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Scholarship Recipients

2010 Summer Scholarship Recipients

 

2010 Margaret Murphy Carley Award $1,000

Name/LTC Experience/Education and/or Career Goal
Misty Lohn/ Oregon City Health Care/ Masters of Science in Nursing and Masters in Health Care Administration, LTC Administrator

 

General Studies Awards $500 each

Name/LTC Experience/Education and/or Career Goal

Bukola Ademola/ Maryville Nursing Home/ LPN

Linda Bifano/ Rose Schnitzer Manor/ Doctorate of Nursing Practice

Malinda Close/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville/ Wound Care Certification

Morgan Connor/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville/ RN

Carolyn Dunn/ Providence Elderplace/ MBA, LTC Administrator

Konni Graham/ Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital/ ALF Administrator

Jamie Handshaw/ Providence Brookside Manor/ MBA, Administrator

Jamie Hawkins/ Hillside Heights/ Director of Rehab NF

Tina Hill/ Providence Elderplace/ BSN, Masters Prepared Nursing Instructor

Barbara Hyde/ No Worries Corporation-In home Care/ RN

Rajdeep Kaur/ Full time student/ BSN, Director of Nursing Services

Thuy An Ngnyen/ Marquis at Mt Tabor/ BSN, Resident Care Manager

Maryaugusta Onyima/ Full time student/ LPN, LTC administrator

Brandon Sheets/ Providence ElderPlace/ BSN, NP or MD

Kathleen Sarvent/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville/ RN, Resident Care Manager or Hospice Nurse

Heather Stangeby/ Cornerstone Care Options/ Masters of Social Work, LTC Administrator

Musa Sidibey/ Marquis Care at Centennial/ LPN, NP or MD

Jane Duku/ Marquis at Centennial/ RN

Tara Manske/ Mary’s Woods/ BSN, Master’s Degree in Gerontology

Kimberly Gomez/ Cascade View Nursing Center/ Associate Degree, RN


2009 Winter Scholarship Recipients

  

BJ Treglown Scholarship For Registered Nursing Education    
Name / LTC Experience/ Goal
To Be Announced

 

Wendell White Scholarship For Leadership in LTC

Lori  Frank/ Providence ElderPlace, Providence Health Systems/ MBA

 

McKesson Medical-Surgical Scholarship For Nursing Education    
Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal


Aya Abdallah/ Health Care Services/ BSN
Stephanie Bergmann/ Oakwood Country Place/ RN

  

Pinnacle Quality Insights Scholarship For Quality Care    
Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal

Heather Sowa/ Oregon City Health Care Center Prestige Care, Inc./ RN
Haseena Vaswani/ Marquis Care at Hope Village Marquis Companies/ M.S.W.


General Studies Scholarship    
Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal

Alexandra Appleton/ Laurelhurst Village LLC, Sunwest Management/ CNA
Donna Chambers/Marquis Care at Centennial Marquis Companies/ LPN
Catherine Couey/ Visiting Angels/ CNA
Kayla Curry/ Avamere Rehab of Coos Bay, Avamere Health Services/ RN
Jim Dalton/ Consultant/ Activities Consultant Certification
Caroline Dunn/ Providence Elder Place/ MBA
Kimberly Gomez/ Cascade View Nursing Center, Regency Pacific, Inc./ RN
Maria Gonzalez/ Elder Place at Gresham, Providence Health Systems/ RN
Nicole Hardy/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care, Inc./ RN
Tina Hill/ Providence ElderPlace, Providence Health Systems/ BSN
Rajdeep Kaur/ student/ RN
Michelle Loghry/ Town Center Village, Generations, LLC/ RN
Jennifer Marvin/ Rogue Valley Manor, Pacific Retirement Services/ Administrator
Melissa McNeely/ Myrtle Point Care Center, Westcare Management/ RN
Christy Mohr/ Touchmark Home Services/ BSN
Josephine Muthui/ Clarendon Court/ BSN
Kristin Palmer/ Hillside Retirement Community, Sunwest Management/ Registered Dietition
Pam Roberts/ West Hills Assisted Living, Bonaventure Senior Living/ MSW
Brandon Sheets/ Providence Elder Place, Providence Health Systems/ BSN
Yvette Smith/ Home Instead Senior Care/ Owner In Home Svc.
Heather Stangeby/ Cornerstone Care Option/ MSW
Courtney Stevens/ The Pearl at Kruse Way, Avamere Health Services/ LPN
Aliza Stromme/ Hillside Retirement Community, Sunwest Management/ RN
Fritzie Vader/ Avamere Rehabilitation of Coos Bay, Avamere Health Services/ Administrator
Deborah Wentz-Cantrell/ Oregon Veteran's Home, Westcare Management/ Administrator

