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The free-standing Center for College of Nursing Sciences will be funded entirely through private donations. The projected opening is March 2010. Omaha philanthropists Ruth and Bill Scotts provided the lead gift for the center.
The new facility will enable the college to enroll 265 additional students annually in Omaha by the year 2020 — an increase of nearly 70 percent over the current 385 students. The college also will dramatically increase graduates in its master’s and doctoral programs — programs that prepare nurses to become faculty members.