{"id":33135,"date":"2015-03-31T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T23:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=33135"},"modified":"2021-09-23T12:39:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T22:39:57","slug":"u-s-veterans-and-families-assisted-by-new-nursing-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/31\/u-s-veterans-and-families-assisted-by-new-nursing-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. veterans and families assisted by new nursing scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene Dean Mary Boland, Lawrence Tseu and Shelley Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the generosity of a philanthropist and retired dentist, Lawrence K.W. Tseu, U.S. veterans and their families can transition to careers in nursing<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> with support from the Shelley Wilson Nursing Scholarship for Veterans. The scholarship was created in honor of Shelley Wilson, founder, president and CEO<\/abbr> of Wilson Care Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to honor Shelley with a scholarship in her name because I want others to know what a tremendous job she does for others in the community,” said Tseu. “Shelley has overcome great adversity in her life and spends much of her time giving back to assist our kūpuna and veterans.”<\/p>\n

In honor of Wilson’s accomplishments and contributions to the community, the Shelley Wilson Nursing Scholarship for Veterans will help U.S. veterans and\/or their family members start a career in the field of nursing. The scholarship will complement the Achieving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing: A Veterans’ Initiative Program, which was selected for a $342,472 federal grant awarded to UH<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene<\/a> to assist U.S. veterans with medical training backgrounds transition into a new career in nursing.<\/p>\n

“As fellow veterans, Dr. Tseu and I both have great respect and admiration for the service men and women who sacrifice to serve our country,” said Wilson. “It’s wonderful to be able to provide this opportunity for veterans to pursue nursing as a career after military service.”<\/p>\n

“We thank Dr. Lawrence K.W. Tseu for his continued generosity and support of UH<\/abbr> Mānoa nursing in honor of his friend and colleague Shelley Wilson,” said School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene Dean Mary G. Boland<\/strong>. “For all that Shelley has accomplished, she is a great role model for our students to look to for inspiration.”<\/p>\n

More on Wilson<\/h2>\n

Wilson was 18 years old when she was seriously injured in a car accident while on active duty as a medical specialist with the U.S. Army National Guard in Iowa. She was confined to a wheelchair for a year while undergoing a number of surgeries.<\/p>\n

Her severe injuries left her dependent on others to care for her 24\/7, which was a great struggle for both her and her family. Through this experience, Wilson realized how valuable dependable and compassionate home care could be.<\/p>\n

After moving to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> to complete her recovery, she started Wilson Homecare at the age of 21. The business struggled in its early years, but with determination, grit and hard work, she turned Wilson Homecare into one of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s largest home health-care service providers with more than 400 employees. She is also the owner\/administrator of Wilson Senior Living in Kailua, a new concept in residential senior care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Shelley Wilson Nursing Scholarship for Veterans supports U.S. veterans transitioning into careers in nursing at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[189,572,167,9],"class_list":["post-33135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-nursing","tag-scholarship","tag-school-of-nursing-and-dental-hygiene","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33135"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148524,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33135\/revisions\/148524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}