Cherokee Uniforms congratulates the 10 winners of the 2011 Cherokee A Nurse I Am Scholarship Program!

Scholarship recipients each receive $2,000 toward defraying the cost of their nursing education.

The winners of the 2011 scholarship are Ashley McCurry (Gardner-Webb University – Boiling Springs, N.C.), Casey Chase (Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University – San Jose, Calif.), Christina Cooper (Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College – St. Louis, Mo.), Elizabeth Roszel (Columbia University School of Nursing – New York City), Karisa Ham (Point Loma Nazarene University – San Diego, Calif.), Katharine Haxall (Columbia University School of Nursing), Kristina Trombly (Columbia University School of Nursing), Malgorzata Kurczak (Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago – Chicago, Ill.), Melissa Hart (University of South Alabama – Mobile, Ala.), and Shantel Jamieson (Walla Walla University - Portland, Ore.).

Selection was based on an essay written in response to the inspirational nurses' film, "A Nurse I Am". Entrants were asked which of the attributes of the nurses who appear in the film would they most like to emulate – and why?

Cherokee Uniforms provided a grant for the production of "A Nurse I Am," a film for nurses and nursing students, out of concern over the number of nurses leaving the profession within the first few years of practice. The film presents nurses in real-life situations where they interact with real patients, students and colleagues, highlighting key points for a successful nursing career. More than 340 schools of nursing are showing the film to nearly 38,000 students annually as part of their nursing curricula.

Cherokee has provided 50 scholarships to student nurses since 2005, totaling $100,000.

Cherokee Uniforms congratulates the 10 winners of the 2011 Cherokee A Nurse I Am Scholarship Program!

The 2011 Winners

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