The Mon Health Medical Center Foundation recently awarded $44,500 in scholarships to area students pursuing degrees in health care fields.
The scholarships are valued at $500 to $1,000 per year for up to four years. Selection was based on financial need and academic performance. Each applicant also submitted a letter describing why they selected a specific health career. A sub-committee of
the Foundation’s Board of Directors selected the recipients.
The Foundation created the Health Career Scholarship program in 1991 to promote health care careers in fields with projected worker shortages in the Morgantown area. Since the establishment of the program, the Foundation has awarded nearly $700,000 in Health Career Scholarships, and has expanded the program to include 10 counties in north-central West Virginia and two counties in southwestern Pennsylvania. In addition, three new scholarships were funded this year, allowing the Foundation to increase the number of awards given.
Recipients of the Mon Health Medical Center Foundation Health Career Scholarships for the 2020/2021 school term:
Glenn & Susan Adrian Scholarship
-Jordan Blankenship of Fairmont, seeking a nursing degree from FSU.
-John Matthew Gay Brown Scholarships
-Alyssa Degler of Morgantown, seeking a nursing degree from WVJC
-Jared Fagan of Morgantown, seeking a biomedical engineering degree from Mercyhurst University
-Sadie Harvey of Morgantown, seeking a pharmacy degree from WVU
-Gail W. Cunningham Scholarship
-Miranda Moser of Morgantown, seeking a degree in pharmacy from WVU.
Virginia Ann Harris Memorial Scholarship
-Faye Carroll of Shinnston, seeking a nursing degree from FSU.
-Olivia Groves of Morgantown, seeking a nursing degree from WVU.
-Jada Swisher of Thornton, seeking a nursing degree (school undecided at this time).
William J. Hennessey Health Career Scholarship
-Colleen Christopher of Morgantown, seeking a pre-med biology degree from WVU.
-Kaleigh Eddy, of Grant Town, seeking a nursing degree from FSU.
Walter G. Hoffman Jr. and Mary R. Hoffman Scholarship
-Abbie Denham of Fairview, seeking a nursing degree from FSU.
-Ty Flynn of Elkins, seeking a nursing degree from WVU
-Heather Hickman of Bridgeport, seeking a master’s degree in nursing from Marshall University.
-Lindsay Maxwell of Fairmont, seeking a nursing degree at WVJC.
-Macie Roy of Kingwood, seeking a physician’s assistant degree from West Liberty University.
-Hayle Shepherd of Clarksburg, seeking a radiology degree from Pierpont Community College.
-Jenna Sypolt of Morgantown, seeking a nursing degree from FSU.
George D. Hott Scholarships
-Morgan Darling of Core, seeking a nursing degree from WVU.
-Jessica Moore of Waynesburg, Pa., seeking a nursing degree (school undecided at this time).
-Jasmine Pegg of Masontown, Pa., seeking a nursing degree from California University of Pennsylvania.
-Lauren Williams of Fairmont, seeking a nursing degree from FSU.
Martha Phillips Hupp Scholarships
-Emiley Bruner of Morgantown, seeking a nursing degree from WVU.
-Andrea Idler of Morgantown, seeking a biomedical engineering degree at WVU.
-Ryan Leep from Shinnston, seeking a pre-med degree from WVU.
Nancy C. and Jerome G. Johnson Scholarship
-Autumn Colton of Shinnston, seeking a nursing degree from WVJC.
-Amy DeFazio of Uniontown, Pa., seeking a nurse practitioner degree from Penn State.
Robert & Sharon Lynch Scholarships
-Ta’Marra Cook of Shinnston, seeking a physician’s assistant degree from Marshall University.
-Autumn Haught of Morgantown, seeking a psychology degree from WVU.
-Madison Myers of Uniontown, seeking a nursing degree from Waynesburg University.
Sonya Maset RN Nursing Scholarship, Sponsored by The David Goldberg Family
-Alex Hegedis of Morgantown, seeking a nursing degree from FSU.
Wilma B. Nailer Scholarships
-Gracie Dally of Dunbar, Pa., seeking a degree in nursing from WVU.
-J. Bennett Fletcher of Morgantown, seeking an occupational therapy degree from Misericordia University.
-Abbey Stockett of Morgantown, seeking a nursing degree from FSU.
