Fort Lewis College has partnered with the University of Colorado Anschutz to introduce a four-year nursing degree and a new nursing training facility to its campus. On August 29th, US Senator John Hickenlooper toured the new nursing training facility, which is still undergoing renovations. Hickenlooper secured 1.3 million in federal funds through congressionally directed spending to support the collaborative four-year nursing degree program at Fort Lewis College. You’re watching the Local News Network, brought to you by Tafoya Barrett and Associates and M&R Plumbing. I’m Sadie Smith. This partnership, known as the CU Nursing Fort Lewis College Collaborative, allows Fort Lewis College students to receive a top-tier Colorado nursing education from CU Anschutz, while benefiting from the smaller class sizes at FLC.
The fundamental components, of how we’ll create that system, whereby people can get all manner of medical attention, by highly trained kids who grew up here and didn’t …