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Lydia's
Professional Uniforms Partners with AACN to
Launch a New Scholarship Program for Baccalaureate Students
Download
scholarship application here
WASHINGTON,
June 7, 2004 - 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 2004.
"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 July 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/Lydia.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."
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
more than 580 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. Web site:
http://www.aacn.nche.edu
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CONTACT:
Robert Rosseter
(202) 463-6930, x231
rrosseter@aacn.nche.edu
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