COLUMBUS, Ga., July 31 -- Columbus State University issued the following news release:

Columbus State University is tackling Georgia's critical nursing shortage with a $461,000 grant from the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce. The university will use this funding to hire an additional faculty member to boost its student enrollment and to enhance its clinical training facilities so that its graduates remain highly skilled and workplace-ready.

The grant will fund an additional full-time faculty position for two years, allowing the school to increase its enrollment capacity. Unlike some universities nationwide, Columbus State's School of Nursing has yet to cap its nursing enrollment and turn away qualified applicants due to capacity con...