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The Duke University School of Nursing will work to increase the number of minority nursing students who are prepared to transition to PhD programs in nursing and other related biomedical/behavioral science disciplines at Duke University.

Duke announced the new program to be in conjunction with Winston-Salem State University and with help from a $1.2 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Since 2004, the School of Nursing has grown considerably -- doubling the number of degree programs from two to four, increasing its student enrollment from 440 to 772 and expanding the schools faculty from 33 to 77. In 2006, the school moved into a state-of the-art, 59,000-square-foot building. In October of this year, ground was broken on a 45,000-square-foot addition that is expected to be completed in 2014.

These figures were compiled by representatives from the School of Nursing in a presentation made to the Board of Trustees, which met this past weekend for the final time of the semester.

Last week, trustee chairman Richard Wagoner addressed Dukes Academic Council, the first time in the universitys history that a sitting chairman addressed the council.

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