Union Health Foundation awarded 34 scholarships totaling $54,300 to 33 students from the Wabash Valley for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year. Recipients were honored during a ceremony at Union Hospital on Thursday.
Since its founding in 1985, the Foundation has awarded over $900,000 to over 780 local students seeking careers in nursing, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, medical research, pharmacy, athletic training, and other academic majors.
“Celebrating excellence and impact, it’s an honor to serve on Union Health Foundation’s scholarship committee, recognizing the brightest minds and stewarding funds to empower the future of healthcare. Together with our donors, we shape a legacy of support and opportunity,” said Foundation Scholarship Chair Dr. Erik Southard. “I wish all of our scholars the best in their future endeavors.”
This year’s recipients included 25 nursing students and five seeking health sciences or healthcare-related degrees. This year, two new scholarships were awarded in memory of Sally Zuel, RN, and long-time hospital legal counsel, Curt Wilkinson.
This year’s recipients were:
- Kamden Baker – Frank & Linda Shelton Scholarship
- Piper Beeler – Amanda Pugh Memorial Nursing Scholarship
- Makenna Boor – Wanita I & Ernest E Hinshaw Nursing Education Scholarship
- Brittany Dean – Gladys N Marvel, RN and Cecil B Marvel Memorial Nursing Scholarship
- Kyarra DeGroote – Erin Bird Isles Memorial Health Careers Scholarship
- Jaycee Dyer – Dr CN Combs Memorial Nursing Scholarship
- Maci Easton – Gertrude & Ralph Horton Grants-In-Aid for Nursing Education Scholarship
- Collin French – Union Health Foundation Scholarship
- Abigail Harrison – Gertrude & Ralph Horton Grants-In-Aid for Nursing Education Scholarship
- Abigail Jaeger – Mary K Holvey-Aust Nursing Scholarship
- Gavin Jones – Union Health Foundation Scholarship
- Katie King – H Ingrid Stoelting, RN Endowed Scholarship for Nursing
- Presley King – Michele Pantle Memorial Nursing Scholarship
- Ozofu Magaji – Century Club Health Careers Scholarship
- Ashley McCammon – B Curtis Wilkinson Scholarship for Continuing Education in Healthcare
- Sheldane Mitchell – H Ingrid Stoelting, RN Endowed Scholarship for Nursing
- Megan Moshak – Margaret Carroll Scholarship
- Landon Mundy – Beulah McDonald Healthcare Scholarship
- Sydney Nevill – Sally A Zuel Scholarship for Healthcare Administration
- Sydney Nevill – Wanita I & Ernest E Hinshaw Nursing Education Scholarship
- Emma Norman – Gladys N Marvel, RN ad Cecil B Marvel Memorial Nursing Scholarship
- Lexi Perry – H Ingrid Stoelting, RN Endowed Scholarship for Nursing
- Payton Perry – Burnita Laybold Hershfield Nursing Scholarship
- Haley Rickard – Century Club Health Careers Scholarship
- Christian Roembke – Eleanor N Royse Health Careers Scholarship
- Maggie Scott – Margaret Carroll Scholarship
- Patricia Solliday – Gertrude & Ralph Horton Grants-In-Aid for Nursing Education Scholarship
- Lilian Stahl – Gertrude & Ralph Horton Grants-In-Aid for Nursing Education Scholarship
- Aubrey Switzer – Gladys N Marvel, RN ad Cecil B Marvel Memorial Nursing Scholarship
- Cooper Vincent – Margaret Carroll Scholarship
- Gavyn Wessel – Margaret Carroll Scholarship
- Jonathon Williams – John C & Jennie Figg Health Careers Scholarship
- Javyn Woodard – Union Health Foundation Scholarship
- Caitlyn Wyrick – Union Health Foundation Scholarship