The MCHP Live, Learn, Be Grant
Maine College of Health Professions’ Live, Learn, Be grant is funded in part by endowment earnings from the following funds, all of which were created to support healthcare education in honor or memory of MCHP alumni, family, and friends.
- Marise L. Karahalios Memorial
- Sidney E & Lillian J. Abbott
- Arlette Lachance Magee
- Charles E. Fortier
- Deborah L. Pratt
- Beulah Long Musgrave
- Susan Reeleder Tarbell
- Miriam/Rockwell
- Florence S. Bendler
- Samuel Singer
- Julianna Lawlor
- Katherine Mary Moor
This grant is open to all matriculated students. Amounts are determined annually by MCHP’s Vice President of Financial Affairs.
Dr. Gard W. Twaddle Nurses Endowment Fund
The Dr. Gard Twaddle Nurses’ Scholarship Fund was created in 1954 as a living tribute to Dr. Gard Twaddle, a highly respected physician in the Lewiston-Auburn area. This fund was established for the purpose of providing financial assistance to or on behalf of needy and deserving persons in “the furtherance of or the continuation of their training or education in the nursing profession.”
This award is open to 1st & 2nd year associate degree in nursing and practical nursing students.
Focus: Merit/Need/Competitive
Elias E. Tucker Nursing Fund
In memory of her husband, the late Mrs. Alice E. Tucker created a trust that awards scholarships to deserving young men and women who are enrolled in a nurse prelicensure program.
This award is open to 1st year associate degree in nursing and associate degree in nursing bridge students.
Focus: Merit/Need/Competitive.
Hazel H. Gould Scholarship Fund
Hazel Hayman Gould was a Registered Nurse graduate of the Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1945. The endowment provides scholarships to an RN seeking advanced technical training, degrees and to MCHP students who demonstrate high achievement in interprofessional education.
This award is open to 2nd year associate degree in nursing and associate degree in radiologic technology students.
Focus: Need/IPE/Competitive.
Dorothy Newton Shaw Fund
Dorothy Newton Shaw, RN, was a 1955 graduate of the Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing. She loved being a nurse and considered it an honor throughout her life. Her family created this scholarship as a tribute to her commitment and dedication to the nursing profession. This scholarship is given in her honor to assist a deserving RN pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
This scholarship is open to RN-BSN students.
Focus: Alumni/Competitive.
Ralph L. Sylvester Scholarship
Ralph Sylvester, a resident of Auburn, Maine, generously bequeathed funds to MCHP in support of students from Androscoggin and Oxford Counties.
This award is open to a 1st Year associate degree in radiologic technology, associate degree in pre-sonography, and advanced certificate in sonography students.
Focus: Merit
Peggy S. Young College of Nursing Scholarship
In memory of his wife, Robert Young established the Peggy S. Young scholarship fund. Peggy worked as a Registered Nurse and became a member of the MCHP faculty. She shared a passion for teaching nursing students. Peggy’s children were young when she began the pursuit of her nursing education, and she realized the challenges of balancing the needs of her children with the demands of nursing school. The scholarship assists nursing students with children.
This award is open to 1st & 2nd year associate degree in nursing students.
Focus: Family/Need/Competitive
Medical Imaging Advanced Practice Award
To support continuing education in medical imaging, MCHP has established a fund to encourage recent graduates or alumni to obtain advanced certification in mammography, diagnostic medical sonography, or computed tomography
This award is open to computed tomography, mammography, and diagnostic medical sonography advanced certificate programs.
Focus: Alumni