WELCOME BACK TO OZARKS
TONIGHT, I'M HEATHER LEWIS
PRETTY DISQUE EXPEDITION EVERY
OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO THOSE
PURSUING A CAREER IN THE HEALTH
FIELD.
A MOM OF SEVEN IS ACTUALLY
GETTING HER DEGREE COMING UP IN
MAY, AND SHE IS JOINING US
TONIGHT.
JEROME WILLIAMS IS WRONG WITH US
FROM -- ALONG WITH OTHERS
HUNTING FOR THIS CALCULATION.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
JO-ANN CORR WANT TO TALK WITH
YOU.
HE GRADUATE IN MAY WITH A
BACHELOR IN SCIENCE IN NURSING.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT
THAT.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED YOU HAVE
SEVEN CHILDREN.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GO BACK
TO SCHOOL?
WELL, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN
TRYING TO DO THIS FOR A LONG
TIME, AND COMPARING ANOTHER
CHILD, OR WE WOULD MOVE, AND
THAT I HAVE A TRANSCRIPT FROM 12
DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES.
AND SO RIGHT NOW I AM NOT
PREGNANT OR NURSING AND MY
HUSBAND AND I THOUGHT CAN THIS
IS A GOOD TIME, LET'S GO FORW
FORWARD.
AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT COX
AND AN ACCELERATED PROGRAM, AND
SO IT KIND OF FELT LIKE, IF WE
ARE GOING TO DO THIS TO AND IF
THE WHOLE FAMILY IS GOING TO GET
TOGETHER TO SUPPORT MOM, IT'S
GOT TO GO QUICK.
ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE CHALLENGES
THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT FOR
ANYONE WHO ARE STUDENTS WITH
FULL-TIME FAMILY.
WHAT ARE SOME CHALLENGES.
I MISS BEING AT HOME.
AND I THINK BECAUSE I HAD
HOMESCHOOLED FOR SO LONG IT
REALLY SET A GOOD FOUNDATION IN
TERMS OF ORGANIZATION IN MY HO
HOME.
AND I HAVE OLDER CHILDREN WHO
CAN COOK, AND THEY ALREADY WERE
DOING THEIR OWN LAUNDRY AND
CLEANING AND ALL THAT SO
THANKFULLY I WOULD HAVE MY HOME
SYSTEMS IN ORDER.
IT WAS JUST NOW FINDING TIME TO
STUDY AND GET TO CLASS.
AND THEY ARE ALL SUCH MY
CHEERLEADERS.
SO THAT'S BEEN GREAT.
WHY NURSING?
WELL I DIFFERENTLY HAVE BEEN
INTERESTED IN THE HEALTH FIELD
REALLY SINCE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD,
AND I CAME TO FAITH IN CHRIST
AND LOVED STUDYING THE HUMAN
BODY.
WHEN I WAS 16 I DID AN ANATOMY
COURSE AND DISSECTED A PIG AND
ALL OF THAT.
SO INTERESTED AND I ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE A MEDICAL
MISSIONARY.
DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT WAS GOING
TO LAND.
AND I GOT MARRIED WHEN I WAS IN
COLLEGE.
SO MET THE MINIMUM CHAINS AND
OBVIOUSLY KEPT HAVING CHILDREN,
WHICH I NEVER EVER WOULD REGRET.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
SO LIKE I SAID IT WAS JUST A
GOOD TIME TO GO BACK.
AND NURSING, I'M SO EXCITED
ABOUT WHAT THE POTENTIAL COULD
BE IN THE NURSING FIELD.
AND I FEEL LIKE BEING A NURSE IS
GOING TO ALLOW ME TO, YES, MAYBE
GO ON MEDICAL MISSIONS THAT
SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK PEOPLE
AND THERE'S JUST SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I FEEL LIKE
THIS COULD GO.
SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
HOW DID THE SKAGGS FOUNDATION
HELP YOU WITH THIS JOURNEY?
WELL, YOU KNOW WE HAVE A BIG
FAMILY AND MY FAMILY IS ATHLETIC
AND EAT LIKE YOU WOULDN'T
BELIEVE.
SO IT REALLY HAS BEEN A BLESSING
FOR OUR FAMILY TO RECEIVE
FUNDING FOR SKAGGS FOUNDATION TO
HELP ME PURSUE THIS.
