Mission Health awarded the annual Kesha Young Health Careers Scholarship with the aim of making college more affordable for high school seniors and college students from western North Carolina who are pursuing careers in health care. Eighteen students from around the western North Carolina region were given scholarships at a ceremony held at Mission Hospital’s Cancer Center, including Arianna Bah of Old Fort (pictured in center) and Makenna Parkins of Marion, both graduates of McDowell High School. Parkins was not available for a photo.
Eighteen students from around the western North Carolina region were given scholarships at a ceremony held at Mission Hospital’s Cancer Center. The scholarship began in 1997 and is named in honor of Kesha Young, a young woman with medical conditions requiring multiple surgeries at Mission Hospital over the course of her life.
Mission Health awarded the annual Kesha Young Health Careers Scholarship, with the aim of making college more affordable for high school seniors and college students from western North Carolina who are pursuing careers in health care.
Eighteen students from around the western North Carolina region were given scholarships at a ceremony held at Mission Hospital’s Cancer Center, including Arianna Bah of Old Fort and Makenna Parkins of Marion, both graduates of McDowell High School, according to a news release.
“Healthcare careers are dynamic and demanding, but at the core, they are professions of service and caring,” said Jorie Matijevich, regional vice president of human resources at Mission Health. “The Kesha Young Scholarship recipients are selected because these promising students are committed to creating connection with patients that bring warmth, trust, and healing during medical challenges.”
The scholarship began in 1997 and is named in honor of Kesha Young, a young woman with medical conditions requiring multiple surgeries at Mission Hospital over the course of her life. Kesha was described by her adoptive parents as embodying the characteristics that are vital to how health care team members engage with patients, families and visitors — with a strong spirit, warm smile and positive encouragement, according to the news release.
“Across the country, and here in western North Carolina, there is a shortage of healthcare workers,” reads a statement from Mission Health. “At Mission Health and across HCA Healthcare, we continue to work toward developing and growing a workforce to support our community.”
In addition to programs such as this long-running scholarship, Mission Health also supports allied health students at eight colleges and universities in western North Carolina with its Community Health Scholars program and Mission offers a number of clinical pathway programs, tuition reimbursement options, and a student loan repayment program for benefits-eligible colleagues. The Galen College of Nursing is also in Asheville, and in addition to that, Mission has invested $400,000 annually in faculty support for several other WNC nursing programs, according to the news release.
Winners in attendance were Aaliyah Diaz; Areana Cartledge-Smith, Arianna Bah, Brinkley Hodshon, Devoria Boykins, Elizabeth Hendrix, Ezzie Noteboom, Judy Felipe De La Cruz, Kamra Harper, Katherine Alejo-Palacios, Kimberly Palacios-Lopez, Lilyan Barrett, Qiarra Martin, Salvador Lopez.
Winners not in attendance were Brianna Quiroz, Daijah Elliott, Makenna Parkins and Nevaeh Buchanan.
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Mission Health awarded the annual Kesha Young Health Careers Scholarship with the aim of making college more affordable for high school seniors and college students from western North Carolina who are pursuing careers in health care. Eighteen students from around the western North Carolina region were given scholarships at a ceremony held at Mission Hospital’s Cancer Center, including Arianna Bah of Old Fort (pictured in center) and Makenna Parkins of Marion, both graduates of McDowell High School. Parkins was not available for a photo.
Eighteen students from around the western North Carolina region were given scholarships at a ceremony held at Mission Hospital’s Cancer Center. The scholarship began in 1997 and is named in honor of Kesha Young, a young woman with medical conditions requiring multiple surgeries at Mission Hospital over the course of her life.
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