被奖励9美元.4 million Workforce Innovation Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. 不是一件小事. 在接下来的三年里, our community and state will feel the positive impact of the exciting work done by Blugolds, faculty and partners focused on strengthening the workforce for rural health and wellbeing.  

The key to the grant's success is building upon the collaborative research agreement between UW-Eau克莱尔 and 梅奥诊所卫生系统. Dr. 理查德·赫尔默, regional vice president of 梅奥诊所卫生系统 in Northwest Wisconsin, is thrilled to be collaborating with 澳门葡京网赌送彩金 to lead the charge on this initiative, which he sees as a culmination of a very successful relationship.

着眼于未来，影响导向的目标

With lofty — but achievable — goals and the experienced individuals to make it happen, this grant will provide a significant number of improvements. These improvements include providing funding for increasing the number of students admitted to our nursing school, adding additional academic programs with a focus on health and well-being, and establishing a rural teacher support network to mentor early career teachers and help them be successful in rural schools. Our four pillars will guide our implementation and goals.

这四大支柱将解决以下问题:

护理、教学和社会工作者短缺

• Educate and graduate 48 more nurses each year, with 144 in training by 2025. This will increase UW-Eau克莱尔’s bachelor’s-prepared nurses to 160 per year. We will collaborate with 梅奥诊所卫生系统 to innovate clinical nursing education through the use of dedicated education units (DEUs), in which 梅奥诊所卫生系统 nurse educators provide front-line clinical instruction to nursing students with oversight by UW-Eau克莱尔 faculty, and through increased use of technology-enabled simulation instruction. 
• Support pre-service K-12 teachers financially to reduce their student debt, 这将增加农村就业机会, 通常工资低得多.
• 在新教师之间建立支持网络, nurses and social work professionals in rural communities.

新的医疗保健职业

• Create a master’s degree in public health at UW-Eau克莱尔, with an emphasis on rural public health and online delivery methods to improve access to the degree.

医疗保健教练

• Proactively prepare health care workers for technology-based, 虚拟社区医疗服务模式, serving rural communities as a trusted liaison between patients and care providers.

农村企业主创新技能

• Focus on providing innovation skills for future job creators and main street business owners, equipping them with skills to better pivot in the face of a future catastrophic situation like COVID-19.

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一项惠及所有人的拨款

学生和教师

Our Blugold students and faculty are here to make a difference, and this grant will undoubtedly aid in this endeavor. This funding will provide tuition support for 10 nurse educators to complete their master’s degrees and serve as clinical faculty with undergraduate nursing students. It will also aid in establishing a rural teacher support network to mentor early career teachers and help them be successful in rural schools.

We are thrilled to continue to provide a wide array of academic programs that fit the need of the ever-evolving workforce. 我们将开发六个新的高技能学位, 包括公共卫生硕士学位, a doctor of nursing practice in psychiatry and mental health, 运动生理学硕士学位, 医疗保健管理的MBA学位, a speech-language pathology assistant program and an online nurse educator program.

我们的社区和其他地方

The positive outcomes from this invaluable grant will extend far beyond the 澳门葡京网赌送彩金 campus. Committed to the community and improving the world around us, many of the programs originating from this grant will directly benefit various counties across the state. This includes piloting six iterations of a rural interprofessional practice network where student teachers, social work interns and practicum students in health care fields live and work together in rural communities during their clinical experiences.

The Workforce Innovation Grant will also assist in providing entrepreneurs and local business owners with business services and support to better weather future economic challenges by creating an “innovation certificate” and utilizing interns in UW-Eau克莱尔’s Small Business Development Center to network with WiSys’ VentureHome at Eau Claire’s Co-Labs.

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