On Monday, Nov 16, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation hosted its 2nd Annual Nursing Scholarship Luncheon honoring the many generous benefactors together with donors of Reynolds, too every bit recognizing the talented students who volition serve every bit the nurses of tomorrow. Scholarship donors had the unique chance to sit down together amongst the students who create goodness from their generosity, giving the students an chance to portion their futurity goals together with limited their appreciation.
Bess Littlefield, Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Reynolds together with Executive Director of the Educational Foundation opened the luncheon together with remarked, “Students, you’re going to run across many unforgettable people inwards your nursing careers. Your scholarship donors are really exceptional individuals on that list. We’re together with thus glad y'all tin survive hither to give thank y'all them inwards person, along amongst our outstanding nursing faculty together with staff.”
Other luncheon speakers included Reynolds President Dr. Gary Rhodes, Benjamin J. Warner, Chief Nursing Officer of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, June Quisenberry, President of Grace Hospital Alumnae Association, together with Reynolds Nursing educatee Amanda Wray.
In welcoming the grouping Dr. Rhodes noted that Reynolds’ showtime cast of but 6 nurses graduated inwards 1974-1975, together with since 1974 a full of 2,231 Nursing AAS degrees convey been awarded. Speaker Benjamin J. Warner added that every fourth dimension he walks downward a hall at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital he meets at to the lowest degree i nurse who graduated from Reynolds. His advice to the students, “Be smart, proceed learning together with remain the course of instruction because all of us inwards this room volition withdraw y'all i day.”
June Quisenberry told the audience that when she attended nursing schoolhouse inwards the belatedly 1950’s the full toll for her iii twelvemonth education, including room together with board, books, together with uniforms was but $300.00. The Grace Hospital Alumnae Association similar a shot awards scholarships of $1,000 per semester per student, together with the bulk of their scholarship recipients are Reynolds nursing students.
Nursing educatee Amanda Wray, a 36 year-old woman raise of 2 boys, told the heartbreaking flush of losing her hubby to cancer inwards 2012. She noted that the silvery lining inwards their tragedy is that the compassionate attention the identify unit of measurement received from the nurses who cared for them inspired her to become to nursing school. She thanked the scholarship donors for their gifts together with noted she was humbled together with honored to have scholarships without which her nursing didactics would non convey been possible.
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For to a greater extent than data on the Nursing programme at Reynolds delight see http://www.reynolds.edu/curriculum/nursingaas.aspx.