Nursing Fellows is a selective merit-based program for聽academically strong students who are committed to pursuing聽a nursing career. Learn more about Nursing Fellows on the program website.
Students selected聽to participate in the聽Nursing Fellows聽program spend four聽years working closely with faculty mentors聽exploring the many聽opportunities within聽the field of nursing聽and identifying聽ways to impact聽health disparities聽in local and global聽communities.
Program Highlights
- Explore nursing in the context of health care聽provision, deepening their personal commitment to becoming a nurse.
- Work closely with staff, faculty and advisers across the university to pursue academic and professional opportunities.
- Participate in interprofessional health care panels and group dinners with undergraduate peers in the pre-health sciences.
- Investigate service and certification opportunities specific to nursing with guidance from the Kernodle Center for Civic Life.
- Engage in personal identity, reflection and resume-building activities guided by the Student 馃鈥嶐煄揚rofessional Development Center.
- Complete a four-year academic and career plan.
- Volunteer at the Health Outreach Program (HOPE) at 黑料不打烊, the Open Door Clinic of Alamance County or another location affiliated with the Alamance Network for Inclusive Health Care.
- Participate in a Winter Term study abroad course specifically related to health care.
- Contribute to local and global health equity through clinical experiences and courses dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion in health care.
Who should apply?
Students who plan to major in nursing and have a GPA聽of 3.8 or higher should apply. Twenty-five academically talented students pursuing nursing as a major are聽selected based on their high school academic performance, scholarship essay prompt on the first-year application聽and a faculty interview. Engineering Fellows applications聽are due November 1 (priority) or January 10.
Scholarship
All 25 Nursing Fellows receive a $7,500 scholarship,聽renewable annually based on academic performance聽and program participation. 聽Each student also receives a one-time $1,000 Global聽Study grant for a university-approved study abroad or聽Study USA experience.