The Mississippi Board of Nursing and Office of Nursing Workforce awarded $28,500 to the nursing programs at East Mississippi Community College.
The funds were used to award 17 scholarships to students enrolled in the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program and to 10 students enrolled in the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program.
Scholarship recipients in the LPN program are: Unisa Bell of West Point; Carson Collier of Louisville; Samantha Davis of Prairie; Shumata Evans of Pheba; Hartley Files of Maben; Alexandria Hunt of Louisville; Mya Guyness of Columbus; Deidre Lott of Mathiston; Jaylan Malone of Columbus; and Allison Nichols of Starkville.
The ADN students awarded scholarships are: Taylor Potts of Corinth; April Humphreys of Columbus; Breanna Kislow of Columbus; Marlee Maples of Starkville; Joseph Noll of Maben; Theresa Pumphrey of Houston; Ken-Yetta Stallings of Brooksville; Julia Younger of Steens; Alexis Hawthorne of Starkville; Ashley Robertson of West Point; Lauren Morrow of Steens; Alyssa Gully of Porterville; Rachel Hollis of Columbus; Bernesha Pope of Starkville; Bailey Powell of Starkville; Crimson Rogers of Starkville; and Elizabeth Yates of Steens (not pictured).
Submitted by: Michael Lee Stewart