FROM THE NEWSROOM: STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConns nursing school has received a $2.3 million gift, the largest in its history, to set up its first endowed faculty chair. The UConn Foundation says a couple with long ties to the school, Robin Froman and Steven Owen, are making the donation. It also will support a professorship and research. Froman established the schools center for nursing research and served as its first director. She has bachelors, masters and doctor of philosophy degrees in education from UConn; and later earned a bachelors and masters degree in nursing from the school. Owen is a former long-time professor of educational psychology at UConn. UConn President Susan Herbst says the gift will provide a lasting source of financial support for the nursing school.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:16:40 +0000
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