 

 

 

2009 Summer Cycle Recipients

Margaret Murphy Carley Scholarship Recipient

Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal

Heather  Sowa/ Oregon City Health Care Center, Prestige Care, Inc./ RN

 

General Studies Scholarship Recipients

Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal

Chiamaka Aniefuna/ Clarebridge of Beaverton, Brookdale Senior Living/ Admin
Gaylene Bruce/ Haven House Retirement Center , The Fossil Elderly Housing Committee Inc/ RN
Jane Duku/ Marquis Care at Centennial, Marquis Care/ LPN
Caroline Dunn/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ Admin
Nicole Hardy/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care, Inc/ RN
Alma Hernandez/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care, Inc/ CMA
Rebekah Hughes/ Holladay Park Plaza, Pacific Retirement Services/ LPN
Rajdeep Kaur/ student/ LPN
Michelle Kupetz/ Canfield Place Assisted Living, Leisure Care, Inc./ CNA2
Ngawang Lhundup/ Hearthstone of Beverton, Hearthstone Management Service/ CNA
Michelle Loghry/ Town Center Village, Generations LLC/ RN
Isabelle Mwanga/ Laurelhurst Village, Farmington Centers/ CMA, CNA2
Anna Potter/ student/ Occupational Therapist
Kathleen Sarvent/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville, Marquis Care/ RN
Brandon Sheets/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/RN
Musa Sidibey/ Marquis Care at Centennial, Marquis Care/ LPN
Jillien Smith/ Clare Bridge of Salem, Brookdale Senior Living/ Cert. Activity Consult.
Yvette Smith/ Home Instead Senior Care, Home Instead Senior Care/ CNA
Rungrudee Sriyoung/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ RN
Heather  Stangeby/ Cornerstone Care Option, Cornerstone Care Option, Inc/ Social Service Administrator
Haley Sullivan/ Corvallis Manor , Pinnacle Healthcare Inc./ RN
Joshua Thomas/ Premier Living Center,  Premier Living Centers/ Social Services Director
Deborah Wentz-Cantrell/ Oregon Veteran's Home, Westcare Management/ Admin
Sarah White/ Cascade Manor, Pacific Retirement Services/ RN
Christina York/  St. Anthony's Village, St Anthony Village Associates, LP/ CNA

 

2008 Winter Cycle Recipients

Metro West Ambulance Scholarship Recipients 
Name/LTC Experience/Education Goal
 
Nicole Hardy/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care Inc/ LPN
Stephanie Hollingshead/ Pearl at Kruse Way, Avamere Health Services/ Admin
Misty Lohn/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville, Marquis Companies, Inc/ DON
Fritzie Vader/ Hearthside Rehab & Specialty Care/ Administrator
 
Pinnacle Consulting Scholarship Recipients

Name/LTC Experience/Education Goal
 
Joyce Phipps/ Willamette Terrace, Willamette View Inc./Cert. Recreational Spec.
Jillien Smith/ Clare Bridge of Salem, Brookdale Sr. Living/ Cert. Activity Consult.

 

 

General Studies Scholarship Recipients

Name/LTC Experience/Education Goal
 
Chiamaka Aniefuna/ Clare Bridge of Beaverton, Brookdale Senior Living/ Admin.
Cynthia Blouin/ Hood River Care Center, Prestige Care Inc./ Physical Ther. 
Ocba Debessai/  Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ RN
Jane Duku/ Marquis Care at Centennial, Marquis Companies Inc/ LPN
Carly Dunn/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ Administrator
Mary Espinas/ Marquis Care at Forest Grove, Marquis Companies, Inc/ RN
Sara Gebrewold / King City Rehab, Avamere Health Services/ RN
Nicole Hardy/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care Inc/ LPN
Latreece Hawkins/ Cherrywood Village, Generations LLC/ LPN
Kendal Holland / Bridgewood Rivers ALF, Sun Management Services/ RN
Robert Jackson/ Rescare Homecare/ RN
Joni Kaady/ Marion County Health Department Geriatric Program/ Geriatric Psych.
Rajdeep Kaur/ Evergreen Portland, EHC Management Inc./ LPN
Betty Lee/ Columbia Basin Care Facility, Aidan Health Services Inc./ RN
Misty Lohn/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville, Marquis Companies, Inc/ DON
Melissa McNeely/ Myrtle Point Care Center, Westcare Management/ RN
Josephine Muthui/ The Taft Home, Concepts in Community Living/RN
Ryan Nelson/ Hospice Center/ RN
Mary Augusta Onyima/ Student/ Activity Director
Melissa Richmond/ Oatfield Estates, Elite Care LLC/ Geront. Horticultural Ther.
Sally Ryan/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ CNA II
Kathleen Sarvent/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville, Marquis Companies, Inc/ RN
Heather Stangeby/ Cornerstone Care Option, Inc / Social Service Administrator
Erica White/ Marquis Care/ Marquis Companies, Inc/ RN or Health Care Mgmt.

