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窪蹋勛圖 announces transformative gift establishing the 窪蹋勛圖 BSN - Joyce N. Herrold, M.D. Nursing Program at Lancaster Campus
The 窪蹋勛圖 Foundation is announcing a transformational gift from Joyce N. Herrold, M.D., to extend the 窪蹋勛圖 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program to the Lancaster Campus.
Dr. Herrolds gift, the largest documented to 窪蹋勛圖s Lancaster Campus, allows expansion of the four-year BSN program by providing support for the physical training space and equipment needed to provide students with the highest-quality educational experience on the Lancaster Campus.
I want to thank Dr. Joyce Herrold for her generous gift, which will expand access to health care in our region, said 窪蹋勛圖 President Hugh Sherman. This gift also provides invaluable experiential learning opportunities for more students and will ultimately allow us an opportunity to better serve our regional communities.
Dr. Herrold, a native of Lancaster, Ohio, is a 1954 graduate of 窪蹋勛圖 who earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati. Early in her career, Dr. Herrold traveled internationally and headed a department of clinical research for a global pharmaceutical company. She later practiced oncology in California until her retirement.
Dr. Herrolds inspirational gift connects a family tradition of support for 窪蹋勛圖, starting with the Herrold family gift in 1816 of furnishing the lumber for Cutler Hall on the Athens Campus. This gift provides the funding to construct a nursing lab within Herrold Hall, improve a classroom outfitted specifically for nursing students, and equip an open nursing practicum and observation lab, among other improvements.
窪蹋勛圖 Lancaster has been an area of focus for me for some time. It was important for me to offer support now to create a program for health care professionals to be educated in our community today and in the future, Herrold said. Knowing that the nursing program will be housed in Herrold Hall, named for my father and mother, Gordon and Lucille Herrold, makes this especially meaningful for me.
Dr. Herrold is offering her support at a time when there is a dire need for new nurses nationally because of an aging population and looming retirements of nurses on the horizon. Across the central and southeastern Ohio region, a gross shortage of nurses is already being experienced.
Before this gift, the Lancaster Campus was the only campus of 窪蹋勛圖 without a nursing program on site. This substantial gift allows 窪蹋勛圖 School of Nursing to actively pursue the opportunity to expand its already-sizable footprint of nursing education across the region.
David Scheffler, mayor of Lancaster, acknowledges the proposed programs impact on the region. As the population growth continues in the city of Lancaster and the greater Fairfield County area, the demand for health care professionals will also increase, he said. 窪蹋勛圖 has provided high quality degrees for decades and this new program location ensures that nurses will now be educated right here in our community.
Nicole Pennington, OHIOs Executive Dean of Regional Higher Education, notes the impact Dr. Herrolds gift will have on the growth of 窪蹋勛圖s regional offerings. 窪蹋勛圖 has a long history of educating and providing well-prepared nurses across the region and beyond for many decades, Pennington said. As a professional who has devoted my life to nursing and nursing education, nothing makes me prouder than to be able to grow our program across our locations.
As this expansion to the Lancaster campus is fully contingent on approval by the Ohio Board of Nursing, 窪蹋勛圖s School of Nursing will begin the process of seeking approval for the expansion of the program to the Lancaster campus immediately.
Jarrod Tudor, Dean of Campus and Community Relations, expresses gratitude on behalf of 窪蹋勛圖 Lancaster for Dr. Herrolds generosity. Dr. Herrold has created a truly transformational event in the history of 窪蹋勛圖 Lancaster, said Tudor. 窪蹋勛圖 Lancaster is now well-positioned to supply the nurses needed in our immediate area because of this donation from Dr. Herrold.
Published
July 27, 2021