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Lydia's
Professional Uniforms Partners with AACN to
Launch a New Scholarship Program for Baccalaureate Students
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Scholarship Application for 2008-2009 Academic Year
WASHINGTON,
DC - Lydia's Professional Uniforms, a leading supplier of
apparel for health professionals, is partnering with the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to launch a new
scholarship program for nurses enrolled in baccalaureate programs.
Through this partnership, Lydia's will provide $5,000 in competitive
scholarship monies each semester to eligible nursing students
beginning in Fall 2006.
"AACN
applauds Lydia's Professional Uniforms for their commitment
to nursing and for their generous support for four-year nursing
education," said Jean Bartels, PhD, RN, president of
AACN. "We are hopeful that this partnership will inspire
other corporate citizens to form alliances with the nursing
education community to help maintain a strong baccalaureate-prepared
nursing workforce."
Titled
the Lydia's Professional Uniform/AACN Excellence in Academics
Nursing Scholarship, this program provides scholarships to
nursing students in their junior year of an accredited Bachelor
of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. Two scholarships in the
amount of $2,500 scholarships will be distributed in the Fall
and Spring semesters with deadlines set for August 1 and November
1, respectively. To qualify, students must possess a GPA of
3.5 or better, complete the required application form, and
submit a 250 word essay describing their career aspirations
and financial need. Scholarship applications may be downloaded
from the Web site at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/doc/LydiaApp.doc.
"Lydia's
Professional Uniforms is proud to support efforts to create
a well-educated nursing workforce through this new scholarship
initiative," said James J. Maioho, Lydia's Vice President
for Business Development. "We recognize the important
role nurses play in the health care system and are committed
to improving access to baccalaureate nursing education programs."
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Based
in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Lydia's Professional Uniforms
is a leading supplier of apparel for health professionals,
including lab coats, scrubs, shoes and medical accessories.
Founded in 1971, Professional Uniforms is a family owned and
operated business that has grown from its outlet roots into
one of the fastest growing catalog and Web-based uniform retailers
in the United States. The company strives to offer fresh and
exciting products of high quality at great value to those
working in the health care industry. For more details on Lydia's
product line, see http://www.lydiasuniforms.com.
The
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
is the national voice for university and four-year-college
education programs in nursing. Representing 575 member schools
of nursing at public and private institutions nationwide,
AACN's educational, research, governmental advocacy, data
collection, publications, and other programs work to establish
quality standards for bachelor's- and graduate-degree nursing
education, assist deans and directors to implement those standards,
influence the nursing profession to improve health care, and
promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate nursing
education, research, and practice. See http://www.aacn.nche.edu.
CONTACT: Robert Rosseter
(202) 463-6930, x231
rrosseter@aacn.nche.edu
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