Holding the CareFirst check are state Del. Barbara Robinson, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maria Tildon, vice president of Public Policy and Community Affairs, CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield and Coppin president, Dr. Mortimer Neufville.
Coppin State University accepted an $80,000 stipend from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, July 14, in Coppin’s Health and Human Services Building, 3rd floor atrium.
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, as well as state delegates Barbara Robinson and Shawn Tarrant were on hand for the presentation, one of 12 that CareFirst awarded in 2014 through their Project RN program. The ongoing contribution removes the traditional barriers to degree completion and enables qualified students to focus entirely on becoming nurse educators.
With a growing demand for qualified bedside nurses, CareFirst has invested $3.2 million since 2007 to increase the number of nursing faculty teachers at colleges and universities throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland and northern Virginia.
