Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing recently received two gifts totaling $300,000 from local philanthropist, business owner and nurse, Christine E. Lynn. A $100,000 gift will support an endowed scholarship fund for students who intend to work at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The $200,000 gift will support the College’s faculty talent retention fund, which assists in retaining the best and brightest faculty.
The College’s faculty talent retention fund addresses the need to reward and retain its most accomplished faculty members, who are heavily recruited by universities throughout the country due to a critical national nurse faculty shortage. Similarly, there is a national nursing shortage, and South Florida nursing graduates are being recruited to jobs out of the area. Both of these gifts assist the community in keeping talented nurses close to home.
Over the past 30 years, Lynn has supported nursing, healthcare and education with unwavering dedication. She currently serves as chairman of the board of Lynn Insurance Group, and as chairman of the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Board of Trustees. She is a 2013 recipient of the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor, given to a distinguished American citizen who exemplifies a life dedicated to community service and who makes a better world for all. Her philanthropic efforts have provided much to the College, including a generous $10 million gift to fund and name the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing building.
