Love of Lacrosse Earns Freshman a Prestigious Scholarship

Love of Lacrosse Earns Freshman a Prestigious Scholarship

Freshman Jianela Rincon is not only a great lacrosse player, but she's using her love of the game to help others.

Rincon was named a 2013 North Carolina Horatio Alger Scholar, in part, for her work to implement lacrosse programs in Wilmington, N.C. middle schools.

"As part of the scholarship, we completed a community focused research project, and mine was on the lack of lacrosse programs in urban areas," explains Rincon. "I decided to take it a step further and implement programs in my area so other athletes would have the opportunity to fall in love with the sport like I did."

The Horatio Alger Association seeks to help students who demonstrate integrity, perseverance, strength of character, financial need, a good academic record, a commitment to a college education and the desire to contribute to society. Rincon was one of only 13 North Carolina students selected for the 2013 scholarship.

Rincon brings all of those qualities to HPU where she is majoring in exercise science and is a member of the Women's Lacrosse team. She was captain and MVP of her high school team her senior year and played on North Carolina's state team in the national tournament, where the team earned second place.

"I like the way sports challenge you. You work hard, and can actually see what you've been working towards when you practice. Extra work makes you better," says Rincon.

It was the state team that first introduced Rincon to HPU.

"I came here for try-outs and fell in love with the campus," she says. "I'm so excited to work with coach (Lyndsey) Boswell, to play with an experienced team and to play at a faster pace."

Rincon is also excited to study exercise science so she can one day become a physical therapist.

"I'd like to stay in sports in some way, and help other athletes play to the best of their ability. HPU will help me get there."

Source: Highpoint

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Doctor of Nursing Science

Degree Information

Current Student Information

About the Doctor of Nursing Science Degree

The Doctor of Nursing Practice Program is a clinical doctoral program for advanced practice registered nurses, such as nurse practitioners (NPs) or clinical nurse specialists(CNSs) who are looking to further their education. An alternative to researched-focused doctoral programs, the DNP builds upon a traditional master's program by providing education in evidence-based practice, quality improvement and systems leadership, in addition to other key areas. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Advanced Education Nursing Grant, the DNP program prepares nurse leaders to become clinical scholars, health care and policy leaders and evidence-based practice experts, as well as informatics and quality improvement leaders.

Residency requirements: Due to federal regulations from the Department of Education, the College of Nursing currently accepts applications for its online master's and doctoral degree programs from residents of the following states: Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

Scholarship Opportunities

Terminal Behaviors

• The effective verbal articulation of knowledge and its application


• Use science-based theories and concepts to:
  
  • Determine the nature and significance of health and health care delivery phenomena
  
  
  • Describe the actions and advanced strategies to enhance, alleviate and ameliorate health and health care delivery phenomena as appropriate
  
  
  • Evaluate outcomes
  
  


• Develop and evaluate care delivery approaches that meet current and future needs of patient populations based on scientific findings in nursing and other clinical sciences, as well as organizational, political and economic sciences.


• Design, direct and evaluate quality improvement methodologies to promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care.


• Provide leadership in the evaluation and resolution of ethical and legal issues within healthcare systems relating to the use of information, information technology, communication networks and patient care technology.

• Advocate for social justice, equity and ethical policies within all healthcare arenas.


• Use conceptual and analytical skills in evaluating the links among practice, organizational, population, fiscal and policy issues.

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Scholarships

It's important to recognize those students with excellent academic records and outstanding promise. At Carolina, we do this by offering a limited number of renewable merit scholarships. In most cases, there's no separate scholarship application; all students are considered for these opportunities on the basis of their admissions applications and, in some cases, financial need. Our holistic review of scholarship candidates considers academic achievement, leadership qualities, commitment to service, and promise of engagement in the life of the University.

Merit-based Scholarships
Our merit-based scholarship awards range from $2,500 to the full cost of attendance per year. Some of the opportunities include:

Pogue Scholarship: As long as you apply by the Early Action deadline, you'll automatically be considered for the Pogue Scholarship. Finalists will be notified in mid-February and invited to an interview weekend.

