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AZUSA, Calif. – Azusa Pacific University received $200,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to award $10,000 scholarships to 20
nursing students.
Created to alleviate the shortage of nurses and nurse faculty, these scholarships support accelerated nursing degree programs. Scholarship recipients include five students in the Second Careers and Nursing (S.C.A.N.) Program and five students in the Early Entry into Nursing and Advanced Practice (EENAP) Program.
The RWJF focuses on the pressing health care issues facing the U.S. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For more than 35 years, the foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health care of those it serves.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education. Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 60 areas of undergraduate study, 26 master's degree programs, and 7 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,100.
