FOUR University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) students currently pursuing bachelor’s degrees in nursing at the Caribbean School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences have received US$2,000 worth of scholarship from the Jamaica Nurses Association of Florida (JNAF).

Final-year student Britiena Brown (second left); second-year student Aliandra Carnagie (third left); third-year student Ramone Young (third right); and Jadaine Benjamin, also a final-year student, were presented with a US$500 award each by university President Dr Kevin Brown on behalf of the JNAF during a handing over session at the Papine campus on November 27. Also on hand to congratulate the scholarship recipients were Dr Adella Campbell (left), dean, College of Health Sciences, and Pauline Madourie (right), UTech, Jamaica scholarship officer.

The JNAF, establish 40 years ago, consists of nurses within the diaspora, some of whom are UTech and College of Arts, Science and Technology (now Utech) alumni and who continue to work closely with the university.

As part of its commitment to serving communities and the underserved, the non-profit organisation disburses annual scholarships to nursing students in Jamaica.