VNA Foundation Scholarships
VNA Foundation Awards Scholarships to Promote Community Nursing
The VNA Scholarship program is another means by which VNA
works to preserve community-based services and promote community-focused
nursing careers. Scholarships are awarded through Loyola and Rush
Universities to students in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Programs, and in return, scholarship recipients agree to practice for at
least two years following graduation in a Chicago community- or home-based
organization that serves the medically underserved
Selected as the 2008 VNA Foundation ABSN Scholars are:
Stacy Arriola - Loyola University Neihoff School of Nursing,
ABSN May 2008
Received $33,123 toward tuition and fees
Ms. Arriola graduated from Loyola University Neihoff School
of Nursing this past May with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She
was accepted to the ABSN program at Loyola in May 2007, following her graduation
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she earned a Bachelor
of Science in Community Health, 4 semesters on the Dean’s List, and
participated in the James Scholar Honors Program. Ms. Arriola has
volunteered since her high school years in a variety of settings, and it
was her college coursework in community and public health, combined with
her healthcare related extracurricular activities, which helped her to realize
her goal to become a community nurse. Ms. Arriola plans to eventually
return to school to study become a Family Nurse Practitioner, which will
enable her to care for people of all ages.
Angela Hartt - Rush University College of Nursing, ABSN Dec 2008
Received $32,480 toward tuition and fees
Ms. Hartt was accepted to Rush University
College of Nursing ABSN program in the fall of 2007 and will complete
her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in December 2008. Ms. Hartt
also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and
German (2001) from St. Norbert College in Wisconsin, and completed her Pre-Nursing
coursework in 2007 at Truman College in Chicago. Ms. Hartt served
in Kenya as a Peace Corps volunteer from 2002-2005, and it was
during these 3 1/2 years of field experience teaching HIV prevention that
she discovered her passion for community-based nursing. Since
returning to the US Ms. Hartt has worked with severe mentally ill clients
in a residential setting, and plans to one day become a leader among nurse
practitioners in community health.
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VNA Superstar
Congratulations to Ronna "Jake" Ellwing, RN, BSN, the VNA Foundation's 2008 Super Star in Community Nursing Award recipient.
