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Donation: MDC received a $5 million donation from the Leon family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami Dade College\u2019s \u00a0School of Nursing received a $5 million donation from Leon Medical Centers, a leading healthcare services provider that caters to \u00a0seniors. The company was founded by Benjamin Leon Jr. <\/span><\/p>\n

The donation was awarded in honor of \u00a0the school of nursing’s 50th anniversary. The program located at <\/span>950 N.W. 20 Street, which opened in 1962, was <\/span>renamed The Benjamin Leon School of Nursing at Miami Dade College in recognition of the donation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Starting in January of 2013, the school will receive $500,000 each year for the next ten years, according Amy Pettigrew, \u00a0the nursing school\u2019s dean.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOut of their generosity they are investing in health care providers for the future,\u201d Pettigrew said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Half of the money will go toward scholarships, the rest of the funds will be used to support the operation of the school, capital improvements, equipment, a lecture series and for faculty to attend conferences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten scholarships will be awarded each year. The money will be accessible to students who have recently completed their Associates of Science in nursing degrees, are not employed as registered nurses and are moving on directly to the Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) program as full-time students.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frantz Jean Charles, a student in the BSN program, who said he works \u00a0in the ER Department at Aventura Hospital, hopes to benefit from the Leon family\u2019s donation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is positive\u201d Jean Charles said about the donation, \u201ca good cause.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The donation is not the first the Leon family has made toward education; in 2008, Benjamin Leon Jr. donated $10 million to FIU\u2019s College of Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n

The nursing program at MDC is highly competitive, accepting approximately one out of every four applicants, according to Pettigrew. It has graduated 19,000 nurses for hospitals, clinics and doctor\u2019s offices in the community, and graduates more minority students than any other school in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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