The "Preparing

the Next Generation of Nurses" grant provides $895,000 to allow Clayton

State to go into high schools to recruit juniors and seniors who are interested

in nursing or other health-related occupations. These high school students

will be enrolled in special summer programs and will be paid a stipend

to attend those programs.

Representatives

of Clayton State's School of Health Sciences are currently meeting with

health occupation teachers in high schools primarily, though not exclusively,

in Clayton County to identify interested students.

"We will

start this semester tutoring these students in whatever their areas of

academic weakness might be," said Dr. Lydia McAllister, acting dean

of the School of Health Sciences and director of the Preparing the Next

Generation project.

"We will

also assign a peer mentor to each one of them."

Minority students

from the Preparing for the Next Generation project will hopefully be able

to carry over their skills and interest into Clayton State's Nursing program,

specifically, the "Workforce Diversity in Nursing for the New Millennium"

program for current Clayton State students that is funded by a $650,000

Health and Human Services grant.

This program

takes Clayton State students and enrolls them in the University's Summer

Opportunity for Success (SOS) program, a 10-week academic skills enrichment

program that is held during the summer semester. The program enables students

interested in pursuing a career in the nursing profession to be better

prepared to enter the nursing program and to ultimately become successful

registered nurses.

Students in

SOS will have opportunities to learn the role of professional nursing

firsthand and in a variety of health care settings. Like the Next Generation

program, SOS also offers a stipend to those who qualify.

For more information

on both grant programs, go to the Clayton State School of Health Sciences

Web site at https://healthsci.clayton.edu/.

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