What types of scholarships and gifts does MSGA provide?
The value of higher education has never been more significant than it is now. Unfortunately, the cost of higher education has continued to increase year over year, making it difficult for families to afford. We understand and we’re here to help. At MSGA, we strive to lessen the financial burden for students and their families by offering educational scholarships to individual members and gifts to nursing schools.
As we continue our commitment to improving member’s lives, we continuously look for opportunities to support educational institutions in health, wellness and nursing. Each year, when given the opportunity to further help the community outside of our scholarship program, we provide financial gifts to select charities and nursing schools.
Below is information on our Nursing School Gift Program and the MSGA Scholarship Program.
The Nursing School Gift Program
As part of our mission in improving our member’s overall health, MSGA actively seeks to help students studying to become future nurses. Between 2015 and 2019, MSGA provided a total of $375,000 in gifts to St. Louis University School of Nursing, St. John’s School of Nursing and the College of St. Mary’s under our ‘Nursing School Gift Program’. These gifts have enabled the chosen institutions to provide scholarships to a number of their own nursing students who might otherwise not have been able to complete their studies due to financial stress.
MSGA worked with St. Louis University to establish the MSGA Nursing Scholarship Fund and gifted a total of $75,000 in 2017, $25,000 in 2018 and $25,000 in 2019 into this fund. The Go Further Scholarship initiative via St. Louis University has a matching program that doubled the impact of the gifts. Thanks to donations from MSGA and the matching funds, the scholarship fund grew to $250,000 and is awarded to those nursing students who show financial need and academic success.
Located in Omaha, Nebraska, the College of Saint Mary is a Catholic women’s university which has an outstanding nursing program. MSGA provided $75,000 in 2017, $25,000 in 2018 and $25,000 in 2019 to the school which in turn has provided 25 students with $5,000 scholarships.
St. John’s School of Nursing is located in Springfield, IL and offers upper-division bachelor nursing degree programs to those who have already completed their liberal arts and science courses at other institutions. The St. John’s School of Nursing is associated with the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis and offers students hands-on experience to accompany their nursing program. Since December 2015, MSGA has provided a total of $125,000 to the St. John’s School of Nursing to be used for student scholarships.
If you represent a nursing school and would like to apply for a future gift, please fill out the Nursing Scholarship Program Donation Application.
The MSGA Scholarship Program
For the 2020/2021 school year, MSGA awarded 28 college scholarships in the amount of $5,000 each to members or their dependents. These scholarship funds may be used for tuition, books, and fees. The recipients were selected based on their goals, GPAs, letters of recommendation, and how the funds would be used to advance their academic progress and/or enhance their skills. The names and schools of the recipients are shown below.
MSGA hopes to again provide scholarships for the 2021-2022 school year. Please check back in the spring of 2021 for information on future scholarship opportunities.
Our Past Recipients
2020 Recipients
Seriah Barnes | Xavier University |
Kehinde Olatunji | Huston Baptist University |
Alexis Beets | Tarleton State University |
Paulina Ramirez Machado | East Tennessee State University |
Esther Aludogbu | South Carolina State University |
Wade Fletcher | Indiana University Bloomington |
John-Beloved Osho | Texas A&M University |
Paris Nichole Hickman | The University of Virginia's College at Wise |
Layne Elizabeth McCalmont | Baylor University |
Sarah Klenke | Miami University |
Brooke Elaine Covert | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
Maya Fernstrom | Pennsylvania State University |
Aylin Acosta | University of Indianapolis |
Oloruntoba Ade Ogundayomi | Texas Southern University |
Carlos David Patterson | University of Houston |
Leigh Callaway | University of Texas At San Antonio |