 

 

2008 Summer Cycle Recipients

Consonus Healthcare Services 

Name * LTC Experience * Position Seeking

Melea Doughty * Student * Occupational Therapist

Greta Gillas * Life Care Centers- McMinnville * Physical Therapist

Justine Kuunifaa * Willamette View * Pharmacy Technician

Youssef Roman * Gateway Medical Pharmacy * Pharmacist

Linda Wong * Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy * Pharmacist

 

Margaret Murphy Carley Scholarship Recipient

Julieta Contreras * Cascade Terrace * LPN

 

 

General Studies Scholarship Recipients

Aya Abdallah * Health Care Services * RN

Chiamaka Aniefuna * Wynwood of Mt. Hood * Administrator

Stephanie Bergmann * Oakwood Country Place * RN Laura

Blosser * Menlo Park Health Care * CMA

Catherine Couey * Visiting Angels * Director/Manager of LTC facility

Amber Donaldson * Marion County Health Dept. * Geriatric Certification

Cheri Foreman * Marquis Home Health * RN

Suzie Foumal * Porthaven Healthcare Center * Health Info Technician

Louise Jordan * Home Instead Senior Care * End of Life Care Counselor

Rajdeep Kaur * Evergreen Rehab Center * LPN

Jenny Kiel * Avamere at Three Fountains * Dietary Manager

Melissa McNeely * Myrtle Point Care Center * RN

Netsanet Mekbib * Porthaven Healthcare Center * LPN

Judee Moore * The Taft Home * Gerontologist

Josephine Muthui * The Taft Home * RN

Kathleen Nelson * Rosewood Park Retirement * Administrator

Kirill Nikiforov * Encore Senior Village * CNA

Joyce Phipps * Willamette View * Gerontologist

Heather Restoule * Trinity Mission Health Rehab * Dietary Manager

Kristen Savorelli * Marquis Care at Forest Grove * LPN

Musa Sidibey * Marquis Care at Centennial * RN

Jillien Smith * Clare Bridge of Salem * Activity Consultant

Heather Stangeby * Cornerstone Care Option Social * Service Administrator

Seli Thomas * New Horizons In-Home Care * CNA

Maria Vital * Maryville Nursing Home * CMA

 

 

