>Valley Health System Awards Stringer/Featherstone Scholarships to 18 Local Students
Eighteen students have been awarded scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year from the Valley Health System Stringer/Featherstone Nursing Scholarship Award Program. Kay Yeomans serves as Chairman of the Scholarship Award Committee.
The Valley Health System Stringer/Featherstone Nursing Scholarship Program was established to provide financial assistance to qualified applicants. Specifically, the program is for students who intend to pursue a nursing program in an educational institution accredited by the National League for Nursing or other qualified accrediting agencies leading to licensure or a degree in nursing.
To be eligible for a Stringer/Featherstone Nursing Scholarship, the applicants had to meet certain qualifications, including enrollment in an accredited nursing program, recommendation by the guidance counselor or dean/chairman of a college nursing program, indications of self-help on the part of the applicant, financial need, and residency within in the geographical area serviced by Valley Health System and its affiliates.
This year’s four new recipients are listed here with their hometowns and academic institutions they plan to attend. They are: Zachary Carroll of Chestnut Ridge, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Rachel Greenfield of North Haledon, Belmont University; Christi Jenisch of Pompton Plains, Liberty University; and Jillian Brooke Kaltman of Fair Lawn, University of Pennsylvania.
Kay Yeomans also announced the renewal of the Stringer/Featherstone Nursing Scholarships for 14 of last year’s awardees. They are: Eileen Alvarez of Fair Lawn, Felician College; Colleen E. Briggs of Tuxedo, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Michelle Galeazzi of Park Ridge, Catholic University of America; Sarah Hespe of Park Ridge, Fairfield University; Kayla Jimenez of Paramus, Felician College; Heather Kutler of Passaic, Felician College; Melissa Lancaster of Wyckoff, University of Scranton; Dana Nangle of Elmwood Park, Rutgers University; Amanda Parisi of Oakland, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Jodi Ann Pino of Prospect Park, William Paterson University; Alyssa Rittinger of Midland Park, William Paterson University; Marian Shumilova of Paramus, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Nina Shulgach of Allendale, College of New Jersey; and Christine Van Lenten of Allendale, University of Scranton.
