The College of Nursing and Henry Ford Health System are collaboratively moving the following efforts forward: Expanding evidence-based best healthcare practices; Forging ahead to build nursing science that will identify the most effective nursing interventions; Working together to build Michigan’s future nursing workforce; Increasing the number of clinical placements for MSU undergraduate and graduate nursing students; Strengthening collaborative efforts to improve patient care and health outcomes through evidence-based practice, quality improvement initiatives, and research endeavors; Cross agency committee service to strengthen a shared understanding of culture and processes that will contribute to efficiencies and effectiveness of future initiatives; Focused collaborative attention to the health of communities; especially those who are underserved, historically marginalized and/or suffer with health disparities as a result of social determinants of health; Increasing professional nursing development opportunities/lifelong learning.