The Huron City Commission has accepted a 10-thousand dollar donation from the family of philanthropist Earl Nordby to help the Huron Community Campus maintain a nursing program. Adele Jacobson is a member of a Nursing Task Force established by Huron Community Campus to aid students now working through Lake Area Tech in Watertown…
Jacobson says the Task Force felt having a mentor to help students was important to their goal of keeping some sort of nursing program close to Huron…
The Nursing Task Force met every two weeks since last October when Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell announced they were ending their two-year program. It’s fact not lost on Commissioner Gary Harrington…
The mentoring program is expected to last for approximately one year with the 10-thousand dollar donation. The City Commission approved the donation and will act as a pass through for the money. The donation will be placed in a special revenue fund to be drawn on when needed to pay for the mentoring program.