Employees Earn $11.5K in Scholarships

STPH EMPLOYEES EARN $11,500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS

COVINGTON – Seven St. Tammany Parish Hospital employees have earned $11,500 in scholarships to continue their education. The scholarships, and their recipients, include:

DOROTHY L. BLOSSMAN NURSING SCHOLARSHIP

Janiece Weinberger RN with the Wound Care Clinic at St. Tammany Parish Hospital received the $2,000 Blossman scholarship to continue working on her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Grantham University.

Weinberger is scheduled to graduate in August and plans to immediately start working on her master’s degree with the goal of becoming a nurse practitioner.  

GUILD SCHOLARSHIPS

The St. Tammany Hospital Guild has awarded five $1,500 scholarships to the following St. Tammany Parish Hospital employees:

Nursing Scholarship Recipients 

• Michelle Hickman, department head of nursing-2 South. Hickman, who joined STPH in January 1998, is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in nursing from William Carey School of Nursing.
  
• Karen Kyle, medical assistant and phlebotomist for the Cancer Center. Kyle, who started at STPH in February 2008, is pursuing her RN degree from Delgado Community College.
• Lacylynn McGehee RN, surgery. McGehee, who joined STPH in July 2006, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
• Ginger Taylor, medical assistant and phlebotomist for the Cancer Center. Taylor joined STPH in September 1999 and is working toward her RN degree from Delgado Community College.

Allied Health Scholarship Recipient 

• Ronald Melder, cardiovascular lab tech. Melder, who joined STPH in March 2008, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in radiology from Northwestern State University.

“The Guild faithfully and consistently donates to the hospital’s scholarship program and we’re very proud of this relationship,” said Chief Nursing Officer Kerry Milton. “We’re extremely proud of these employees for becoming engaged and wanting to further their education to better themselves and the care at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.”

MEDICAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SCHOLARSHIP

The St. Tammany Parish Hospital Medical Staff Committee has awarded its 2014 professional education scholarship to Amanda Dupuy LPN.

Dupuy, who joined STPH in September 2012, is a unit assistant in the hospital’s 2 East wing. She received the $2,000 scholarship to work toward her RN degree at Excelsior College.

The scholarship supports the hospital’s leadership role in assisting employees to further their education, training and careers at STPH. 

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PHOTO IDENTIFICATION - 1: St. Tammany Parish Hospital Chief of Nursing Kerry Milton, left, and St. Tammany Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees Chairwoman Laurie McCants, right, present the 2014 Dorothy L. Blossman Nursing Scholarship to Janiece Weinberger RN.

PHOTO IDENTIFICATION - 2: From left: Ronald Melder, cardiovascular lab tech; Guild volunteers Julie Morse and Ron Rome; Ginger Taylor, medical assistant and phlebotomist for chemotherapy services; Guild volunteers Marty Spear and Dorothy Bryant and President David Brumfield; Karen Kyle, medical assistant and phlebotomist for chemotherapy services; and Lacylynn McGehee RN, surgery. Not pictured: Michelle Hickman, department head of nursing-2 South.

PHOTO IDENTIFICATION - 3: From left: Amy Wade RN, department head of nursing-2 East; Dr. Bob Capitelli, senior vice president and chief medical officer; Dr. Michael Isabelle, emergency services chairman; Amanda Dupuy LPN; Dr. Joseph Landers, chief of staff; and Kerry Milton, chief nursing officer.