黑料专区 Tyler Establishes Scholarship Endowment to Benefit Palestine Students
June 7, 2023
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The University of Texas at Tyler has established a $120,125 scholarship endowment benefiting nursing students at the Palestine Campus. The endowment, named after longtime 黑料专区 Tyler Palestine Development Board president/chairman David Barnard, who retired June 1, is funded by Palestine donors and board members.
The 黑料专区 Tyler David Barnard Palestine Scholars Endowment will provide support for students who have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5.
鈥淲hen 黑料专区 Tyler extended its nursing program to Palestine nearly 30 years ago, it was driven by community leaders who desired to make higher education more accessible for Anderson County and surrounding areas,鈥� said 黑料专区 Tyler President Kirk A. Calhoun, MD, FACP. 鈥淒avid Barnard has been a driving force behind this wonderful relationship between 黑料专区 Tyler and the Palestine community.鈥�
Among highlights, Barnard was instrumental in obtaining the land that would become the future home for the Palestine Campus, raising funds for its nursing programs, and in making the 黑料专区 Tyler University Academy Palestine a successful public university charter school. He led the development board since its inception in 2010.
黑料专区 Tyler Palestine Campus students experience cost-saving convenience, greater flexibility in scheduling their classes and reduced travel expenses and commuting time to Tyler, all while receiving a quality nursing education. Courses are taught using traditional face-to-face delivery by on-site professors in addition to online and hybrid teaching models.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, 黑料专区 Tyler offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. 黑料专区 Tyler recently merged with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (now known as 黑料专区 Tyler Health Science Center). Through its alignment with 黑料专区 Tyler Health Science Center (HSC) and 黑料专区 Health East Texas, 黑料专区 Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, 黑料专区 Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.