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
EXTRA, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FAMILY.
AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ANY
STUDENT.
YOU ALL OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO
STUDENTS DISCUSSIONS AND ALSO
SKAGGS LEGACY ENDOWMENTS.
DESCRIBE THE TWO FOR US.
SHE ACTUALLY BENEFIT BOTH
WAYS.
THROUGH THE SKAGGS FRONTAGE WE
HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE STUDENT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND IVIE MACY OCEAN
CREST BRING THE SPRING BRIAN
SCHMETZER.
IT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS AND THE WATER JUST SHY
OF $400,000 SO WE IMPACTED
HUNDREDS OF YOUTH OVER THE YEA
YEARS.
TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS TO RESIDE
IN STEAM ARE TANEY COUNTY,
ARKANSAS OR BE A IMPORTANT
TECHNICAL FAMILY -- FOX MEDICAL
CENTER BRANSON ORB HAVE A FAMILY
MEMBER FOX MEDICAL CENTER
BRANSON.
IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA TO
KEEP THEIR RAIN POURED AVERAGE
UP, WE CONTINUE TO FIND THEM.
SAID THERE IS LITTLE POSSIBILITY
FOR ANYBODY THAT MEETS THE
CRITERIA.
TERREL -- COCKTAILS RECEIVED A
$30,000 SCHOLARSHIP FROM US IN
LATE 2018 AND THAT LED THEM TO
CREATE $310,000 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
SENIOR NURSING STUDENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM
THROUGH COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS
WHEN THEY DO THAT FOR THEIR
STUDENTS.
THAT ALLOWED HER TO TAKE A
VEGETABLE PROGRAM TO MAKE
EDUCATION MORE AFFORDABLE.
HE SAID REQUIREMENTS OF WHERE
TO LIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THIS?
YOU HAVE TO MEET GRADE POINT
AVERAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE CRITERION IS ALL ONLINE SO
IT WOULDN'T HURT TO PURSUE A
DEGREE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND
MEET THOSE EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS.
VERY GOOD.
AND THE MONEY IS ACTUALLY BUILT
UP FROM THE ENDOWMENT OF
INTERESTS.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
WE HAVE TWO ENDOWMENTS THAT MAKE
THAT ONE POSSIBLE.
THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
GIVE IS DEPENDENT ON MARKET
FLUCTUATION.
THAT'S THE SAME WITH THE SKAGGS
LEGACY ENDOWMENT THAT MADE THE
COX AS WELL AS THE OZARKS
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE,
WHAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY WHAT
THE EARN OFF OF INTEREST ON
THOSE.
VERY GOOD.
I KNOW SCHOOL IS STARTING TO
RAMP UP AND ME IS JUST AROUND
THE CORNER, WE ARE ALREADY IN
2020.
PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE
APPLY FOR THIS IS OPEN FOR
APPLICATIONS ALREADY?
WE ARE KEEPING APPLICATIONS
NOW.
THEY HAVE TO MARCH 16TH TO APPLY
FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP PEOPLE AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
INTERESTED TO APPLY FOR A GRANT
TO MAKE MORE SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE SUCH AS THE COX
COUNTER THE CAUSE OF THE OZARKS,
THINGS LIKE THAT, THE ACTUAL
HAVE TO APRIL 24TH 2 APPLY.
THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR
WEBSITE AS WELL.
VERY GOOD.
AD, JARRELL, WHAT'S NEXT FOR YO
YOU?
GRADUATE.
DO A HAPPY DANCE, A FEW
CARTWHEELS.
AFTER THAT, I REALLY DO HAVE A
LOT IN MY MIND OF WHERE THIS
MIGHT LEAD.
MYSELF, I HAVE GREAT BIRTH
EXPERIENCES.
I THINK MAYBE I WILL GO TO
MIDWIFERY PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY I'VE
BEEN EDUCATED FOR OVER 20 YEARS,
I MAY WANT TO GO TO NURSE
EDUCATION.
BUT I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO BECOME
A VERY GOOD NURSE.
YEAH.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU BOTH
SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WE'LL PUT THAT INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE
SCHOLARSHIPS ON OUR WEBSITE,
OZARKSFIRST.COM, AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.