ABINGTON, Pa. — The Nurses Alumni Association of the Dixon School of Nursing, a group of veteran health-care providers whose beloved institution is closing, is providing scholarships to Dixon graduates who enroll in the RN to BS (Registerd Nurse to Bachelor of Science) in nursing degree program at Penn State Abington.
The Dixon alumni so far have covered the cost for 91 recent Dixon graduates to take the first course toward their bachelor’s degree at the college. The alumni board will pay the tuition for the final three Dixon graduating classes to enroll at Abington. Dixon will close this fall due to a merger.
“We want to support the students who are graduating from Dixon in 2016 and 2017,” Alice Pero said at the Dixon Alumni Board Scholarship Tea in the college’s historic solarium.
Each scholarship is valued at about $1,500 or the cost of one course, and will be offered up to 200 registered nurses.