WTAMU receives $5 million gift for new health institute

“The four pillars: health research, nutrition and integration, doctor of nursing education along with emergency nurse practitioner training will position the High Plains Christian Ministries of Health Institute as a catalyst for improving healthcare across our region and our state and serve as a model for other communities to do the same.” – Holly Jeffreys, Dean of WT Nursing & Health Sciences Program

A gift of $5 million from High Plains Christian Ministries Foundation (HPCMF) has advanced the total raised in the historic One West comprehensive fundraising campaign by West Texas A&M University (WT) to nearly $195 million, according to Cheryl Fairly, co-chair of the campaign leadership committee.

The pledge of funds, to be contributed over the next five years, will go toward establishing WT’s new High Plains Christian Ministries Health Institute and was announced Thursday, March 12 to encourage community engagement, research, nutrition and advanced nursing education…

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