Members of St. Luke’s Hospital – Miners Campus medical staff and board of trustees presented academic scholarships to students from seven area high schools recently at the Scheller Student Center, LCCC – Tamaqua Campus.
The two-year $1,000 scholarships are offered by both the St. Luke’s Miners Hospital Board of Trustees and the St. Luke’s Miners Hospital Medical Staff to graduating students of Tamaqua, Panther Valley, Marian Catholic, Mahanoy City Area, Jim Thorpe, Weatherly and Lehighton area high schools who have met the criteria of the award. The criteria required each recipient to be in the top 25 percent of his/her class and be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited four-year college or university in the health care or science field.
Pictured during the Board of Trustees Scholarship presentation were, from front left, board members Maureen Donovan, Dr. Barbara Conway, recipients Arianna Chulock of Marian Catholic High School, and Angela Marie Brill of Weatherly Area High School. From back left are recipients Steven Principe of Jim Thorpe Area High School, Robert Wozniak of Mahanoy Area High School, Kayla Troutman of Lehighton Area High School, Nichelle Pucklavage of Tamaqua Area High School, and Richelle Van Horn of Panther Valley High School. Also pictured is St. Luke’s Hospital – Miner’s Campus President Bill Moyer and board member Robert Stevenson.Pictured during the medical staff scholarship presentations, from front left, Claudia Kupec, Director of Quality, St. Luke’s; recipients Courtney Paige Dickson of Weatherly Area High School; Christina Slack of Jim Thorpe High School; Jaclin Valasek of Tamaqua Area High School; and Sophia Myers of Marian Catholic High School. From back left are Kim Sargent, Vice President of Patient Care Services, St. Luke’s Hospital – Miners Campus; Jaclyn Jordan of Lehighton Area High School; Jacob Szczecina of Panther Valley High School; board member Dr. David Bohri; Bill Moyer, President, St. Luke’s Hospital – Miners Campus; and Corrine Ashley Mensch of Mahanoy Area High School.