Education and Workforce Development Without Boundaries

Educating and nurturing skilled, compassionate health care professionals

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Educating and nurturing skilled, compassionate health care professionals

Your best experiences in health care are shaped by people. Across the country, health care professionals are leaving the sector, straining our ability to meet your evolving health needs.

You can’t live your best life without them. That’s why Rush University System for Health is investing in solutions to combat burnout and turnover while removing barriers many aspiring health care professionals face to entering — and staying in — the field. 

We’ve seen the spark, and the future of health care is bright. With your partnership, we will educate and inspire a health care workforce that gives you their best every day. Will you join us?

Gifts of any amount to any education and workforce development program help us achieve our mission to prepare future generations of compassionate, capable health care providers. 

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The Boundaries We’ll Break

Together, we can give every student a high-value health sciences education and nurture a nimble health care workforce. Here are the opportunities for your support to propel health care careers:

  • Rush University Scholarships: Remove financial barriers to enable more students to pursue their passions and attain a world-class education so they can apply their skills in high-demand health care careers.
  • Rush Student Experiences: Set current and prospective students up for success through supportive programs, paid research opportunities, educational simulations and exposure to a wide variety of clinical specialties. 
  • Workforce Development: Expand opportunities that promote career exploration and development while strengthening wellness and support services for providers to care for themselves, so they can continue to care for others. 
  • Faculty and Staff Support: Attract and retain the best practitioners and educators from across the health sciences and provide reliable resources for them to explore their interests and grow — personally and professionally.

Why Rush?

  • Rush University offers more than 24 degree and certificate programs across medicine, nursing, allied health and biomedical research; more than 60 postgraduate training programs for medical residents and fellows; and a wide variety of continuing education options. 
  • Rush University College of Nursing is home to Illinois’ top-ranked graduate nursing program. Our five Doctor of Nursing Practice tracks remain among the Top 3 in the nation, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. 
  • Rush Wellness offers all employees, students and house staff access to free, unlimited mental health services, including counseling services, coaching and wellness training.

We Can Help You Direct Your Gift

Interested in discussing how you can create a brighter tomorrow for healthcare?  Contact Jenna Plakut, senior director of alumni giving, at (312) 563-9055.

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Robert Higgins, MD
Testimonials

We have a responsibility to the next generation of providers who will serve the needs of our communities. Rush University is going to raise the bar on recruitment, training, education and support of tomorrow's leaders. With your help, we can create new opportunities, provide necessary resources and nurture the pathways of those preparing to address the health care challenges of the future.

Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA President, Rush University

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