Great River Friends Awards $12,500 In Scholarships

Great River Friends has awarded $12,500 in scholarships to students pursuing health care careers.

Six $1,000 scholarships were given to these high school seniors:

• Lydia Fisher, Wapello Community High School, pre-medicine/biology, University of Iowa
• Karley Harvey, Central Lee High School, nursing, University of Iowa
• Hannah Hentzel, Burlington Community High School, pre-medicine/biology, University of Iowa
• Anthony Hoffman, Notre Dame High school, pre-medicine/biology, Cornell College
• Jessica Kendell – Burlington Community High School, biochemistry, Truman State University or Augustana College
• Reagan Spence, West Central High School, pre-medicine, Loras College

Six $1,000 continuing-education scholarships were given to these students:

• Elena AbouAssaly, pre-medicine, University of Iowa
• Rachel Crooks, anesthesia, Missouri State University
• Abigail Crowner, pharmacy, University of Iowa
• Isabel Hase, pre-medicine/biology, Southeastern Community College
• Vidya Mullangi, neurobiology, Georgetown University
• Kassidy Rashid, pre-dentistry, Creighton University

A $500 continuing-education scholarship was awarded to Lauren Galvin for her final semester of speech/language pathology study at the University of Northern Iowa.

Great River Friends is a community of donors and volunteers that supports Great River Medical Center with gifts of time, talent and treasure. For more information, please call Great River Medical Center Volunteer Services at 319-768-3340.