Dr. Jeremy Beane recently established the Dr. Jeremy Beane Scholarship for Primary Care Nurse Practitioners Endowment to give back to a profession and university that he said have been such an important part of his life.
“My experiences at ECU, across multiple stages of my education, helped shape the clinician and educator I am today and deepened my commitment to primary care and to advancing the nurse practitioner profession,” Beane said. “Through mentoring and precepting students, as well as advocating for our profession, I have become increasingly passionate about investing in the people who will shape its future.”
The Beane scholarship is aimed at supporting Doctor of Nursing Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner students because the pursuit of those degrees can impose a significant financial and barriers for potential students.
“My hope is that this scholarship will make doctoral education a little more accessible for students preparing to serve in primary care,” Beane said. He knows first-and the importance of scholarships as he received several throughout his education, and “every dollar helped. Those scholarships eased some of the financial burden and reminded me that others believed in my potential.”
Beane is a three-time Pirate, having graduated as a Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2020 and a BSN in 2014, as well as a graduate certificate in Nursing Education. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in public health from UNC-Greensboro and became a nurse after graduating from Guilford Technical Community College with an associate’s degree in nursing. He is also certified as an HIV specialist.
Beane currently works as a Family NP at Novant Health – Carolina Family Physicians in Charlotte. Since 2022, he has given back to Pirate Nursing as an adjunct instructor and a preceptor for other ECU nursing students.
Beane said the timing feels right to establish the scholarship because he’s reached a point in his career where he can begin thinking about the legacy he wants to leave. Ultimately, this gift is about paying forward the opportunities I have been given and creating opportunities for future nurse practitioners to make their own impact on primary care and the profession.
Beane said his husband, David Wieland, lost his mom recently. She passed away suddenly, without any estate plan, prompting them to prepare an estate plan so they would have our wishes well documented.
“My hope is that these scholarships will help develop nurse practitioners who provide exceptional care, lead and advocate for the profession, and ultimately make a difference in the lives of the patients and communities they serve,” Beane said. “If this scholarship can continue opening doors for future generations of nurse practitioners long after I am gone, that would be a meaningful legacy.”