{"id":172617,"date":"2026-04-22T08:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172617\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:48:33","slug":"penn-state-behrend-gets-100k-gift-for-nursing-scholarships-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172617\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State Behrend Gets $100K Gift for Nursing Scholarships | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Becky and Matt Totzke.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1088\" height=\"900\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>A $100,000 gift from Matt and Becky Totzke is creating new nursing scholarships at Penn State Behrend, helping support the next generation of healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Starting this fall, the scholarships will support third- and fourth-year nursing students, as well as those enrolled in Behrend\u2019s new second-degree nursing program, which offers an accelerated path for career changers.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Becky Totzke\u2019s career as a nurse and educator, the Totzkes say they hope to help address the growing demand for skilled nurses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 6% increase in demand for registered nurses by 2031.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Totzke, a 1996 Behrend graduate and CEO of Big Ideas Learning, has been a strong advocate for student support. Becky Totzke, a senior clinical development specialist at UPMC Hamot, has also been honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford praised the gift, calling it a powerful example of how alumni can help shape the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A $100,000 gift from Matt and Becky Totzke is creating new nursing scholarships at Penn State Behrend, helping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[77459,136,138,137,77458,77457,48023,62130],"class_list":["post-172617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-becky-totzke","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-matt-totzke","tag-nursing-scholarships","tag-penn-state-behrend","tag-student-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}