There’s been another major boost for the new nursing education building on the campus of Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac, thanks to 1st Source Bank.
1st Source has donated $100,000 to support the construction of that state-of-the-art nursing education building on the SMC campus, with the funds targeted for creation of a collaborative working space in which students and professors can work side-by-side.
Kevin Murphy is the Central Region President of 1st Source Bank. He says, “When we learned of Southwestern Michigan College’s plans to advance their nursing education facilities, we were compelled to contribute to the project.” He adds, “1st Source holds community leadership and the betterment of our communities among our highest missions as an organization. The health and well-being of the people in this area is part of that mission, and there is no better way to ensure those things thrive than to have highly-trained and confident nurses and medical professionals in our hospitals and practices.”
The building of the new facility for the SMC nursing program is in response to the nursing shortage currently facing the nation. SMC hopes to admit and train many more nursing students than it has historically been capable of during the 50+ years of the program, and to do so with cutting-edge simulation technology allowing students to experience a variety of real-life medical situations to which they would not otherwise be exposed.
SMC President, Dr. David Mathews, says, “It’s our honor to have 1st Source Bank as a partner on this project,” adding, “The expansion of this program’s facilities is our largest undertaking, and it will be one that produces the greatest reward for our students and communities. Knowing we have partners in this area to help us in educating and preparing the next generation of nurses and medical professionals is inspiring and integral to the success of enhancing our educational offerings.”
The building is slated to be complete for the Spring 2019 semester. For more on the project, you can click this link:
https://www.swmich.edu/healthy-futures
1st Source Corporation, parent company of 1st Source Bank, has assets of $6.32 billion and is the largest locally controlled financial institution headquartered in the northern Indiana-southwestern Michigan area. The corporation includes 80 banking centers, 23 1st Source Bank Specialty Finance Group locations nationwide, eight Wealth Advisory Services locations and ten 1st Source Insurance offices. For more than 150 years, 1st Source has been committed to the mission of helping clients achieve security, build wealth and realize their dreams.
In the photo accompanying this story on Moody on the Market are, (from the left) Jim Seitz, 1st Source President; Kim Vincent, Vice President, Regional Sales; Tim Hunt, Vice President, Personal Trust; Kevin Murphy, Regional President; Keith McKenzie, Vice Chairman, SMC Board of Trustees; Thomas Jerdon, Chairman, SMC Board of Trustees; Virginia Crawford, SMC Foundation President; Susan Coulston, SMC Vice President and Chief Business Officer; Dr. Carole Schmidt, SMC Foundation Vice President; Neil Miller, Vice President, Business Banking; and Dr. David Mathews, SMC President.
