research. Dr. Murren
was a founder of NVCI and an oncologist and researcher at Yale
University who succumbed to melanoma in December 2005 at age 47.
The other
three scholarships will be awarded to students whom show
academic excellence and an interest in oncology nursing.
“Every
day, nurses are on the front lines fighting the battle against
diseases like cancer,” said James Whaley, President, Siemens
Foundation. “Siemens is proud to partner with the Nevada Cancer
Institute to help equip the next generation of nurses with the
resources necessary to be successful.”
A
committee comprised of NVCI and Nevada’s university and
community college programs will screen, review and make
scholarship selections. Scholarship applications will be
available in early 2007. Although these scholarships are not
exclusive to NVCI employees, current NVCI employees will be
eligible to compete for them.
Nevada
trails only California for the worst registered nurse-to-patient
population ratio in the nation, according to a 2004 report from
the Department of Health & Human Services. Nevada had 604 nurses
per 100,000 residents. The national average at that time was 825
per 100,000 residents, according to the report.
About
Siemens
Siemens AG
(NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and
engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96
billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the
company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation
and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications,
Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services
and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in
New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and
employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and
Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based
in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich,
Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190
countries. For more information on Siemens in the United
States:
www.usa.siemens.com.
About
Nevada Cancer Institute
Nevada
Cancer Institute (NVCI) is the official cancer institute for the
State of Nevada. NVCI is committed to reducing the burden of
cancer by pursuing the development of a comprehensive cancer
research institute, as defined by the National Cancer Institute.
NVCI is staffed by the finest scientists, clinicians, educators
and caregivers who provide hope to our communities through
research, education, early detection, prevention and high
quality patient care. The staff focuses on a focus on a future
without cancer that is achieved through initiated and
collaborative research in basic, clinical and population
science. A nonprofit organization, NVCI has raised more than
$125 million in private community financial support, with
support of a repayable $50 million construction bond for NVCI’s
142,000-square-foot flagship research and care facility in the
Summerlin area of Las Vegas that opened in September 2005. For
more information on NVCI, please visit
www.nevadacancerinstitute.org or call (702) 822-LIFE |
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