Press Releases: Southern California
April 30, 2009
Kaiser Permanente Provides $25,000 Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Awards to Mount St. Mary's Nursing Students
Eleven Graduates Guaranteed Two-Year Employment with Kaiser Permanente
LOS ANGELES — An estimated 43,000 registered nurses will be needed by 2010 to keep up the pace of California’s growing population and healthcare demands. The specific demand from employers is to hire baccalaureate prepared nurses. Kaiser Permanente today will present $25,000 scholarship and loan forgiveness awards to 11 nursing students graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College.
The students are the recipient of Kaiser Permanente’s 2009 Loan Forgiveness Scholarship Award and the ceremony takes place on Thursday, April 30 located at Doheny Campus, 10 Chester Place from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
“Kaiser Permanente believes in the excellent work and education being provided at Mount St. Mary's College, and our forgiveness loan program underscores the importance of providing financial assistance to these future nurses,” said Judy Husted, executive director of the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Patient Care Services. “We look forward to these nursing students becoming a part of an outstanding patient care team that will provide excellent care and quality to our members.”
Since 2005, Kaiser Permanente partnered with the College to ease the student’s financial burden from tuition and help them begin their career path. The loan forgiveness program guarantees that students who graduate and commit to two years of employment in an acute care Kaiser Permanente hospital facility will not have to pay back their loans.
The nursing student and their respective hometown are listed. Students are available for interviews.
- Arthur Llanes, Panorama City
- Diana Fabro, Moreno Valley
- Stephanie Goulet, Newbury Park
- Faith Okeze, Torrance
- Catherine Oluoha, Highland
- Jonathan Rosenberg, West Hills
- Fidelis Smith, Canyon Country
- Michelle Tarronas, La Puente
- Lauren Torres, West Covina
- Faith Trinidad, North Hills
- Ashley Zamudio, Palmdale
“Kaiser Permanente’s continued support demonstrates its belief that Mount St. Mary’s College educates highly-skilled nurses,” said Mount St. Mary’s President Jacqueline Powers Doud. “The great variety and quality of nursing programs at Mount St. Mary’s allows us to effectively address the nursing shortage in Los Angeles.” In December 2008, Kaiser Permanente awarded the College an additional $325,000 to support nursing students through the 2009 – 2010 academic years.
As one of the largest employers of nurses in California, Kaiser Permanente’s support to build California’s nursing workforce exceeds $4 million annually for Nursing Pathways, career ladder programs, nursing scholarships, loan forgiveness programs, and grants to colleges.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s leading integrated health plans. Founded in 1945, it is a nonprofit, group practice prepayment program with Southern California headquarters in Pasadena, California. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care needs of 3.3 million members in Southern California. Today, it encompasses the nonprofit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, and the for-profit Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Kaiser Permanente's Southern California Region includes more than 55,800 technical, administrative and clerical employees and caregivers, and more than 6,400 physicians representing all specialties. More information about Kaiser Permanente can be found at kp.org.