Jacinta Obuseri | Chamberlain College of Nursing Pearland, Texas |
Beatrice Dibashi | The University of Alabama |
Jodi Evans | Stephen F. Asutin State University |
Itallee Hickman | Western Governors University |
Anulika Prisca Emelife | Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing |
Aderonke Olatunji | Texas Southern University |
Britnee Elizabeth Marshall | Britnee Elizabeth Marshall |
Saily Marudwar | Roosevelt University |
Adrana Emuobor Oniovosa | University of Texas at Austin |
Rebekka Broyles | Muhlenberg College |
Terrie Jean Fields | Prairie View A&M University |
Gladys Awum Chefack | Prairie View A&M University |
2019 Recipients
Adebola Olayemi | Prairie View A&M University |
Alaina Claire Bigelow | California State University East Bay |
Alexander Sergei Hetzel | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania |
Alexis Beets | Tarleton State University |
Alisa Yost | Metropolitan State University of Denver |
Alyssa Hudson | Anderson University |
Amari Grevious | Anderson University |
Anna Beth Wehr | Truman State University |
Anulika Prisca Emelife | Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing |
Audrey Elizabeth Johnson | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Beatrice Dibashi | The University of Alabama |
bekunmi ayomikun | houston community college |
Brett Thomas Johnson | Sam Houston State University |
Brianna Rondero | Texas A&M University |
Britnee Elizabeth Marshall | Germanna Community College |
Brooke Elaine Covert | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
Brooklyn Johnson | University of Texas Austin |
Caleb Robinson Tucker | Texas Tech University |
Caylin Duenas | California State University Long Beach |
Chioma Ajaero | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
CHRISTIANA TORIOLA | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING |
Daniel Aweda | Houston Community College |
David Chan Yang Kim | Otis College of Art & Design |
Elise Kathryn Lorow | Clarks Summit University |
Elizabeth Ann Sherry | Southern Connecticut State University |
Emily F. Gonzalez | Santa Rosa Junior College |
Emily Valerie Carbo | Florida Southern College |
Erin Ravenel | Southeastern University |
Franklin Valdese Ngoue Ngoue | Prairie View A&M |
HADIJA HUSSEIN OMAR | HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
Hamzah Khan | University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) |
Heather Daniels | Lincoln Christian University |
Huzaifah Khan | University of Illinois At Chicago |
Itallee Vessels | Western Governers Unversity |
Jasmine Housel | University of Florida |
Jayden Andrew Glasscock | Texas Tech University |
Jeri Goldberg | Florida State University |
Jodi Lynn Evans | Stephen F. Austin State University |
Jonathan Armijo | Moody Bible Institute |
Joseph Royle | Shippensburg University |
Joseph Wylie | Iowa State University |
Joshua Brian Quinn | Florida State University |
Kenneth Joseph Kern | Lander University |
kinsella Taylor | Prairie view A&M university |
Laura Perez Massague | San Jacinto College |
Lauren Nicole Dillon | University of Arkansas |
Leigh Callaway | University of Texas At San Antonio |
Lorie Ann Fisher | Old Dominion University |
Lucy Monde Chibesa | Prairie View A & M University |
Mahnoor Qureshi | The George Washington University |
Margaret Chinaza Ekechi | Texas Southern University |
Maria Corpuz | Aspen University |
Natalie Joy Hamilton | Union College |
Nathan Marcus Irwin | Lipscomb University |
Nkechinyere Odinma | Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing |
OLUWATOYIN BUKOLA OJIKUTU | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY (COLLEGE OF NURSING) |
Pamela Anyichie | Prairie View |
Patricia Lennon | Miami University |
Qionte Marce Johnson | Arizona State University |
Rebekka Broyles | Muhlenberg College |
Robert Fields | Prairie View A & M University |
RUFUS I, AGBONYI | Prairie View A&M University |
Ryan Thompson | Palo Alto University |
Saily Marudwar | Roosevelt University, Chicago |
Santiago Avila | University of Chicago |
Schuyler Sices | Villanova University |
Sydney Mae Stephan | Culinary Institute of America |
Taylin Johnson | Texas Woman’s University |
Victoria Ayeni | Prairie view A & M University |
Yecheskel Francis | Rutgers University |
2018 Recipients
Agartha Boateng | Prairie View A&M Un College of Nursing |
Alaina Bigelow | California State University East Bay |
Alexis Marrufo | Texas A&M University |
