DeVry Education Group Inc. DV, +2.10% a global provider of education services, has funded the Dr. Connie Curran Memorial Scholarship, a one-year, renewable, merit- and financial need-based scholarship for eligible students at DeVry Group’s Chamberlain College of Nursing. Dr. Curran, former board chair of DeVry Group, passed away on Nov. 10, 2014.
Two annual scholarships of $1,500 each will be awarded to one freshmen undergraduate student with a minimum of 12 credit hours, and one beginning graduate student enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours.
“Dr. Curran was a great leader and caregiver,” said Daniel Hamburger, president and CEO of DeVry Group. “She always told nursing students that they should challenge self-limiting beliefs about what they can accomplish – that nurses have unlimited potential. This scholarship will help future nurses realize their full potential, and carry on Connie’s vision.”
Aside from her responsibilities with DeVry Group, Dr. Curran was also a member of DePaul University’s board of trustees, as well as a proud alumna; on the boards of Hospira, Inc., Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin Foundation and the National Student Nurses Association; executive director of C-Change, an advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. dedicated to the eradication of cancer; and founded and served as CEO of Best on Board, a national organization focused on educating and certifying healthcare trustees, from 2010 until the time of her death.
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