A Conscious Decision of Place and Profession
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
I came from this place. This place is northern Michigan.
For the majority of my last twenty-two years northern Michigan,
specifically the range of Emmet County, has been my home. I left to go to
school, to travel and to learn. I learned that there are many other amazing
places, foreign and domestic, and many amazing opportunities across the
world.
I made a conscious decision to return, even given my education in welding,
carpentry, and a Bachelor’s degree which could secure a comfortable life
elsewhere.
I chose to come back because there is a connection to the community that
fostered me and still does to this day.
I came back to invest myself in northern Michigan which first invested
itself in me.
The way I’ve found to invest myself has been through studying nursing.
There is a shortage of nurses in my community. My hope is that as a nurse
within this place, I can work to remedy the health needs of my community and
with it, the needs of our country as a whole. Before one can contribute to a
community, one must be healthy. And, given my education and potential, I can
help those around me—around us, as a region and a country—to be healthy,
beneficial individuals as I work as a nurse.
The CampusRN Scholarship would help me cover the expenses of tuition and
help us, as a region and a nation, have a healthier, more enriched
existence, enjoying the fruits modern healthcare and a democratic country.
Choosing me for the CampusRN Scholarship would be a worthwhile investment
because I myself am invested in a community with serious needs, a community
that is a part of the greater whole, the Midwest, the United States.
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