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Recent graduate receives Future Nurse Leader award from Virginia Nursing Association » Liberty News

March 16, 2021 : By Ryan Klinker - Office of Communications & Public Engagement Anna Marie Hagerty (’20), recipient of this year’s Virginia Nursing Association ”Future Nurse Leader’ award In recognition of her hard work in the classroom and during her clinical hours at Lynchburg General Hospital, the Virginia Nursing Association (VNA) presented Liberty University School of Nursing (LUSON) alumna Anna Marie Hagerty (’20) with its Future Nurse Leader award. Hagerty earned the honors due to her “leadership impact, engagement in nursing organizations and her community, and contributions to her school’s overall excellence,” according to an announcement from the VNA. The people who nominated her for the award have remained anonymous, but they called Hagerty “a standout among her peers.”

COVID-19 in Central Virginia: 20,000 cases and counting

The world looks different a year into the coronavirus pandemic. The direct impact of COVID-19 has been immense — upwards of 28 million Americans have contracted the disease and more than 500,000 Americans have died from it, making the disease a leading cause of death, right behind cancers and heart disease. One year ago today, Virginia saw its first COVID-19 fatality. As of Saturday, 9,519 Virginians have died from the disease. People’s habits, vocabularies and entire lives have shifted around the virus. Experts have advised widespread use of masks and maintenance of other fastidious hygiene habits into the future, since dangerous variants of the disease have emerged as threats even as immunizations protect more and more people.

Community notes for March 7, 2021

Lynchburg, Monacans get housing grant funds Lynchburg is receiving more than $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for affordable housing. The city will receive $718,593 through the department’s Community Development Block Grants program and $413,856 through the department’s HOME Investment Partnerships program. The CDBG program “provides annual grants on a formula basis to states, cities, and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities,” according to a news release from U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, announcing the round of more than $95.5 million total in HUD grants across Virginia.

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