18/08/2021
The Board of Trustees of Morristown Emergency Memorial Scholarships is pleased to announce a total award of $44,544.00 to 23 recipients.
Morristown Emergency Memorial Scholarships was founded in 2020 following the dissolution of the Morristown Ambulance Squad, Inc., which had provided 58 years of dedicated volunteer service to the Town of Morristown.
The mission of Morristown Emergency Memorial Scholarships is to ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ/๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.
The award recipients include:
โ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, US Army Veteran, former volunteer EMT and current volunteer firefighter, completed MA Counseling Psychology at National University
โ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด, volunteer EMT since April 2010, pursuing M.D. at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
โ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐๐บ, volunteer EMT since May 2018 and also 2009 to 2016, pursuing DNP FNP Emergency Medicine at Rutgers University
โ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ, volunteer EMT since September 2020, pursuing Biology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
โ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ, pursuing Masters in Forensic Psychology at George Washington University
โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ, former volunteer EMT with Morristown Ambulance Squad, completed Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
โ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐, volunteer EMT since December 2018, completed PA Program / Master's at Saint Elizabeth University
โ ๐ก๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ, volunteer First Responder: October 2018 to October 2019, completed MS Physician Assistant Studies at Saint Elizabeth University
โ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, former volunteer with Morristown Ambulance Squad, completed Doctor of Medicine at Meharry Medical College
โ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ ๐๐๐ด๐ผ, pursuing Nursing BSN at La Salle University
โ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ด๐ผ, pursuing Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Montclair State University
โ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐, former volunteer EMT with Morristown Ambulance Squad, completed Doctor of Nursing Practice at Rutgers University
โ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ, volunteer EMT since August 2018, pursuing Nursing at Ramapo College
โ ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป, volunteer EMT since December 2018, pursuing Biological Sciences - Pre-Med Track at Louisiana State University
โ ๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, pursuing Nursing at Fairleigh Dickinson University
โ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ, former volunteer with Morristown Ambulance Squad, pursuing Family Nurse Practitioner at Ramapo College
โ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐, volunteer EMT since April 2012, pursuing Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
โ ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ธ, volunteer EMT since January 2015, completed MS in Physician Assistant Studies at Seton Hall University
โ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป, former volunteer EMT with Morristown Ambulance Squad, completed Doctor of Philosophy, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at University of Pennsylvania
โ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, volunteer EMT August 2011 to August 2018, pursuing Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Saint Elizabeth University
โ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐, pursuing Bachelors of Social Work at Saint Elizabeth University
Two (2) recipients have opted to remain private.
The above recipients were chosen based on their transcripts, many appearing on the Deanโs list as well as their dedication to the medical field they have chosen.
Some of our scholarship recipients have said:
โ โThank you so much for this amazing opportunity! I am so grateful that I have been selected! This has been a great relief for my financial planning. I truly appreciate receiving this scholarship.โ
โ โI appreciate your contribution to my education so much.โ
โ โI cannot thank you enough for awarding this scholarship to me. I am both excited and humbled by your kind words and your generosity, as are both my parents. I am spending my summer interning at the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, as well as taking a few extra classes so it has been difficult trying to squeeze in extra hours at my summer job, so this scholarship is going to be a huge help with my fall tuition costs.โ
โ โThank you so much for reviewing my application and offering this award! I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to serve my community and continue my work as EMT while I pursued a higher education.โ
โ โI appreciate you all for starting a scholarship for the next generation of public servants and for finding my goals of helping veterans admirable and worthy of winning your scholarship.โ
โ โThank you so much for this opportunity! I am beyond excited and extremely humbled by this award!โ
โ โI am honored to have been chosen to receive this scholarship and appreciate the time taken to review my submission. I will gladly accept this scholarship with the deepest appreciation for helping to support my pursuit of my DNP.โ
We anticipate the next application period to begin in January 2022.
For additional information, please visit www.memsnj.org.