BVU, Cornerstone Caregiving Establish Strategic Partnership
Through a collaboration with Buena Vista University, Cornerstone Caregiving offers additional opportunities and educational benefits to its employees and their eligible family members.
Buena Vista University (BVU) and Cornerstone Caregiving have entered a Strategic Partnership that provides new opportunities to strengthen their communities and the people they serve.
This partnership allows for employees of Cornerstone Caregiving, as well as eligible family members of full-time employees, to receive grant funding to lower the overall cost of education while enrolled in classes at BVU’s Storm Lake campus. Partner grant funding also lowers the cost per credit hour for students enrolled in BVU’s convenient online undergraduate programs or the organizational leadership graduate program.
“A lot of our staff want to grow and complete more education—they don’t necessarily want to be caregivers forever, but a lot of the time the financial impact can be a barrier for them,” says Cornerstone Caregiving Director of Operations Brook Benes. “This Strategic Partnership with BVU is something we can provide as an extra benefit to help our staff achieve those goals.”
“A lot of our staff want to grow and complete more education—they don’t necessarily want to be caregivers forever, but a lot of the time the financial impact can be a barrier for them. This Strategic Partnership with BVU is something we can provide as an extra benefit to help our staff achieve those goals.”
Cornerstone Caregiving Director of Operations Brook Benes
Cornerstone Caregiving provides in-home caregiving services to individuals 18 years of age and older by offering a variety of helpful, healthy, effective care options customized for their changing needs, including Alzheimer’s and dementia care, hospice and palliative care, 24-hour care, hospital recovery care, and respite care. Based in Waco, Texas, Cornerstone Caregiving has locations in 31 U.S. states, including Des Moines, Iowa City, Sioux City, and Waterloo in Iowa.
BVU has long enjoyed strong educational ties in and around Sioux City, home to Western Iowa Tech Community College, a campus that has collaborated with BVU for decades. Students enrolled in a program through WITCC can seamlessly transfer their credits toward their bachelor’s degree at BVU. Students receive personalized support including admissions and enrollment counseling and academic advising right in Sioux City through BVU’s office on the WITCC campus.
“Buena Vista University is eager to partner with Cornerstone Caregiving, an experienced, passionate, and dependable leader guiding the senior home care industry,” says BVU Director of Strategic Partnerships Laura Todd. “BVU believes an accessible and affordable education remains at the heart of building individuals and communities, and we look forward to the opportunities this Strategic Partnership creates.”
For more information about BVU’s Strategic Partnerships and partner opportunities, please visit the BVU website at bvu.edu/strategic-partnerships or contact Strategic Partnerships at StrategicPartnerships@bvu.edu.