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Eleven Alberta Nursing students awarded education scholarships

By United Nurses of Alberta February 26, 2015 09:22 (Last updated March 4, 2015 09:46)
Grant MacEwan University nursing student Amber Bauer is one of eleven students to receive a UNA education scholarship this month. In photo: UNA Second Vice-President Daphne Wallace, scholarship recipient Amber Bauer, President Heather Smith and First Vice-President Jane Sustrik.

United Nurses of Alberta is proud to present scholarships to eleven Nursing students in 2015. UNA’s Nursing Education Scholarships and the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union Scholarship are awarded annually to assist Nursing students in studies in approved Nursing programs at Alberta’s post-secondary institutions. 

Jean Iwaasa, a Nursing student at the University of Lethbridge was awarded the annual CFNU Scholarship.

The following Nursing students received UNA scholarships:

Amber Bauer (Grant MacEwan University)

Sydney Giebelhaus (Grant MacEwan University)

Morgan Hughes (University of Calgary)

Nadine Kennedy (University of Alberta)

Madison Penman (University of Alberta)

Elizabeth Swobod (University of Alberta)

Angela Thiessen (University of Alberta)

Sarah Tougas (Grant MacEwan University)

Michael Urban (Grant MacEwan University)

Kaitlyn Venneman (Red Deer College)

Applicants must be related to a UNA member in good standing, complete an application form and write a short essay responding to the question "How does United Nurses of Alberta advocate for Members?"

Apply for a 2016 Nursing Education Scholarship

Completed applications must be received at the UNA Provincial Office delivered by postal mail or by hand no later than 4:30 pm, Oct. 15, 2015. Digital or faxed applications will not be accepted. The awards will be announced in late January or early February of 2016.

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