Matanuska-Susitna College gifted more than $28,000 to fund health scholarship
by Michelle Saport |
Don and Sherry Shiesl donated $28,520.20 to Matanuska-Susitna College to endow a scholarship for MSC students in health-related fields. The permanently endowed fund will be known as the Marie Narhi Shiesl Scholarship in memory of Don Shiesl's mother. Marie Narhi Shiesl spent many years working at Bedford Hospital in Bedford, Ohio, starting as a nurses' aide and later advancing to become a licensed practical nurse. She was also a widow raising two sons and unable to afford the training to become a registered nurse. The scholarship is intended to honor the legacy of all nurses who have devoted their lives to caring for the sick and injured.
In accepting the gift, MSC Director Talis Colberg said, "We are a small school and this is a very big event for us. In fifty-five years there have been only seven scholarship funds set up at our college. This will be our eighth scholarship fund, yet it is the fourth in three years. It is a wonderful trend."
Visit the MSC website for more information on the Shiesls and the scholarship.
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