Forfar Nursing Scholarship to be Awarded Monday Sept 19th at Ocean Medical Center in Brick

The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund announced today that the presentation of its 2016 scholarships will take place on Monday, September 19th at 4:30pm in the afternoon with a formal award ceremony at Ocean Medical Center located at 425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, New Jersey.

Ocean Medical Center and Meridian Health employees, executives and officials along with the scholarship recipients, their families and special invited guests are expected to attend the 2016 award ceremony which is also open to the general public.

This year’s presentation will mark the sixth year that scholarships have been awarded to Ocean Medical Center team members from the fund.

During its first five years of existence, The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund has awarded $12,500 to help aid the formal nursing education of 21 nurses and nursing students from Ocean Medical Center.

The monetary amount of this year’s scholarship along with the names of the recipients will be announced on September 19th.

ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND:
The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund was established on January 15, 2011 and is part of the Ocean Medical Center Foundation family of funds.

The fund provides monetary assistance to qualified nurses and nursing students of Ocean Medical Center who desire to continue their formal education in nursing profession in the form of scholarships and awards one (or more) nursing scholarship during September of each year to eligible applicants.

The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund was established to honor the memory of long-time Point Pleasant resident Barbara Forfar or “Foof” as she was called by her fellow nurses and other colleagues in the operating room, and her forty-four years of dedication to the nursing profession with all but three years of her service associated with the Ocean Medical Center or its predecessor hospitals.

To qualify for the scholarship, the applicant must be an employee or nursing student at Ocean Medical Center and must be enrolled in a RN program, an upper division program (RN to BSN) or advanced degree program (MSN, PhD) in nursing.

All Ocean Medical Center nurses and nursing students from all OMC practice areas were eligible to apply. The scholarship must be used to supplement tuition, fees, lab costs, books or educational supply expenses.

The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund awards one (or more) nursing scholarship during September of each year to eligible applicants.

The deadline for submitting the 2016 scholarship application was July 15th.

NEED MORE INFORMATION:
For more information about The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund, including how to make a donation to the fund, log on to the official website at www.forfarscholarship.org or connect with The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund on Facebook or Twitter.