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Cornerstone University and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital have formed a partnership to encourage more people to take up nursing. Rehabilitation nursing is always a valued field open to both men and women:
New partnership hopes to fill nursing shortage in West Michigan
By Kyle Mitchell - February 19, 2026GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Cornerstone University and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital have formed a new partnership to help train more nurses amid a national shortage.
The program expects to help break down some of the barriers to becoming a nurse by providing financial assistance, clinical experience, and a job after graduation.
“There’s definitely interest, I think, in younger people to go into the nursing profession in general. I think people think of nursing as something that’s very versatile and you can do many things with it,” said Riley Wells, a junior studying nursing.
Students at the Cornerstone University nursing lab say this partnership could help encourage more students to pursue the profession.
“I think it would be really good to get all of the different opportunities that nurses have out there because it might just seem like, oh, working at a local hospital, that’s all there is. But I think like rehab or emergency room or there’s so many different options,” said Gillian Knoll, who is also a junior in the nursing program.
Misty Emmons, the director of nursing at the university, said the partnership will help provide more trained nurses and help students complete their training.
“The program provides for students’ tuition assistance up to $20,000 during their nursing career. And then they have a commitment to Mary Free Bed for two years of full-time work. And so, what that does for our students is it helps to alleviate the financial burden of their college education, and it also gives them a great opportunity to step into a well-supported nursing career,” Emmons said.
The Michigan Health and Hospital Association said about 8% of nursing roles were not filled last year.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Service said that number could rise to about 19% in 10 years.
The chief nursing officer with Mary Free Bed, Maria Opoku-Agyeman, said they are also seeing some nurses retire and project a growing need in West Michigan as they expand and due to an aging population.
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“There’s definitely a need and I see that continuing for quite a few years,” Opoku-Agyeman said. “We’re adding beds here locally and in other places in our system, and West Michigan is a destination for healthcare as well, so I don’t see the need going away anytime soon.”Applications are being accepted for the program that will begin this fall.
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