Boonton Native Alison Doppelt Receives Graduation Award from MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boonton native Alison Doppelt received the 2014 Loyd Nichols Staats Scholarship Award from the School of Nursing at MGH Institute of Health Professions during the Boston health sciences graduate school’s commencement ceremonies in May.

Doppelt, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, was recognized for her high level of academic achievement as a student in the 14-month program.

The scholarship is named in honor of the brother of Mary Staats SON ’37 - Loyd Nichols Staats, who died as an infant.

Prior to attending the MGH Institute, she earned a bachelor’s degree in public health from Tulane University where she majored in Public Health.

MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston is an innovative and interprofessional graduate school with post-baccalaureate, entry-level, post-professional, and PhD programs in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and speech-language pathology, as well as health professions education and rehabilitation sciences. An affiliate of Partners HealthCare System,  the MGH Institute offers its more than 1,300 students unparalleled opportunities to learn and work alongside expert practitioners in a variety of hospital, clinical, community, and educational settings. The school, which has graduated more than 5,400 students since its 1977 founding, is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Several programs are highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report, and the school has been included for the past several years as a Great College to Work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education.