Community outreach.
More than 25 individuals from across the state recently gathered at
the Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). College of Nursing to give special thanks to
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born June 25, 1945, Detroit, Michigan) is an American politician. She has been a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997. and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton For the cofounder of Whirlpool Corporation, see Frederick and Louis Upton
Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton, (born April 23, 1953) is a politician from the State of Michigan. for their
ongoing support of nursing education. The special recognition was
attributed to their efforts to secure $285,000 in federal funding to
support the creation of a graduate distance learning program in
psychiatric and public health nursing. It is the only distance-learning
program in this specialty in the state. The funding was included in the
Omnibus. Appropriations Act, H.R. 1105, which was signed into law on
March 11, 2009. The program was a high priority for Upton and Kilpatrick
and funding would not have been possible without their tireless efforts.
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