2007 Recipients

Elaine Velu ** Beaverton Hills

Aya Abdallah ** Marquis Care

Stephanie Bergmann ** Oakwood Country Place

Patty Brown ** Courtyard Senior Living

Bethany Chamberlin ** Lifeworks Northwest

Ocba Debessai ** Providence Elder Place

Danille De Carlo ** Porthaven Care Center

Theresa Earhart ** Marquis Companies- Hope Village

Cheri Foreman ** Marquis Home Care

Jennifer Fulton ** Avamere at Bethany Assisted Living

Sarah Harding ** Maryville Nursing Home

Heather Harrison ** South Hills Rehabilitation Center

Leslie Horner ** Private Care Giver

Dawn Howland ** UMRC The Willson House

Courtney McCallum ** A Home for Mom and Dad

Judee Moore ** The Taft Home

Josephine Muthui ** The Taft Home

Ayodele Ojebode ** Porthaven Care Center

Melonie Powell

Rodlyn Redburn ** Powell Valley Assisted Living

Adelina Ruiz ** Avamere at Bethany Assisted Living

Leslee Schader ** Staffing Services on Call

Jillien Smith ** Clare Bridge of Salem

Noriko Toyokawa

Maureen Underwood ** Marquis Care at Centennial

Erica White ** Marquis Care at Wilsonville

Alicia Brous ** Providence Brookside Manor

Elizabeth Crandall ** New Horizon

Joni Kaady ** Marion County Health Department

Misty Lohn ** Marquis Care at Wilsonville

Naketa Lugo ** Marquis Mt. Tabor

Danielle Mellow ** Brookside Manor- Providence

Melissa Morgan ** Courtyard Senior Living

Evelyn Nohemi Vanegas ** Maryville Nursing Home

Shawn O'Connor ** Curry Country Home Health and Hospice

Lashawn Phillips ** Marquis at Powellhurst

Janet Ramey ** Grandview Rehab and Specialty Care

Socorro Salinas ** Maryville Nursing Home

Eileen Urban ** Center for Medically Fragile Children at Providence Child Center

Maria West ** American Heritage Services

Christine Whippy ** Harvest Homes

Noemi Wiseman ** McKay Creek Estates

Sarah Zeller ** Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children

 

2006 Recipients

Kelly Barton ** Royale Gardens Rehab & Nsg

Valerie Clark ** Marquis Care at Vermont Hills

Joni Kaady ** Marion County Health Department

Mary Knudsen ** Woodland Heights Assisted Living

Angel Mendoza ** Friendsview Manor

Carl Oliveri ** Waterford Health & Fitness Center

Melonie Powell ** Marquis Care at Mt. Tabor

Oksana Savelo ** Cedar Sinai Park

Alicia Sundby ** Rock Cove Assisted Living

Maureen Underwood ** Marquis Care at Centennial

Christina Weinman ** Marquis Care at Autumn Hills

Stephanie Bergmann ** Oakwood Country Place

Shakira Cunningham ** Porthaven Health Care Center

Nicole Easley ** Marquis Care at Oregon City

Corey Farrow ** Oakwood Country Place

Corey Jones ** Emanuel Hospital - Unit 54

Suzanne Kemp ** Waterford at Three

Ann McQueen ** Portland State University, Institute on Aging

Rene Miller ** Portland Community College Sylvania

Judee Moore ** The Taft Home

Josephine Muthui ** The Taft Home

Alisha Snow ** Aidan Health Care (now Regency of Florence)

Derek Johnson ** Friendsview Manor

Maureen Underwood ** Marquis Care at Centenniar

Betty Rulli ** Porthaven

Janet Morgan ** Town Center Village, Columbia Wing

Danielle Mellow ** Providence/Brookside Manor

Alicia Brous ** CNA at Providence Brookside Manor

Joni Kaady ** Marion County Health Department

Shawn O'Connor ** Curry Co. Home Health & Hospice

Jillien Smith **

Debra Hussey ** Cascade View Care Center

Jessica Henry ** New Horizons In-Home Care

Lisa Wolf ** New Horizons In-Home Care

Daniel Serres ** Lincoln Memorial Park and Funeral Home

 

 

