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St. John’s Announces Scholarship Recipients
5/18/2009
Joplin, Mo. – St. John’s Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce the St. John’s Business Education Partnership Scholarship award winners. Bethany Reed, Taylor Byrd, both from Joplin High School and Zakkary Huddleston from McAuley High School were the chosen recipients. Reed and Byrd are planning to enter the nursing field, while Huddleston is pre-med.
Each year, St. John’s awards scholarships to three high school seniors who plan to pursue a career in healthcare. The recipients must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher for their entire high school career.
The scholarships are for $500 a year, and are renewable for all four years as long as the student maintains a 3.0 grade point average and stays in the healthcare field.
St. John’s congratulates this year’s scholarship recipients.
St. John’s Regional Medical Center has been leading the way in healthcare throughout the four-state area for more than 100 years. We are a 367-bed facility, serving 19 counties in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. We provide state-of-the-art healthcare services, specializing in cardiology, orthopedics, neurosciences, and oncology. St. John’s has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission. Additionally, we have been recognized by Thomson Healthcare with three 100 Top Hospital Awards (2006) and rated in the top 10% nationally by HealthGrades for critical care (2009).