Scholarship to Kaitlin Meyer, a first-year nursing student at the University of Alberta, recieves her UNA scholarship from President Heather Smith and First-Vice President Bev Dick. Kaitin was joined by her mother, Donna Meyer, President of UNA Local 304 (Stony Plain Community Health).
Eight first-year nursing students have been awarded scholarships from United Nurses of Alberta and the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.
Students accepted into nursing programs at Grant MacEwan University, Mount Royal University, Red Deer College, University of Alberta, and University of Calgary were recipients of the 2011 scholarship.
The recipients of the UNA Scholarships are:
Kaitlin Meyer (BScN program - University of Alberta) Kimberly Karambowich (BScN program - Mount Royal University) Jaclyn Saik (BScN program - Grant MacEwan University) Adam Szol (BScN program - Mount Royal University) Heather Nelson (Psychiatric Nursing Program - Grant MacEwan University) Britney Saik (BScN program - Grant MacEwan University)
The recipients of the CFNU Scholarships (Alberta) are:
Haley Bjarnason (BScN program - University of Alberta) Jocelyn Leenstrau (BScN program - Red Deer College).
Recipients of the scholarship had to be enrolled in their first year of full-time studies in an accredited nursing program in Alberta, planning to remain registered in the program and related to a UNA member in good standing. They also had to write a short essay answering the question, "How does the UNA impact nursing worklife?"
UNA congratulates the scholarship recipients and wishes them good luck in their first year of nursing studies.
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