Preparing more highly educated nurses directly translates into better, safer patient care. Hospitals that hire more baccalaureate-degreed nurses have fewer medical errors, fewer patient deaths and better patient outcomes than their counterparts.
Beyond health care, our region’s continued growth in the manufacturing and high-tech sector requires an educational pipeline to prepare more Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) professionals. STEM research and education fuels innovation and regional competitiveness, while also creating significant employment opportunities. Graduates with STEM degrees on average enjoy higher earnings, regardless of the field they enter.
The STEM Academic Facility will provide the lab facilities needed to attract first-class students, faculty and researchers.
Here is why
- A stronger and more vibrant local community
- USF seeks to attract and retain bright minds, research dollars, and new innovations to impact our Sarasota-Manatee economy
- Powering the talent pipeline
- Sarasota and Manatee counties both project an increased demand for thousands of new professionals trained in the STEM fields
- Better patient outcomes
- Hospitals who hire more advanced, baccalaureate degreed nurses offer better care with fewer medical errors
- Serving a dynamic destination
- With Sarasota-Manatee the top-ranked place to live in our fast-growing state, USF stands ready to grow to serve the community’s needs