Alireza Atabaie | Southern Methodist University |
Alyssa Hudson | Anderson University |
Aminat Yusuf | Prairie View A&M University |
Anna Burton | Winthrop University |
Araceli Sosa | Texas State University |
Araceli Zamudio | Long Beach City College |
Aylin Acosta | University of Indianapolis |
Beatrice Dibashi | Shelton State Community College |
Bekka Broyles | Muhlenberg College |
Blanca Tovar | UW Parkside |
Brianna Rondero | Texas A&M University |
Britnee Marshall | Germanna Community College |
Brittany Graham | Anoka Ramsey Community College |
Brooke Tokes | Bowling Green State University |
Casey Mott | Hinds Community College |
Chris Darden | Mesa Community College |
Christiana Toriola | Prairie View A&M University |
Christine Emeric | Hollins University |
Daniel Aweda | Houston Community College |
Daniel Lavelle | Johns Hopkins University |
David Chan Yang Kim | Otis College of Art & Design |
Emily Carbo | Florida Southern College |
Felita Williams | Florida A&M University |
Gabriel Rojas | Full Sail University |
Gisena Rodriguez | New Mexico State University |
Halima Isah | Prairie View A&M University |
Hamzah Khan | University of Illinois at Chicago |
Hanna Hone | Atlantic Veterinary College |
Hassan Anifowose | Texas A&M University |
Huzaifah Khan | University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) |
Isabel Mueller | Arizona State University |
Itallee Hickman | Western Governors University |
Jacques Pinault | Georgia Southern |
Jarrett Glasscock | Texas Tech University |
Jasmine Housel | University of Tampa |
Justin Tokes | Kent State University |
Kara Bedingfield | Covenant Academy |
Laura Long | Central Georgia Technical College |
Laura Onogharo | Midwestern State University |
Layne McCalmont | Round Rock High School |
Lesdy canales | Austin Comminity College |
Lincoln Turner | Lassen Community College |
Maranda Bramlett | Virginia Western Community College |
Marco Martinez | University of California Santa Cruz |
Megan McCalmont | Abilene Christian University |
Mohaddeseh AbbasZadeh | Southern Methodist University |
Nicole Slamovitz | Univeristy of Tampa |
Olubukola Adebanjo | Prairie View A&M University |
Oluwasolabomi Agoro | Prairie View A&M University |
Oluwatoyin Aweda | UTHealth School of Dentistry |
Omoye Oribhabor | Prairie View A&M University |
Owen Ellingson | Owen Ellingson |
Pablo Mojica Martinez | Lonestar College CyFair |
Qionte Johnson | Arizona State University |
Rachel Gondek | Reinhardt University |
Ryan Thompson | Palo Alto University |
Simbiat Shodeinde | Prairie View A&M University |
Syed Ahmed | Medical University of Silesia |
Taleia Stephens | New Jersey City University |
Temitope Fariogun | Prairie View A&M University |
Tia McNary | University of Texas at Austin |
Tori Knoss | Miami Dade College |
Trey Masek | Texas Tech University |
Yecheskel Francis | Rutgers University |
Heather Newnum | Lincoln Christian University |
Sara Klenke | Miami University |
Tatiana Bolds | Emory University |
2017 Recipients
Abigail Blanchet | Saint Michael's College |
Abimbola Abidemie Olagunju | MA College of Pharmacy & Health Sci Un |
Alaina Bigelow | California State Un East Bay |
Alan Backlund | Angelo State University |
Alan Kringel | Palm Beach State College |
Alana Cavanaugh | Gulf Coast State College |
Alana Willingham | Texas Tech University Health Sci Centers |
Alexis Bullock | Norfolk State University |
Alexis Langham | Oklahoma Baptist University |
Alexis Marrufo | texas A & M University at College Station |
Alireza Atabaie | Southern Methodist University |
Alyssa Hudson | Anderson University - IN |
Amanda Gaudin | Oklahoma Christian University |
Amanda Perera | Indiana University |
Amandeep Singh | LaRoche College |
Amber Mayeru | university of New Orleans |
Anahay Fuchu | Bellevue University |
Anna Beth Wehr | Truman State University |
Anne Sauber | North central Texas College |
Arizona Sky Hinkle | Purdue University |
Ashley Baptiste | Valencia College |
Ashley Dyer | Liberty University |
Austin Bonebrake | University of Oregon |
Austin Long | Central Georgia Technical College |
Aylin Acosta | University of Indianapolis |
Beatrice Dibaski | Shelton State Community College |
Blanca Tovar | UW- Parkside |
Brandy Esther | Black Hills State University |
Breonda Harris | Trinity Washington University |
Briana Shackelford | Austin Community College |
Briana Swift | Chamberlain University |
Brianna Specht | Joliet Junior College |
