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Stacy was chosen by the academy to receive a $1,000 scholarship provided through the Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America.
Stacy is a registered nurse who works at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville. She enrolled in WCU’s online master’s degree program in August 2007, and expects to complete the program in May 2010. She previously earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Stacy also is receiving other academic scholarships and assistance totaling $6,500 for the upcoming academic year. That includes a $1,500 national scholarship from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses; a $1,000 scholarship from the N.C. League for Nursing; a $1,000 Loretta Ford Nurse Practitioner Scholarship from the Nurse Practitioner Council of the N.C. Nurses Association; and $3,000 in loan forgiveness through the Master’s Nurse Scholars Program of the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority and College Foundation of North Carolina for agreeing to work as a nurse one year for each year she receives that assistance.
For more information about WCU’s family nurse practitioner program and other nursing programs, contact the School of Nursing at (828) 227-7467.
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