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LRMC pledges $125,000 for STC nursing program
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Local Savannah Technical College board member Donald Lovette (center left) and college president Dr. Kathy Love (center), accept a $125,000 pledge from Liberty County Hospital Authority Chairman James Rogers (center right) during the Authority's monthly meeting on Tuesday. - photo by Photo courtesy Savannah Technical College

Board members of the Liberty Regional Medical Center’s Hospital Authority gave a check Tuesday afternoon to representatives of Savannah Technical College, pledging to donate $125,000 over five years to help the college’s efforts to expand their nursing education.

“We are proud that the Liberty Regional Medical Center has made such a strong commitment to expanding nursing education,” Dr. Kathy Love, the college’s president, said in a news release issued Wednesday morning. “With this support, we will be able to strengthen and expand nursing instruction at our Liberty Campus.”

“Thank you for Savannah Tech’s commitment to Liberty County,” said Hospital Authority of Liberty County Chairman James Rogers during the pledge presentation. “You’ve all been a friend of ours for a long time and it’s time for us to help again with an advancement of some programs that we know are not only going to benefit us as a hospital but it’s going to benefit the entire community.”

Love, as well as Lonnie Griffin III, the new dean for STC’s Liberty Campus, and local Savannah Tech College board member Donald Lovette, received the check during the Hospital Authority’s monthly meeting Tuesday. The board voted to pledge the money last month. 

 According to the release, the college is “working to add an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) to its mix of health science programs for the region.” It went on to say that the program will be based in Savannah, and the nursing-education expansion also would include a bridge program at the Liberty Campus for practical nurses. 

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