After eight years, the trust assets will create an endowed fund to support scholarships in the School of Nursing. This fall the number of undergraduate and graduate students admitted to the program is expected to increase in response to local and national nursing shortages. A gift on the scale of the Reids' will be transformative. Not only will the endowment provide opportunities for more students to pursue nursing careers, it will ultimately make a tremendous difference in the communities these students will one day serve. The Reids understand that without financial assistance, many promising students would be unable to pursue a career in nursing.
Nurses deal with the human response to illness at every stage of life.
The Reids' gift will help to ensure that patients enjoy the best care possible from a new generation of nurses trained at the finest school in the country.