Avera and Mount Marty announce partnership focused on workforce development [Video]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Avera and Mount Marty University announce the creation of the Avera Nursing Advantage program, which aims to provide an affordable pathway into nursing for more people in our region.

The program names Mount Marty as a preferred educator of future Avera nurses, recognizing the long history of collaboration between the two Catholic ministries and their relationship with the Benedictine Sisters of Yankton.

Avera is also founded by the Presentation Sisters of Aberdeen.

“For more than 60 years, nursing education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels has been a strategic advantage for Mount Marty University,” MMU president Marc Long said. “This new program with Avera enables us to educate more nursing students in our Catholic, Benedictine tradition so they can enjoy rewarding careers at Avera, caring for their neighbors in need.”

The Avera Nursing Advantage program will provide junior and senior nursing students …