Tamara Montano, a student at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, has been named the 2016 recipient of the Community Memorial Hospital Scholarship. Montano, a current Cloquet resident originally from Red Cliff, Wis., and a graduate of Bayfield High School, is completing the practical nursing diploma program in her first year of the nursing associate degree program at FDLTCC. She has a career goal to become a registered nurse, with a specific interest in working in a rural healthcare setting.
The scholarship is unique in that it was established as part of the relationship between the college and the hospital in Cloquet, with a goal of fostering an environment where the local healthcare workforce is representative of the communities served.
The Community Memorial Hospital Scholarship is awarded through a selection process based on criteria that includes professional promise, enrollment in the nursing degree program at FDLTCC, grade point average, and a stated desire to work in Carlton County and rural medicine. The scholarship can be used toward tuition, books, and supplies for the academic year.
