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WDMS/WDMSA Nursing Scholarship Fund - BSN Application Form

The WDMSA awards scholarship(s) to a BSN student each year.  The number and amounts offered are evaluated each year based on the monies available through donations and fund raising. This year the WDMSA will be awarding up to $2000 in scholarship to a student attending a BSN program.

The criteria for scholarship awards will be based on scholastic achievement, an essay, community service and completion of the application.

Application deadline is June 1st. Only completed applications will be considered.

Eligibility:

A legal resident of Worcester County who has completed one year of an accredited 4 year BSN undergraduate program or is attending a post-baccalaureate BSN or RN-to-BSN program.

Criteria:

Students in high academic standing, with a minimum GPA of 3.4 who demonstrates involvement in community service.

Process:

Submit an official sealed transcript from the nursing program that the applicant is currently enrolled. It is the applicant's responsibility to have all requirements of the application posted by June 1st. Applicants will be notified in August. The scholarship will be awarded annually in November at the WDMS Fall District Meeting. The scholarship awarded will be applied towards tuition and payable to the recipient's nursing program.

Applications:

The following items are required:

  1. Completed application form

  2. One letter of recommendation from an instructor or professor in the nursing program in which the applicant is currently enrolled.

  3. Essay describing the applicant’s reasons for selecting a career in nursing and what the applicant forsees as their contribution to the future of the profession of nursing.

The Scholarship Committee will review the candidates’ applications and make a selection based on academic performance, scholastic achievement and community service.

Interviews may be required, if the committee deems necessary.

Application Information:

Applications may be submitted using the online form below or downloading the PDF file.
 

Essays and Letters of Recommendation may be submitted by email to: wdmsalliance@massmed.org.

 

All Transcripts or other supporting documents should be mailed to:

 

C/O WDMSA Nursing Scholarship Committee
75 Wyndhurst Drive
Holden, MA 01520

WDMS/WDMSA Nursing Scholarship Application - BSN

*Required

Applicant Information

1.

*Last Name:
  *First Name:
  Middle Name:
 
2a. Legal Address:
  City:
  State:
  Zip:
  Daytime Phone:
 

2b.

 Institution Name:
  Address:
  City:
  State:
  Zip:
  Phone:
 

3.

 Date Entered this Nursing Program: (mm/dd/yyyy)

4.

 Expected Date of Graduation: (mm/dd/yyyy)
 
Academic Achievements

5.

Please list honors, grants, scholarships, publications, special projects.
 

   

6.

Please describe any special or personal circumstances which you believe should be considered.
 

 

Community Service

7.

Please describe, in detail, your participation in community service.

Institution Dates Nature of Duties
 

 
 
   

8.

Reference:
Please provide the name and business phone number of the instructor who will be writing your letter of recommendation.
 

   
  The information supplied by me on this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. If awarded this scholarship, I give permission to print my name in the WDMSA newsletter and the local newspaper.
 

*Email Address:
 

Telephone where you can be reached for an interview:
 

The best time to reach me is:
 


Download the Nursing Scholarship Application
 

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