A $1 million gift will help McPherson College fund a new community health care initiative, including ten $25,000 scholarships for students committed to community health. This is on the heels of an announcement last month of a partnership with McPherson Hospital.
“We want to work together to make health care better in our community,” said McPherson College President Michael Schneider. “The narrative for small colleges and small hospitals is a little bit bleak, a little bit challenging. People are wondering what the future holds. We’re going to work together to prove everyone wrong and combine new academic programs in health sciences with outreach in our community.”
Kansas is among states with the highest numbers of rural hospitals and greatest shortage of healthcare professionals of all types, according to the National Rural Health Association.
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