The endowment comes from Dr. Sandra McGuire, who is a professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a former assistant dean and professor in the LMU-Caylor School of Nursing.
This latest gift brings the university to 97% of its final goal for the funding of the Knox Regional Health Science Center.
The partnership will provide a direct admission pathway for students that removes common barriers to higher education, like application fees.
Ora Hirsch Pescovitz’s latest $1 million gift to the university brings her total philanthropic giving to almost $4.5 million.
The partnership will create an articulation agreement that will assist electrical workers in completing college degrees.