Receiving the Mississippi Nurses Foundation Scholarship is an honor Price says she'll never forget. "This program means so much to me. I'm not just a number here, they know my name, they support me, and they care."
Casey is studying pre-med with a focus on cellular and molecular biology. Her goal: to work in the health field. "I want to help people, and I find a lot of the health field very interesting," she said.
Scarbrough is working toward her dream of becoming a labor and delivery nurse. "I love babies. I love taking care of others," she said. "I see myself in a few years in Atlanta, studying at Augusta Medical to become an OBGYN -- and maybe even opening my own practice one day."
Meridian Community College student Macy Adams never thought the start of her final year of study in the Radiologic Technology Program would reveal a surprise that would help cover the cost of her education.
A group of Southeast Lauderdale High School juniors and seniors stepped out of their classroom and into a college lab at Meridian Community College as part of their dual-credit Anatomy and Physiology I course.
