East Granby Resident Awarded with Nightingale Nursing Scholarship

East Granby resident and nursing student John LeBlanc will recieve a Nightingale scholarship.

LeBlanc attends Southern Connecticut State University.

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John LeBlanc, the recipient from Southern Connecticut State University, is an Accelerated Career Entry (ACE), second degree student in the prelicensure baccalaureate nursing program.

His prior academic work was completed at Temple University with a major in Spanish and a minor in Clinical Psychology. His experiences on a mission trip to an impoverished village in Guatemala solidified his decision to pursue nursing education. John is determined to pursue a career that will provide him with an opportunity to advocate for those who are physically and/or psychologically compromised.

The Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing program was originally developed by the VNA South Central to be a collaborative effort to celebrate outstanding nurses and elevate the nursing profession. The goals of the program are to encourage retention, focus public attention, recognize the breadth and scope of nursing practice at the local level, and inspire future nurses.
To help achieve these goals, for the past twelve years, the Nightingale program has provided scholarships to outstanding students from five local nursing schools: Gateway Community College - Department of Nursing, Quinnipiac University - School of Nursing, Sacred Heart University - School of Nursing, Southern Connecticut State University - Department of Nursing, and the Yale University School of Nursing.

Photo from left to right: Jacqueline Ines Palmer- Quinnipiac University – School of Nursing, Jennifer Walker – Gateway Community College – Department of Nursing, John LeBlanc – Southern Connecticut State University – Department of Nursing, Michelle Sheridan – Sacred Heart University – School of Nursing, Erica Gibson – Yale University School of Nursing (Not present in photo)