Alexis Caviston-Ashmar Memorial Scholarship Fund
Established in August 2022, the Alexis Caviston-Ashmar Memorial Scholarship Fund was created in memory of Lexi, who was a 3rd year Nursing student at Mansfield University at the time of her diagnosis of Glioblastoma, the most lethal form of brain cancer. Despite multiple brain surgeries, radiation, chemotherapy, clinical trials and a myriad of other treatments, she graduated from Mansfield, cum laude in May of 2020. She endured her 5th and final brain surgery on June 1, 2020, returned home on hospice on June 12 and married the love of her life, Joshua Ashmar, RN, also a graduate of the Mansfield University Nursing program, on June 20, 2020. She maintained her sense of humor and strength throughout her final days and passed away on July 14, 2020 with her family and dear friends at her side. It was at her request that this scholarship has been established to help others fulfill their goal of becoming a nurse.
This fund provides two (2) scholarship awards each year to support educational expenses for students. The two scholarships are the Alexis Caviston-Ashmar Memorial Scholarship Manfield Nursing Award, awarded to a permanent resident of NEPA in the 3rd or 4th year of the Nursing Program at the Mansfield University School of Nursing, and the Alexis Caviston-Ashmar Memorial Scranton Knights Rhythm Scholarship, awarded toa graduating senior from Scranton High School who is a member of the Scranton Knight Rhythms and intends to pursue a degree in healthcare.
Alexis Caviston-Ashmar Memorial Scranton Knights Rhythm Scholarship
The Alexis Caviston-Ashmar Memorial Scholarship Award is intended to support a graduating senior from Scranton High School who is a member of the Scranton High School Knight Rhythms and intends to pursue a degree in healthcare. Eligible students must be a graduating senior from Scranton High School; a member of the Scranton High School Knight Rhythms; intending to pursue a degree in the healthcare field. Applicants must also provide two (2) Letters of Recommendation from at least one teacher and one from a supervisor, if the applicant has worked/volunteered. Applicants must also provide an essay about the importance of this scholarship and the role of healthcare providers in a post pandemic world must be submitted.
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Alexis Caviston-Ashmar Memorial Scholarship Manfield Nursing Award
The Alexis Caviston-Ashmar Memorial Scholarship Award is intended to support a permanent resident of Northeastern Pennsylvania in the 3rd or 4th year of the Nursing Program at the Mansfield University School of Nursing. Eligible applicants must be a permanent resident of Northeastern Pennsylvania in the 3rd or 4th year of the Nursing Program at the Mansfield University School of Nursing. Applicant must also provide two (2) Letters of Recommendation from Mansfield Nursing professors and healthcare related work experiences, if available.
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