Britnee Marshall | Northern Virginia Comm College |
Brittney Braddee | California University of Pennsylvania |
Brooke Tokes | Bowling Green State University |
Caryria Davis | Middle Tennessee State Un |
Charles Peavy | Webber International University |
Cheyanne Frayre | West Virginia University |
Chris-Annie Joseph | Louisiana State University |
Christian Egbonim | University of Texas at Austin |
Christian West | Compass College of Cinematic Arts |
Christiana Toriola | Prairie View A&M Un College of Nursing |
Christopher Robison | University of Central Oklahoma |
Cindy Barefield | Columbus Technical College |
Cole Tacker | Texas Tech University |
Daniel Lavelle | Johns Hopkins University |
Danielle Mabry | Hardin-Simmons University |
David Chan Yang Kim | Otis College of Art & Design |
David Joseph | Baton Rouge Community College |
Devyn Santoyo | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
Dominque Phillips | Troy University |
Dottie Holomek | Iowa Western Community College |
Drew Miller | Truman State University |
Edward Hebert | St. Ambrose University |
Eliza M Cheratoiu | Malcom "X" College - City Coll of Chicago |
Emily Coop | Truckee Comm College |
Emily D Fitch | University of South Carolina Beaufort |
Enrique Parra | Northampton Community College |
Everard Nadler | Coastal Carolina University |
Feroz Fernandes | DePaul University, Chicago |
Freda Obuseh | Lonestar College |
Genine Hawkins | Chatthoochee Tech College |
Greyson Turner | College of Charleston |
Hanna Hone | Atlantic Veterinary College |
Heather Newmum | Lincoln Christian University |
Heather Williams | Ashford University |
Hien Trinh | West Virginia University |
Huzaifah Khan | University of Illinois at Chicago |
Isabel Mueller | Arizona State University |
Jacques Pinault | Armstrong State University |
Jaelyn Fox | Houston Baptist University |
Janice Ramos | Palo Alto College |
Japhet Mfebe | Davenport University |
Jarrett Glasscock | Texas Tech University |
Jatae Bryant | Clemson University |
Jay LeClercq | University of Central Oklahoma |
Jennifer Torres | El Camino College |
Johana Tovar | Texas Women's University |
John Fretcher | Holyoke Community College |
John Wesley Ramsey IV | Wright State University |
Jordan Brown | Southern Illoinois Un Edwardsville |
Joshua Fung | Seminole State College of FL |
Julissa Macha | Houston Community College Coleman |
Justin Tokes | Kent State University |
Katelyn McLaughlin | Kennesaw State University |
Kaylon Bendau | Sam Houston State University |
Kelly Jurden | Texas Lutheran University |
Kelsey Kelly | University of Texas at San Antonio |
Kiara Davis | Mississippi University of Women |
Kimberly Davis | Delaware Tech & Comm College |
Kindra Langley | Waldorf College |
Kristie Kemper | Florida State University |
Kristie Sain | Temple College |
Kristin Cisewski | University of North Georgia |
Kyler Walle | Eureka College |
Kylie McWhortee | Tarrant County College |
Larissa Morris | Savannah College of Art & Design |
Laura Onogharo | Midwestern State University |
Lauren Abeyta | Franciscan University of Steubenville |
Lesdy Canales | Austin Community College |
Lidiane Santos Bishop | Cincinnati State Technical & Com College |
Llincoln Turner | Lassen Community College |
Maaz Syed | University of Texas at Austin |
Madai Guerrero | University of Mary Hardin - Baylor |
Maddison Awalt | University of Texas at Tyler |
Madison Whitfield | LeTourneau University |
Maranda Bramlett | Virginia Western Comm College |
Marco Parmelee Martinez | University of California Santa Cruz |
Margarita Guerrero | St. Edwards University |
Maria Bui | University of Memphis |
Marques Hensley | Wytheville Community College |
Marquis Kempson | Clark Atlanta University |
Mason Greene | Mountain Empire Comm College |
Matthew | Central Michigan University |
Matthew Campbell | Texas State University |
Max Lipel | University of Missouri - Columbia |
Mayra Munoz | Montclair State University |
Mercedes Ramsey | University of Dayton |
Mitchel Yokem | Front Range Comm College |
Mohaddeseh Abbas Zadeh | Southern Methodist University |
Moriah Buckwalter | Norhteastern University |
Mustofa Bahrami | Virginia Tech |
Myrtis Loudermilk | Angelo State University |
Nicholas Malcom | Montgomery County Community College |
Nicole Slamovitz | University of Tampa |
Nikolaus Rodriguez | Blinn College |
Noah Blanco | University of Mississippi |
Noe Holguin | St. Edwards University |
