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SLIDE: INTRODUCTION
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Anne and I developed the
Institute on Aging at Valencia Community in 1997.
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SLIDE: VALENCIA SIGN
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The history of Valencia College goes back to it’s beginnings in1967. The college has grown over the last 30
years. We started with 567 students
and today we serve over 52,000 students on 6 campuses.
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SLIDE: EAST CAMPUS
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Our creation of The
Institute on Aging was supported through an Endowed Chair funded by the Wayne
Densch Chair in Gerontology.
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SLIDE: NURSE AND
CLIENT
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Our motivation to develop
such an Institute came about because of our nursing experience. We found that our daily nursing practice
included a growing number of elders needing health care services.
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