The Brief USF’s College of Nursing just received a $2 million gift from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to support second-degree nursing students. The University of South Florida on Wednesday announced the $2 million donation, which will establish the Second Degree Nursing Success Scholarship, designed to make the college’s accelerated bachelor’s in nursing program more accessible. The gift from the Kenan Trust will directly assist students enrolled across USF’s Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee campuses. We are deeply grateful to the Kenan Trust for recognizing the urgency of the nursing shortage and partnering with us to prepare the next generation of nurses." By opening more seats and reducing costs for accelerated students, USF hopes to train more nurses quickly and keep them working in Florida.