Oluwasalbomi Agoro | Prairie View A&M Un College of Nursing |
Pablo Mojica Martinez | Lonestar Cyfair |
Patricia McNeil | Bethel University |
Pingting Li | Harold Washington College |
Qionte Johnson | Arizona State University |
Raven Wood | Spelman College |
Rebecca Ann Alby | Ashford University |
Rosie Woolford | Delaware State University |
Ryan Cantrell Thompson | Palo Alto Un-Pac Grad School of Psy |
Ryan Curfman | University of South Florida |
Ryan O'Keefe | UNLV |
Samantha Salapare | Tarelton State University |
Samatha Foster | BYU - Idaho |
SaMone Patrick | Johns Hopkins University |
Sean McCarty | Boston Conservatory at Berklee |
Sharon Alston | Walden University |
Sidney Naseralla | Texas State University |
Stevie Martinez-Farias | Bennington College |
Sydney Nautais | Calumet College of St. Joseph |
Syed Ahmed | Medical University of Silesia |
Tamara Girton | Rio Salado College |
Taylor Sansone-Jones | University of Missouri - Columbia |
Terrence Odrick Jr | Wilmington University |
Terri Smith | North Central University |
Tori Knoss | Miami Dade College |
Tori Kolody | PennState |
Travis Montgomery | University of Texas at San Antonio |
Trevor Emrick | University of Colorado - Boulder |
Trey Hecker | University of Central Missouri |
Trey Lucie | University of Central Florida |
Trey Masek | Texas Tech University |
Trisha Keesling | Mississippi University of Women |
Tyler Wurth | Ohio University |
Ufumoa Egurefa | Chamberlain College of Nursing |
Vincent Harris | Georgia State University |
Will Wehe | Arizona State University |
William Edward Flores | University of California Irvine |
Yecheskel Francis | Rutgers University |
Yung Whei Wang | DeAnza College |
Zacchaeus Carter | McMurry University |
2016 Recipients
Ahofolau Uhatafe | Galen College of Nursing |
Alexandra Emery | Indiana State University |
Alyssa Gift | Stephen F. Austin State University |
Anna Elizabeth Wehr | Truman State University |
Anna Sullivan | Houston Community College |
Brandon Geppert | California University of Pennsylvania |
Brooke Tokes | Bowling Green State University |
Carlos A. Lopez | Arizona Western College |
Chase Hampson | Lindenwood University-Belleville |
Chaz Dominguez | DePaul University |
Chelsa Powers | Sinclair Community College |
Chetan Dhir | University of Texas Austin |
Christine L. Perkumas | Metropolitan Community College |
Daniel Lavelle | Johns Hopkins University - School of Education |
Dustin Chad Sampson | East Central University |
Edward J. Williams III | University of Florida |
Emily Nasett | Columbia College of Nursing |
Eric Niyokwizera | Richland College |
Feroz Manuela Quirino Fernandes | DePaul University |
Haley A. Wollmuth | South Dakota State University |
Hana Weldesenbet | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
Isaiah Lawrence | Aiken Technical University |
Jamie Ballard | Western Governors University |
Jazmine Nairn | Concord University |
Jenifer Orndorff | Bluffton Univversity |
Josie Martinez | Jersey College School of Nursing |
Juilanne Persa | University of Central Oklahoma |
Justin M. Tokes | Kent State University |
Kristen Gilchrest | Cape Cod Community College |
Lauren Smith | Texas A&M University-Commerce |
Mark Berman | University of Pittsburgh |
Melissa Lopez | Arizona Western College |
Monicka Fosnocht | Bastyr University California |
Noel Struening | Mesa Community College |
Paris N. Hickman | Virginia State University |
Paul Murianki Ragwa | Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Qionte Johnson | Arizona State University |
Rebecca Ann Alby | Ashford University |
Sharon Alston | Walden University |
Suzette Ryan | College of Staten Island |
Terri Smith | North Central University |
Torian Burns | University of Central Arkansas |
Troy Lawerence Trinidad | Navarro College |
Uriel Smith-Jackson | Coastal Carolina University |
2015 Recipients
Brooke Tokes | Bowling Green State University |
Chris-Annie Joseph | Baton Rouge Community College |
Devin Deaton | Arkansas Tech University |
Feroz Manuel Quirino Fernandes | De Paul University |
Jamie Bohlen | Doane College |
Justin Tokes | Kent State University |
Maria Theresa Roberts | Casper College |
Mark Liban | Idaho State University |
Oluwatomiwa Bami-Ogunbiyi | University of Texas at Tyler |
Ouida Campbell | Jefferson State Community College |
Samuel Cooney | Kansas State University |
William Smith | Arapahoe Community College |