Gov. Chet Culver will visit the University of Iowa campus today to sign nursing legislation into law.

The bill, passed by the Iowa Legislature this year, aims to address a shortage of nurses in the state.

The law will help fund programs that proponents say will help recruit and retain nurses at medical facilities around Iowa.

The signing, which is open to the public, will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Old Capitol.

The governor was also in Iowa City last week to sign legislation that provides millions in supplemental funding to Iowa’s public universities, including more than $14 million to the UI.

The UI, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa used some of those supplemental funds to refund surcharges students paid at the beginning of the spring semester.

— by Adam B Sullivan