Two regional women were the recent recipients of a pair of $1,000 scholarships from the Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation
Connie Brooks, of Willow Springs, and Angela Watkins, of Rolla, were selected to receive the funds to assist with their educational costs for the 2017 spring school semester. The recipients were chosen among several applicants by members of the Healthcare Foundation board of directors.
Brooks is a student at Central Methodist University in Fayette, where she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She is a registered nurse and director of the TCMH education department.
Watkins is pursuing a graduate degree in the pediatric nurse practitioner program at Maryville University in St. Louis. She is a registered nurse and director of the obstetrics department at TCMH.
Brooks is a first-time healthcare foundation scholarship recipient. It was the second time Watkins received a scholarship.
“Educational scholarships are a focus area of the TCMH Healthcare Foundation,” said Jay Gentry, foundation director. “Our board of directors believes in the importance of education for area students that are pursuing training in healthcare-related fields.”
The foundation awards educational scholarships for students pursuing additional higher education each spring and fall. This fall, the foundation will award endowed scholarship funds in addition to the healthcare foundation scholarships.
“The foundation board of directors recognizes the growing need for healthcare providers in rural America,” Gentry said. “It is the hope of the foundation that these scholarships will assist in attracting and retaining qualified residents to work in the local healthcare fields.”
Complete scholarship information and the scholarship application is available online at www.tcmhfoundation.org.