Kentucky Grant Will Help Fund Lindsey Wilson University Nursing Scholarship with Taylor Regional Hospital
'This grant will help our program to continue to educate and train nursing professionals for our area while partnering with one of our region's most important healthcare providers.'
COLUMBIA, Ky. (07/28/2025) — Lindsey Wilson University has received a grant that will help its award-winning nursing program continue to meet the region's healthcare needs.
The university has received a grant from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund to establish a healthcare training scholarship partnership between Lindsey Wilson and Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville. The grant's total value is $57,000.
The grant will translate into another student receiving a nursing scholarship at Lindsey Wilson, according to Lindsey Wilson Director of Nursing Dr. Emiley Button.
"This is exciting news because this grant will help our program to continue to educate and train nursing professionals for our area while partnering with one of our region's most important healthcare providers," said Button. "We appreciate the strong partnerships we enjoy with our local healthcare providers, and this grant is but one example of that strong partnership."
And Lindsey Wilson certainly enjoys a strong relationship with Taylor Regional Hospital as the university's nursing students conduct their clinicals at Taylor Regional Hospital.
"They are so supportive and flexible with our students, which is one reason many of our graduates choose to work at Taylor Regional Hospital after they graduate from Lindsey Wilson," said Button.
Button said that Taylor Regional Hospital CEO Michael Everett and Nursing Services Administrator Shannon Davis were especially instrumental in securing the Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund grant.
"We are so appreciative of how supportive they are of our students and our program," said Button.
Lindsey Wilson's nursing program is busy preparing for the start of the 2025-26 school year, which will see a near record number of nursing students enrolled in the nursing new cohort. The nursing program -- which recently posted a 100% pass rate for Lindsey Wilson students who sat for the 2024 National Council Licensure Examination, the nationwide examination for the licensing of nurses in the United States -- was named the No. 1 nursing program in Kentucky by Nurse.org in the group's inaugural "Top Nursing Schools - Student Choice Awards" contest. The top programs were determined by votes from nursing students and alumni from around the country.
The CPE's Education Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund is a public-private partnership that provides healthcare training scholarships for Kentucky resident students and incentives to reward performance and excellence among healthcare professional programs.
This is the second grant Lindsey Wilson's nursing program has received from the Education Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund. The previous one established a healthcare training scholarship partnership with T.J. Regional Health of Glasgow.
Lindsey Wilson University is a vibrant liberal arts university in Columbia, Kentucky. Founded in 1903 and affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the mission of Lindsey Wilson is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being. Lindsey Wilson offers 28 undergraduate majors, five graduate programs and a doctoral program. The university's 29 intercollegiate varsity athletic teams have won more than 120 team and individual national championships.
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Lindsey Wilson University Director of Nursing Dr. Emiley Button said the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund “will help our program to continue to educate and train nursing professionals for our area while partnering with one of our region’s most important healthcare providers.”
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