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The Coalition for Nursing Careers in California is committed to achieving an adequate and diverse nursing workforce for the state of California.

In collaboration with NurseWeek magazine and chooseNursing.com, the Coalition is pleased to offer scholarships for students in accredited nursing programs across California in 2002, 2003, and 2004.

The $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to five nursing students with demonstrated financial need who best exhibit one or more of the following attributes:

Academic achievement
Health care involvement
Enthusiasm or passion for nursing

The applications for our second scholarship are under consideration and the winner will be announced at the end of November 2002. We are curretnly accepting applications for our next scholarship.

SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE: APRIL 18, 2003

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Eligibility

All applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

Not yet posses an RN license
Currently attend an accredited Associate or Baccalaureate nursing degree program in California
Plan to graduate no earlier than June 2003
Have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5
Income for 2002 must be no more than $50,000 per family member (total combined family income divided by number of family members)

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Application Instructions:

1. Fill out the enclosed application form completely and accurately — please type or print. Use an additional page for the Statement of Purpose.
   
2. Ask your nursing program director to fill in the section at the bottom of the second page of your completed application form, affix the school's official seal, and return the form to you.
   
3.

Give the two Recommendation Forms included with this packet to two (2) academic or clinical instructors and ask them to complete and return it to the chooseNursing.com on your behalf.
   
4.

Be sure to enclose one of the following with your application:

Pages 1 and 2 of your 2002 Federal Income Tax Form (1040, 1040A, 1040EZ)
A completed Financial Statement (page 3 of this packet)
   
5.

Submit your completed application form and supplemental documents by APRIL 18, 2003 to:


chooseNursing.com
1814 Franklin Street, 2nd Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
   
6. Please note: It is your responsibility to ensure that all materials are complete and turned in on time, even if another individual or institution submits them on your behalf. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

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Application Packet:

Click here to download an application packet.

Note this is a 78 KB PDF file and you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to access this file.
If you do not already have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free from Adobe's web site.

SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE: APRIL 18, 2003

Submit your completed application form and supplemental documents to:


chooseNursing.com
1814 Franklin Street, 2nd Floor
Oakland, CA 94612

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