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Contact:
Contact: Julie Johnston, Mercy Hospital Foundation President
Phone: 319-358-2622 days, 319-354-5852 evenings
Mercy
Hospital Foundation announces 2010
Health Career Scholarships Recipients
Iowa City, IA
(May 5, 2010) ––Mercy Hospital Foundation has awarded
10 new scholarships to area high school seniors pursuing a career
in the health care field. The students were recognized at a ceremony
at Mercy Iowa City on April 28, 2010.
The scholarships
provide each student $1000 a year, renewable for up to four years.
The 2010 recipients, selected from 32 applicants, represent eight
area high schools. They plan to enter nursing, pharmacy, biology
and physical therapy programs. The recipients and the high schools
they attend are:
Bethany
Carney, Williamsburg High School
Kayley Hakeman, Williamsburg High School
Mollie Kleopfer, Highland High School
Matthew Miller, Regina High School
Allison Roe, City High School
Sara Stewart, West High School
Brittnee Stumpf, Mid-Prairie High School
Vi Tran-Phan, West High School
Amanda Ulin, Solon High School
Grace Winstead, West High School
This
is the eighth year Health Career Scholarships have been awarded
by the Foundation. Mercy employees are the primary funding source
of the scholarships, directing donations to the scholarships through
an employee campaign conducted in April. Mercy Hospital Guild and
Foundation donors also provided funds for the program.
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
A photo of the recipients is available here. Pictured left to
right: Vi Tran-Phan, West High School; Bethany Carney,
Williamsburg High School; Kayley Hakeman, Williamsburg
High School; Allison Roe, City High School; Grace
Winstead, West High School; Amanda Ulin, Solon High
School; Mollie Kleopfer, Highland High School; Brittnee
Stumpf, Mid-Prairie High School; Matthew Miller, Regina
High School; and Sara Stewart, West High School; with
Cindy Penney, Julie Johnston, and Andrea Meyer of Mercy Hospital.
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