FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Dec. 2, 2005
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

Parents establish memorial scholarship fund for Misty Dawn Endicott

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A memorial scholarship fund has been established by the Marshall University Foundation, Inc. to celebrate the life of Wayne County native Misty Dawn Endicott, who fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a nurse before her untimely death last April at age 32.

A graduate of Ceredo-Kenova High School who attended Marshall, Endicott worked tirelessly to realize her cherished goal of becoming a nurse.  Her family says that even after receiving a scholarship to attend nursing school she continued to take advantage of every opportunity to achieve her dreams and after graduation continued learning and polishing her skills.

Each new scholarship recipient will be a sophomore in the College of Health Professions who has been accepted into the Bachelor of Science Nursing program, has demonstrated financial need and has a 2.5 or better grade point average. Priority will be given to graduates of Spring Valley High School in Wayne County, then to graduates of any Wayne County high school, and then to any West Virginia high school graduates.

The award is for tuition/fees and books and may be renewed for up to three years – six semesters – as long as conditions of the scholarship continue to be met.

Misty Endicott’s parents, Jan and Virginia Endicott, established the scholarship. They say they want recipients to know that Endicott walked in their shoes and to never give up on their dreams. The Endicotts are encouraging recipients “to live by Misty’s motto, when the world tells you that it is impossible to achieve your dreams, do it and prove them wrong.”

The fund will become endowed once a minimum of $10,000 is received.  To contribute to the fund or for additional information about the scholarship, persons may contact Jean Augustine in the Marshall University Development Office at (304) 696-6214 or by e-mail at augustin@marshall.edu.

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