Today is UC Irvine Giving Day! We invite you to partner with us in our mission to create a healthier and more equitable health landscape for tomorrow by supporting our students today.
At the UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, we are at the forefront of a revolution in healthcare—one that is rooted in compassion, innovation and the unwavering commitment to addressing the California nursing shortage and improving healthcare for all. Whether it is through educating aspiring nurse leaders, advocating for better health policy, providing exceptional patient care or advancing scientific research, our work is making a profound impact on the world.
As state budgets tighten, your support is more important than ever. Proposed state budget cuts are a threat to high-cost programs like nursing – which require low student-to-faculty ratios and extensive clinical training – and they are often among the first hit.
We can still eliminate the nurse shortfall in California if we continue to expand nursing enrollment aggressively and support new graduates to remain in the profession.
Please consider a gift that helps transform and open access to improved healthcare for everyone by supporting those who will provide it in the decades to come.
By making a gift—of any amount—you can have a direct and meaningful impact on the lives of our students and everyone they encounter as a nursing professional. On its own, a single gift may seem small. But when combined with others — it becomes something extraordinary: a powerful force that propels our students forward.
With humanity in mind,
Mark Lazenby, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor
UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