2005

Sarah Jane Barnes ** Eugene Good Sam Health Center

Alicia Brous ** Providence Hood River Mem Hospital Brookside Manor

Julieta Contrereas ** Cascade Terrace

Tiffany Dawson ** Marquis Care at Vermont Hills

Devon Devecka ** Royale Gardens Health & Rehab

Jennifer Fulton ** Avamere at Bethany

Jason McFarland ** Evergreen Hillsboro Health & Rehab Center

Ann McQueen ** PSU Institute on Aging

Karen Morrison ** Leisure Care Corporation

Kristi Nett ** Marquis Care at Hope Village

Yuiya Olefirenko ** Country Meadows Assisted Living

Chuks Orji ** Menlo Park Health Care/Providence

Angela Pardey ** Marquis Care at Hope Village

Lindsay Pond ** The Wilsonville Assisted Living

Melonie Powell ** Marquis Care at Mt. Tabor

Linda Sherman ** Concordia Univ/JDL Development

Jill Tauchert ** Cascade Manor

Raschelle Ussery ** Marquis Care at Powellhurst

Haseena Vaswani ** Marquis at Hope Village, Canby

Timothy Williams ** Evergreen Hillsboro Health & Rehab Center

2004 Recipients

Tabatha Anderson ** Laurelhurst House

Stephanie Lee Bergman ** Oakwood Country Place

Alicia Brous ** Providence Hood River Mem Hospital Brookside Manor

Rebekah Chadwick ** Medford Rehab Center

Sue Chittenden ** Laurel Hills Nursing & Rehab Center

Justin Dowling ** Marquis Care at Plum Ridge

Nayeli Garcia ** Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community

Rachel Graham ** Aidan Health Care of Albany

Susanne Hill ** Generations Home Care

Janelle Joslyn ** Brennan Care Service

Karen Kohl ** Marquis Companies

Tori Kirkendall ** Homewood on the Willamette

Sylvia Medrano ** Maryville Nursing Home

Margaret Ann Mitchell ** Myrtle Point Care Centr

Carmen Nanu ** Marquis At Autumn Hills

Merci Paye ** Providence Child Center

Angela Pardey ** Marquis Care at Hope Village

Heather Partridge ** Timberview Care Center

Susan Robbins ** King City Reha & Living Center

Katie Sinnott ** Harvest Homes

Bonnie Smith ** Myrtle Point Care Centr

Timothy Williams ** Evergreen Hillsboro Health & Rehab Center

Christopher Worlton ** Sheldon Park Assisted Living

 

2003 Recipients

Jennifer Blacke ** Our House of Portland

Nicole Blanchard ** Cedar Creek AL

Kylie Blacken ** Corvallis Manor-Pinnacle Health Care

Amanda Coy ** Corvallis Manor-Pinnacle Health Care

Dinah Elizabeth Caldwell ** Oregon City Marquis Care

Penny A. DeMoss ** Marquis at Autumn Hills

Maria Gonzalez ** Edgewood Point Assisted Living

Nicole Garmon ** Marquis Care at Silver Gardens

Delila Dawn Garrison ** Crestwell Care Center

Rose Hoang ** Marquis Vintage Suites

Christine Humphries ** Marquis Care at Home Village

Kristin Marie Kenney ** Molalla Care Center

Tina Marie Lambert ** Myrtle Point Care Center

Tricia Love ** Myrtle Point Care Center

Lynette Masterson ** Marquis Care at Hope Village

Sarah Nelson ** Corvallis Manor-Pinnacle Health Care

Melonie Powell ** Marquis Care at Mt. Tabor

Susan Robbins ** King City Reha & Living Center

Fhunkang Zhu ** Camelot Care Center

Faye Torcorm ** Providence Brookside Manor

 

2002 Recipients

Rachel Borsch ** Mt. St. Joseph

Athena Figueroa ** Rogue River Morrow Heights

Jessica Garr ** Alterra Villas of McMinnville

Siagigi Hintsatake ** High Lookee Lodge

Karen Jenkins ** Marquis Companies

Tina Marie Lambert ** Myrtle Point Care Center

Margaret Martin ** Avamere at Sherwood

Irma Moody ** Valley West Care Center

Jacquelynn Peters ** Farmington Square Salem

Jeffrey Prevatt ** Linda Vista Care Center

Eva Pudil ** Sunny Vista Care Center

Kathy Smith ** High Lookee Lodge

Fae Torcom ** Providence Hood River Mem Hosp

Kathy Willis ** Nehalem Valley Care Center

Ben Young ** AIT, Corvallis Manor Nsg/Rehab

Danielle Barker ** Marquis Care @Hope Village

 

2001 Recipients

Danielle Barker ** Marquis Care @ Hope Village

Tibletse Berhane ** Macdonald Residence

Gregory Buzzy ** Care Center East of Portland

William Elwell ** Marquis Care @ Hope Village

Maria Gonzalez-Zarate ** Edgewood Point Assisted Living

LaVonne Henry ** Spruce Point Assisted Living

Vera Thorne ** Crestview Nursing & Rehab

Dawn Howland ** Spring Ridge at Charbonneau

Kascy Lowden ** Farmington Square Gresham

Joshua Norem ** Corvallis Manor

Ashley Renn ** El Dorado Heights

Julie Schaeffer-Mitchell ** Bridgecreek Alzheimers Special Care

Brande Schumacher ** Siuflaw Care Center

Jennifer Wisley ** Alterra Carebridge of Bend

Brooke Wylam ** Linus Oates Retirement Center

Nelson Zomont ** High Lookee Lodge

 

2000 Recipients

Sarah Eliz. Adami ** Luke-Door/Boletha Guest House

Judee Carmela-Barnes ** Timberview Care Center

Gregory Buzzy ** Summit Springs

Emily Chartier ** Evergreen Vista

Sandy Devine ** Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital

Jodi Fox ** Hillside Heights Rehab Center

Zulfa Nuri ** Astor House

Dawn Whipp-Groberg ** Oakwood Country Place

Patricia Hoerth ** Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living

Laurie Manske ** Summit Assisted Living

Cindy Smith ** Quail Run Memonite Home

AL Manalebish Tale ** Astor House

Holly Thomas ** Rosehaven Nursing Center