2008 Scholarship Recipients
Kim Eckert (left) receives the Mary Gleason Scholarship from Kathleen Filipkowski of the Upstate Medical Foundation's Office at the Nursing Awards Ceremony, May 2008. The scholarship is named for Filipkowski's mother.
The following 10 scholarships, given through the Nursing Alumni Association, were awarded to outstanding College of Nursing students during the Convocation Awards Ceremony held May 17, 2008. Jorge Grimes Nursing Endowed ScholarshipAbosede N. Alao, Manlius, NY Department of Anesthesiology ScholarshipsElsa Capria, Baldwinsville, NY Dean M. Janice Nelson Nursing Endowed ScholarshipSusan Segreti, Liverpool, NY Edgar and Josephine Olson Parental Nursing Endowed ScholarshipDenise Hiser-Ruddick, Cortland, NY Department of Ophthalmology ScholarshipsJulie Carroll, Tully, NY Nursing Alumni Association ScholarshipCindy Jeffries, Central Square, NY Bess Buser Endowed ScholarshipSusan Shaw, Manlius, NY Mary Gleason ScholarshipKim Eckert, Syracuse, NY John X. & Veronica A. Deyermond Endowed ScholarshipMaria C. Lumbrazo, Liverpool, NY Eastwood Rotary ScholarshipsDenise Hiser-Ruddick, Cortland, NY |
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Abosede Alao (FPMHNP’10), recipient of the Jorge Grimes Nursing Endowed Scholarship, graduated cum laude from Le MoyneCollege in Syracuse and then decided to enter a"fulfilling career" in nursing. Alao wants to contribute to society by becoming "an excellent psychiatric nurse practitioner and mentor younger nurses in this exciting field." Read more about Alao and other scholarship winners on page 3 of the Fall 2008 Nursing In Touch |