{"id":46471,"date":"2026-03-31T14:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=46471"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:52:46","slug":"video-recruiting-for-rural-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2026\/03\/video-recruiting-for-rural-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Recruiting for rural practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President Armacost and Dawn Denny, associate professor of Nursing, talk about new grant at UND addressing primary care provider shortage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Armacost Message 3-31: Gero-STARR Rural Nurse Training\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1177086778?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Andrew Armacost and Dawn Denny, associate professor of Nursing, introduce a new workforce development grant for the College of Nursing &amp; Professional Disciplines <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1177086778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in this week\u2019s video message<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Titled \u201cGero-STARR,\u201d this federally funded program from the Health Resources and Services Administration is designed to expand North Dakota\u2019s nursing workforce and improve care for older adults in the state\u2019s rural communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The acronym is derived from \u201cgero,\u201d the prefix for \u201caging,\u201d and STARR for \u201cspecialized training to advance recruitment and retention in nursing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The program\u2019s goal is to recruit students from rural North Dakota to train as nurses at UND and inspire them\u00a0return\u00a0to and practice in rural communities where health care needs are greatest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Denny shares that 80% of rural counties in the United States experience a shortage of primary care providers, including nurses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Armacost asks\u00a0Denny\u00a0about the program, including its philosophy around training and how students are supported both academically and financially.\u00a0Denny remarks that Gero-STARR is borrowing its model of support from the College\u2019s Recruitment &amp; 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