Mainland Medical Auxiliary donates $10,000 for COM scholarships
Nursing students face many pressures – class assignments, labs, work and often family responsibilities. Thanks to the Mainland Medical Auxiliary, students in the College of the Mainland nursing programs are relieved of one stressor: finances.
Continuing its longstanding support for COM nursing programs, Mainland Medical Auxiliary
has donated $10,000 to fund scholarships for students in the associate degree nursing,
licensed vocational nurse and certified nurse assistant programs at COM.
“The scholarship has allowed me to not have to stress out about work and to focus
on what’s important, which is getting my degree. It pays for my classes and helps
me with books and other supplies I need,” said Jane Sudela, of Pearland, a Mainland
Medical Auxiliary Scholarship recipient.
The Mainland Medical Auxiliary has served the community since 1958 and raises funds
through the Mainland Medical Center Gift Shop and other fundraisers.
“The scholarship funds are a tremendous help to students,” said Gay Reeves, COM director
of nursing. “We have had nursing students graduate because they received money from
Mainland Medical Auxiliary. Without their support, they couldn’t have done it.”
Sudela is one of those students. She will graduate in June with an associate degree
in nursing, with the goal of pursuing a career in pediatrics.
“I don’t know where I would be without those scholarships,” she said. “(COM Foundation
administrative assistant) Tammy Stafford was helpful in finding the right scholarships
for me. It’s a blessing.”
COM Foundation scholarship application system will reopen May 16. For more information,
visit www.com.edu/scholarships.