Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing

2026 Scholarships 

• Deaconess School of Nursing LaVerne Foster Memorial Scholarship - One $1,200 is the LaVerne Foster Memorial Scholarship for a high school graduate or first-semester nursing student.

• Deaconess School of Nursing Russell Seager Memorial Scholarship - One $1,200 is in memory of Captain Russell Seager, NP, MSN, RN, APRN-BC (Seager memorial information) for an enrolled graduate program nurse focus on Mental Health Nursing.

• Deaconess School of Nursing BSN Pre-licensure Scholarship - Two $1,200 scholarships are for BSN students.

• Deaconess School of Nursing ADN Pre-licensure Scholarship - One $1,200 scholarships for ADN students.
• Deaconess School of Nursing Pre-licensure Scholarship - Karen Vuillemin Memorial Scholarship - One $1,200 scholarship for  ADN or BSN student.
• Deaconess School of Nursing Joyce Ball Memorial Scholarship - One $1,200 scholarship to be awarded to a rural student or single mother.

Criteria for these awards include:

• Student ID # and name of school of nursing - current enrollment
• Address of bursar at school of nursing (name/address of where the check needs to go - directly to school)
• Answer all questions completely on the scholarship application
• Submit an essay that is less than 500 characters (Please note - character count is different than word count). Topic for the essay provided within the scholarship application. 
• The application process allows return visits before final submission