PeaceHealth awards scholarships

The Columbian

Published: August 31, 2019, 5:15am

NORTH GARRISON HEIGHTS: PeaceHealth Southwest Foundation recently awarded $33,000 in scholarships to 17 students. Some of them include, front row, left to right, Nicole Nugent (junior volunteer, $4,500, public health degree), and Lilly Kovalenko (adult volunteer, $2,000, nursing degree); middle row, Isabel Gutierrez-Johnson (caregiver, $1,000, nursing degree), Juliah Larson (caregiver, $2,000, nursing degree), and Ryan Kwon (junior volunteer, $2,500, pre-med student); last row, Leayn VanDeven (caregiver, $2,000, nurse practitioner studies), Sari Munoz (caregiver, $2,000, physician’s assistant studies) and Ahmed Sheeti (adult volunteer, $2,000, pre-med student).

NORTH GARRISON HEIGHTS — Volunteers and caregivers of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center were on the receiving end of $33,000 in scholarships awarded by the hospital’s foundation. Seventeen students who are studying to become health care professionals received scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year. The PeaceHealth Southwest Foundation’s Health Career Scholarship program is funded through donations from volunteers and caregivers, the community, the Jack and Nancy Barry Endowment, and the Sarina Slaid memorial scholarship. Award winners included students pursuing degrees in pre-med, nursing, pharmacy, physician’s assistant, and public health.

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