Morehead-Cain Scholars Program: The Morehead-Cain has a separate application. If you're a North Carolina resident attending a North Carolina high school, you may be nominated by your high school or self-nominate by October 1. If you're a resident of another state or country, you may be nominated by an official Morehead-Cain nominating school or affiliate program. Or, if you apply by the Early Action deadline, you may be considered for the scholarship based on your admissions application.

Robertson Scholars Program: You'll automatically be considered for the Roberston Scholars Program regardless of which deadline you apply for, but we strongly encourage all interested applicants to submit a supplemental form directly to the Robertson Scholars Program by December 1 and to apply by mid-December.

Click here to learn more about merit-based scholarships. In addition to these scholarships, when you apply for admission you'll also be considered for a variety of special opportunities available only to first-year students.

If you're admitted and enroll, you may also be eligible to apply for your choice of current scholarship opportunities for Carolina students.

Need-based Scholarships
In addition to offering competitive tuition rates, we also offer need-based aid in the form of federal, state and University grants, loans and employment. Need-based scholarships, such as the Johnston Scholarship, can range from $1,000 to the full cost of attendance.

Carolina Covenant
With the Carolina Covenant, eligible students whose family income falls at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines (about $44,700 for a family of four) can graduate from Carolina without having to borrow a penny - 100% of their demonstrated need is met through grants and federal work study.

Work Study
The Federal Work Study Program allows qualified recipients to earn part of their financial aid through employment on campus or in community service agencies. Students may select from a wide variety of available jobs to meet their interests, skills and career plans.

The Office of Scholarships and Student Aid administers a number of student loan programs that provide low-interest, long-term loans to students. Loans require repayment after students graduate or leave school.

Carolina Computing Initiative
The Carolina Computing Initiative (CCI) ensures that students have access to high-quality and affordable technology. As a part of CCI, all students are required to own a laptop, and grants are available to help eligible students purchase their laptops.

For more information about scholarships, please contact us or the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid

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Roger Reeves

Brazil

I will begin with braces

strung across a man's teeth

like a downed kite might

string itself across four lanes

of a seven lane highway

and bid a barefooted child

to wade into evening traffic

and slip. I will not focus

on the wasp at the window,

the cat's white hair stretching

along this orange peel,

or even the train's green breath,

its asthmatic clack

upon these arthritic tracks

that turn every head

into a cautious metronome. No,

I will not focus upon the spine

of the men walking these rails,

yelling cerveja, coca-cola, agua,

these men who bear no resemblance

to ghosts but even as they pass

disappear into motes

of dust most of us are too busy

to notice falling

inside a sleeping child's mouth.

I will focus all of my attention,

now, on the man with braces,

asking me if I am a member of the C.I.A.

Have I come to infiltrate

the Black movement.

This man who I have peeled

two oranges for

since this train left Rio de Janeiro

and, because his hands were full,

placed each quartered wedge

in his mouth. What are you here for?

The children waiting for bottles

of water to be thrown from each car.

The bee above his head, the kites

drifting from the hills, the white puffs

of cloth, slew-footed, wading into the sky

like a wasp drunk on insecticide.

Those are suicide notes, he says, the kites.

Soon there will be gunfire,

drugs, and dead children head to foot

along the paved and unpaved roads

leading in and out of this favela.

Do you have this in America?

This, meaning kites. This, meaning

children. This, meaning winter rain

unable to flow into the gutters

because of bodies lining the streets.

I think to tell him of Katrina,

but I say nothing of water-

melon vines growing around the dark

and dead, an un-hoed road

of children my uncle has left

in graves from North Carolina to New Jersey,

the bomb, M.O.V.E., the symphony

hall of atrocities in which every seat is full,

but is this the meaning of Diaspora?

I come with the dead tucked in-

to my duffle, my genocides

folded into my wallet and you

come with yours and we shout

across the chasm of this train car

comparing whose dead sings louder

or more often or now.

Is this Africa: a split trench

and a split lip, a photograph

of a police chief smoking a cigar

as the ear of a dead child catches his ash.

Why isn't my hand

dropping these slices of orange

onto your tongue, Diaspora?

Why have I come to Brazil, Brother?

To infiltrate the Black movement.

Source: Bucknell

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