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Edgewood College Partners With University of Minnesota
In a John A. Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence Grant

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Madison, Wis. (January 30, 2008) – Edgewood College today announced that a partnership
with the University of Minnesota has led to a $1.5 million grant for the University
of Minnesota to be funded as a John A. Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence.
Funds will serve to provide academic leadership in geriatric nursing for programs in
the upper Midwest region and Tribal Colleges nationally.
“We’re pleased to partner with the University of Minnesota in this important work,”
Margaret Noreuil, Dean of the School of Nursing at Edgewood College said. “Dr. Colleen
Gullickson, Professor in the School of Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner,
will take the lead in working with faculty at the University of Minnesota in providing
leadership in strengthening geriatric nursing content in academic programs across the
Midwest,” Noreuil added.
The Center will help increase the number of new and existing nursing faculty
who can provide leadership in strengthening geriatric nursing at all levels of academic
nursing programs. It will particularly benefit populations in the Midwest where the
highest proportions of adults above the age of 65 reside. The opening of this center
will strengthen and further establish the Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing Alliance
(UMGNA) which is currently composed of 25 schools. The UMGNA is meant to encourage
dialogue between schools to strengthen geriatric nursing curricula at the college level.
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About Edgewood College
Located in Madison, WI, Edgewood College is a liberal
arts Catholic college in the Dominican tradition, with 2,400
undergraduate and graduate students. It offers more than 40
academic and professional programs, including master’s
degrees in business, education, nursing, and other fields,
and a doctoral degree in educational leadership. For more
information about Edgewood College, please visit
www.edgewood.edu or call Ed Taylor in Marketing &
Communications at 608-663-2333.
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