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May 18, 2012
Hospital News
2012 CarolinaEast Auxiliary Scholarship winners, left to right: Kyandra Smalls, Emma Conley, Xavier Collins, Kelsey Brown,
Susanna LaPrairie and Emily Knortz.
Not pictured: NyQuisha Staten and Katie Lackman
NEW BERN, NC – Eight graduating high school seniors in Craven, Jones and Pamlico
County have been selected to receive merit-based scholarships and grants given
annually by the CarolinaEast Health System (CHS) Auxiliary. The Scholarship Program began in 1984 with a
$4,000 sponsorship for one student. Over the years the program has grown to
include multiple gifts, ranging from $1,000 - $10,000, given to deserving local
students interested in pursuing careers in health care.
“These
scholarships are funded by proceeds from various projects which take place year
round,“ explained Tim Dakin, Auxiliary President. “While the Auxiliary lends
financial support to many programs related directly to patient care at
CarolinaEast, the opportunity to provide these scholarships is one of our most
rewarding endeavors and is very special to our membership and to the
recipients.”
This year’s
$10,000 scholarship winners are Kelsey Brown of Havelock High School and Emily
Knortz of New Bern High School. The scholarships will be paid out over the
course of their four-year undergraduate programs.
Kelsey, daughter of Michael and Melinda Brown, is involved
in numerous clubs and sports and was recently awarded the President’s Volunteer
Service Award and the Wendy’s Heisman Award, all while holding the highest
academic ranking in her graduating class. She will be attending N.C State
University in the fall, majoring in pre-professional biology. Her goal is to
attend medical school.
Emily is a member of
the Interact Club, National Honor Society, and Junior Civitan Club. She also
plays soccer at NBHS and in a prestigious soccer club in eastern N.C. and will
continue playing at the college level at Campbell University where she plans to
major in pre-pharmacy. She is the daughter of Matthew and Barbara Knortz of New
Bern.
A second group of students have each been
awarded $2,000 grants payable over two semesters.
Xavier Collins
is the son of Andrew and Carrie Collins of Vanceboro. He will be a June
graduate of West Craven High School. He is active in the National Honor
Society, Link Crew, and Science Olympian and the WCHS band. Xavier will be
attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the fall.
Ultimately, he hopes to attend medical school to become a physician.
Kyandra Smalls
is the daughter of Antwan and Kimberly Moore and will graduate from Jones
Senior High School next month. During her time at JSHS she has completed nearly
two years of college credit through Lenior Community College, is president of
the National Honor Society and a leader in the Air Force ROTC program. She
credits her interest in health care to her time spent volunteering at Lenoir
Memorial Hospital. Kyandra plans to major in Exercise Science at the University
of North Carolina Wilmington and then continue her education in physical
therapy.
Four additional
students will receive $1000 each, payable their first semester of college.
Two of these
recipients, Emma Conley and Katie Lachman, will graduate from Pamlico County
High School. The final recipients are Susanna LaPrairie, who will graduate from
New Bern High School and NyQuisha Staten, West Craven High School.
Emma is Student
Body President, a triathlon athlete, camp counselor at Camp Sea Gull and
Seafarer and a state delegate for the state YMCA Youth and Government program.
Emma will be attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the
fall working toward a degree in Exercise Science. She is the daughter of Scott
and Susan Conley of Oriental.
Katie, daughter
of John and Lisa Lackman of Arapahoe, has spent many hours volunteering at
CarolinaEast Health System, with Relay for Life and tutoring elementary school
students. She is also a member of the Beta Club, Student Government Association
and ROTC. Katie will attend Campbell University in the fall as a part of the
pre-pharmacy program.
Susanna is
President of the NBHS Interact Club and will be going to India this summer with
the Rotary Club. She has volunteered over 200 hours at CarolinaEast Health
System and has already earned her CNA licensure. She will be attending Wingate
University this fall in the nursing program. Susanna is the daughter of Don and
Susan LaPrairie.
NyQuisha is the
daughter of Dennis Best and Lora Staten of Dover. She recognized her passion for health care in
the clinical portion of the Allied Health Curriculum. She is a member of the
National Honor Society and will attend the University of North Carolina
Greensboro in the fall to pursue a degree in nursing.
CarolinaEast
Health System Auxiliary members and the entire CarolinaEast team would like to
extend their heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to each of these
students as they begin to build their careers in health care. We look forward to seeing the positive impact
they will have on their future patients and their communities.
For more
information about the CarolinaEast Health System Auxiliary, contact
CarolinaEast Volunteer Services at (252) 633-8127.
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