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News Release
April 5, 2007
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation Gift to Help with BSU Nursing
Building
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BSU President Bob Kustra, center, accepts a
$100,000
gift from Ray Flachbart, left, chair of the Blue Cross of
Idaho Foundation for Health, and vice chair Gary Dyer. |
A generous gift by the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health to the Boise
State University Nursing Department will support construction of the proposed
Health Wellness and Counseling Center/Nursing Department Building. A check for
$100,000 was presented by Ray Flachbart and Gary Dyer, chair and vice chair,
respectively, of the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation, at a Boise State Foundation
board meeting April 4.
Flachbart said the mission of the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation is to support
programs that significantly improve the health and quality of life for all
Idahoans. “We recognize the critical role nurses play in our health-care system,
and appreciate the opportunity this new building will provide for increasing the
number of nursing students entering this valuable profession,” he said in a
letter presented to Boise State President Bob Kustra.
The nursing portion of the building includes plans for approximately 20,000
square feet for classrooms, seminar rooms, practice labs (including an acute
care simulation lab) and offices. This design will allow for a 30 percent
increase in the number of Boise State nursing graduates, thus helping to meet
the state’s desperate need for more nurses.
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Contact: Barb Myhre, BSU Foundation, (208) 426-2925,
barbaramyhre@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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