By Staff , LCUNews
PINEVILLE, La. (LCUNews) – A grant of $72,000 from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation of Atlanta has been awarded to Louisiana Christian University to fund scholarships for nursing students for the 2022-23 academic year.
“The faculty and students of the Rife and Carolyn Saunders Division of Nursing are excited and appreciative of the LPW scholarships,” said Marilyn Cooksey, dean of the school of nursing.
Cooksey said the funds, which are for students already enrolled, will facilitate nursing education and graduation of deserving student nurses.
“We are grateful for the continuing support of the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation for equipping a future generation of nurses who model the faith and values espoused by both entities,” said President Rick Brewer. “The need for nurses has never been greater, but the need for nurses who approach their work as a calling is significantly needed.”
The LPW Foundation was chartered in 1946 for the “aid and benefit of poor and deserving Christian girls and women.” The foundation is the legacy of Lettie Pate Whitehead who inherited and ran a multi-million-dollar business upon the death of her husband.
The foundation devotes most of its resources to the Lettie Pate Whitehead scholarship program, which provides scholarship grants for deserving female students with financial need at more than 200 colleges, universities, and schools in nine Southeastern states. In 2021, the Foundation provided more than $53 million in grants.
More than 10,000 students receive scholarships each year in individual amounts determined by their respective institutions.
The Foundation also supports select senior care facilities in three southern states.
