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Edward Foundation awards $26,000 in nursing scholarships

Local scholarship winners are from Crest Hill, Plainfield and Romeoville.

By Denise M. Baran-Unland
The Edward Foundation has awarded $26,000 in nursing scholarships to 13 Edward Hospital employees who are pursuing a degree or advanced degree in nursing. Pictured are (front, from left): Lindsay Cerchio, RN; Christina Deacy, RN; Prerna Malhotra, RN and Nicole Ticknor, LPN; and (back from left): Louis Sands, Edward Foundation Board Chair;John Walwer, RN; Faith Almieri, RN; Sandi Darnell, RN; Natasha Oehlerking, RN;Brett Skeen, Executive Director, Edward Foundation and Trish Fairbanks, Associate VP/Chief Nursing Officer, Edward Hospital. Not pictured:Lee Ann Grabon, RN; Kati Sibenaller, RN; Jada Sims, RN; Mercedes Strezo, PCT and Rachel Walker, RN.

The Edward Foundation has awarded $26,000 in nursing scholarships to 13 Edward Hospital employees who are pursuing a degree or advanced degree in nursing. Pictured are (front, from left): Lindsay Cerchio, RN; Christina Deacy, RN; Prerna Malhotra, RN and Nicole Ticknor, LPN; and (back from left): Louis Sands, Edward Foundation Board Chair;John Walwer, RN; Faith Almieri, RN; Sandi Darnell, RN; Natasha Oehlerking, RN;Brett Skeen, Executive Director, Edward Foundation and Trish Fairbanks, Associate VP/Chief Nursing Officer, Edward Hospital. Not pictured: Lee Ann Grabon, RN; Kati Sibenaller, RN; Jada Sims, RN; Mercedes Strezo, PCT and Rachel Walker, RN. (Photo provided)

The Edward Foundation recently awarded $26,000 in nursing scholarships to Edward Hospital employees, according to a news release from Edward-Elmhurst Health.

All employees, who were recognized in a ceremony on Feb. 24, are pursuing degrees or advanced degrees in nursing, the release.

According to the release, these employees received $2,000 nursing scholarships:

• Faith Almieri, registered nurse, cardiac-neuro ICU, Aurora

• Lindsay Cerchio, registered nurse, ICU, Downers Grove

• Sandi Darnell, registered nurse, Bolingbrook Immediate Care, Naperville

• Christina Deacy, registered nurse, perioperative services, Naperville

• Lee Ann Grabon, registered nurse, cardiac catheterization lab, Plainfield

• Prerna Malhotra, registered nurse, perioperative services, Aurora

• Natasha Oehlerking, registered nurse, emergency department, Montgomery

• Kati Sibenaller, registered nurse, Edward Medical Group – Yorkville, Plano

• Jada Sims, registered nurse, cardiac-neuro ICU, Romeoville

• Mercedes Strezo, patient care technician, cardiac telemetry, Crest Hill

• Nicole Ticknor, licensed practical nurse, population health, DeKalb

• John Walwer, RN, cardiac-neuro ICU, Naperville

In addition, Rachel Walker, a registered nurse from Glendale Heights, received a $2,000 Agnes A. Book Memorial Nursing Scholarship,

“The annual scholarship originated from a fund established by the Book family in memory of their mother, who was a nurse at Edward for more than 20 years,” according to the release.

For more information about the Edward Foundation, call 630-527-3954 or visit edwardfoundation.org.