FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Fayetteville State University has received a $2 million donation from Cape Fear Valley Health, launching a new partnership aimed at addressing North Carolina's critical nursing shortage and nearly doubling the university's nursing program enrollment.

As part of the gift, the university's School of Nursing has been renamed the Cape Fear Valley School of Nursing. The investment will expand facilities, increase faculty, and enhance hands-on training opportunities for students preparing to enter the healthcare workforce.

"We are now Cape Fear Valley School of Nursing, and we are very proud of that name," said Jennifer Edwards, associate dean of the FSU nursing school.

University officials say the funds will support a shared vision of growing the number of quali

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