Susan K. Ipacs
This scholarship honors Susan Ipacs, in memory of her lifelong contributions to nursing.
Remembered for her compassionate nature, Sue exemplified the skills and qualities needed to be a successful nurse caring for the sick. She worked to foster those qualities for future generations as associate dean of the Hocking College School of Nursing. As a nursing instructor and associate dean, Sue strove to ease the burdens and obstacles facing students while nurturing the passion to help others.
She hoped that students pursuing nursing degrees understand and always remember the consecrated role they will have in the lives and deaths of their patients and their patients’ families.
This scholarship honors the work and life of Susan Ipacs – nurse, instructor, mother, wife and friend.
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria
- Graduate of the Hocking College or Ohio University-Chillicothe LPN program (or the Ohio University-Athens equivalent)
- Apply to and meet all nursing program enrollment requirements at Hocking College, Ohio University-Chillicothe or Ohio University-Athens
- Financial need will be considered
- Have at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
- Recipients will be chosen based on character as evidenced by personal conduct, values, attitudes and behaviors as applicable to the nursing field and demonstrated in personal statement and nomination forms.