Why the University of Michigan Health-West is investing in a partnership with Grand Rapids Community College
12/15/22 Health Leaders
University of Michigan Health West—a healthcare provider with over 208 staffed beds and more than $1 billion in total patient revenue—has teamed up with Grand Rapids Community College to offer a program designed to help nursing students finance their education and at the same time fill a critical labor shortage.
Tuition assistance benefits are helping one hospital recruit and retain nurses
12/15/22 Employee Benefit News
Healthcare institutions across the country have been desperately searching for solutions to the national nursing shortage. Some have turned to enticing benefits, but this hospital is taking a more hands-on approach.
The University of Michigan Health-West hospital and Grand Rapids Community College recently announced they will pay full tuition for students enrolled in the community college’s nursing program, in exchange for the guarantee that they will work two years at the hospital post-grad.
Always a winner, Tony Annese seeks consecutive championships at Ferris State
12/15/22 FOX 17
Tony Annese has won everywhere he has been.
Four high schools, Grand Rapids Community College and the last 11 years at Ferris State.