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Other participating nursing programs included those at Valencia College, Seminole State College, and Adventist University of Health Sciences.
The proceeds from the event will be divided among the four nursing programs and disbursed in the fall. At UCF, the funds support the Femmes de Coeur Endowed Nursing Scholarship.