The grant will allow the university to establish a Center of Excellence – Urban and Community Research Center (UCRC) through which it will research effects of displacement and relocation due to gentrification. 

The partnership gives Walters State students who have completed their ASN and pass the NCLEX the opportunity to transfer to King University to complete a BSN in just three semesters.

The grant comes via the US DOEs Basic Needs – Supporting Student Success Program which focuses on providing support for students’ basic needs to boost retention and graduation rates.

The donation comes from Dr. Doan L. Phung who first endowed the Phung Family Scholarship in 1991.

The collaboration between Nashville State Community College, the Northern Middle Tennessee Workforce Board, and the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has resulted in a new streamlined workforce center to replace the current American Job Center.

The clinic is partially funded by a Tennessee Department of Health grant in the amount of $500,000.

The original partnership between the university and the Air Force was established in 2022 to give researchers with the Air Force access to Wright State’s Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building. The new agreement expands access to other campus resources.

The five new programs will expand the school’s offerings and provide students with more options for degrees that will allow them to work in emerging, in-demand fields.

The university has received $645,158 to distribute as scholarships for STEM students.

The fully online Bachelor of Science in Nursing program will take 16 months to complete. Classes begin in the Spring 2025 semester.