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Scholarship

About Scholarship

WAMMC has a long history of supporting quality nursing at Morristown Medical Center. Early on, the Association helped staff the hospital with nurses and assisted with their housing and uniforms. In 1957, this support evolved into a formal Scholarship Program, funded entirely by private donations that provided scholarships for hospital nursing staff involved in direct patient care. At that time, one scholarship of $500 would pay tuition costs for the entire three-year program. Currently, the Scholarship Program grants $2,000 awards to hospital employees pursuing advanced degrees in nursing and other healthcare related fields. 

 

A Scholarship Trust Fund was established in 1995, with all scholarship contributions directly benefiting the fund. While the scholarship committee currently dispenses the interest generated by the fund annually, it often supplements awards with donations from WAMMC members, generous benefactors, and the TWIGS. Since 1995, the steady growth of the fund has allowed WAMMC to increase both the number of scholarships offered and the amount of funding awarded. In 2025, WAMMC awarded $66,000 in scholarships, a significant increase over the $10,000 awarded in 2007. WAMMC largely attributes the steady growth of this program to the hard work of successful fundraising and the generous donations of WAMMC members.​

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Quotes from our Scholarship Recipients
“Thank you for providing me with this opportunity to be a recipient of this scholarship and assisting me further with meeting my academic and professional goals."
"I am honored to receive this scholarship. I also am humbled by the WAMMC commitment to support higher education."
"I am absolutely honored to have been selected."
"Thank you so much for selecting me to receive the WAMMC’s Scholarship. It will make such a difference in my pursuit of advancing my career in healthcare and I am so appreciative. It is amazing how WAMMC is able to support so many employees in their endeavors."
"Thank you so much! I am so happy to hear and truly thankful for this scholarship to continue my education."
“Thank you so much for honoring me and choosing me as a scholarship recipient. This helps me tremendously in my education.”
“Thank you for everything, this is incredible news and I appreciate the honor of being selected.”
“Thank you so much! I am so honored to be selected. It makes such a huge difference.”

WAMMC AWARDS 33 SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2025

 

Each year WAMMC Scholarships are awarded to outstanding Morristown Medical

Center employees to help further their continued education, development and

leadership skills in the hospital and healthcare field. In 2025 our Scholarship Committee

awarded $66,000 in scholarships to a total of 33 employees. One of the recipients was

supported by a donation made from the Cromwell Olive Twig.

 

We are grateful to all of our donors for their generous contributions to this program,

enabling us to continue the Scholarship Program to assist hospital employees in

attaining advanced healthcare-related education, which is critical to providing expert

care for MMC patients.

 

Congratulations to the WAMMC 2025 Scholarship Program recipients listed below:

 

  • Kaitlyn Ambrose, RN, Kahn 3

  • Layla Assad, RN, Electrophysiology Department

  • Daniel Auferio, RN, Kahn 3

  • Isabelle Berzins, RN, Goryeb 3

  • Susan Boyle, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Department

  • Brady Caputo, RN, Surgical Intensive Care Unit

  • Marissa Compano, RN, Emergency Department

  • Samantha Cook, RN, Emergency Department

  • Anna Cooke, RN, Gagnon A

  • Kelly Dever, Assistant Nurse Manager, Gagnon A

  • Heather DiBiase, Assistant Nurse Manager, Kahn 1

  • Rosa DiMaggio, RN, Gagnon 5

  • Melanie Dodds, Pharmacy Technician, Kahn C

  • Isabella Fanucci, RN, Emergency Department

  • Katia Figueiredo, RN, Coronary Care Unit

  • Wendy Franzyshen, RN, Surgical Intensive Care Unit

  • Alexandra Germani, RN, Emergency Department

  • Maria Gesualdo, RN, Deskovick 3

  • Anthony Ghandour, RN, Gagnon D

  • Angie Grippo, Assistant Nurse Manager, Gagnon A

  • Beth Johnson, Assistant Nurse Manager, Kahn 3

  • Caitlin Lietz, RN, Carol G. Simon Cancer Center

  • Lindsey Magbitang, RN, Gagnon A

  • Kate Matzuk, RN, Gagnon 1, Cardiac Telemetry

  • Marlina Mendoza, Assistant Nurse Manager, Coronary Care Unit

  • Ruben Millan, Nurse Manager, Deskovick 5

  • Taban Modirian, RN, Coronary Care Unit

  • Michael Monahan, RN, Emergency Department

  • Laura Murillo, RN, Gagnon 4

  • Allison Murphy, MSN, Carol G. Simon Cancer Center

  • Jessica Patel, RN, Electrophysiology Department

  • Kimberly Rodriguez, Medical Office Associate, Carol G. Simon Cancer Center

  • Kerry Walsh, RN, Electrophysiology Department

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Scholarship Profiles

2025 Scholarship Profiles

KAITLYN AMBROSE

Kaitlyn is a Registered Nurse on the Kahn 3 Step Down Unit.  She has worked at MMC for 6 years. On the unit, she currently serves in the role of Night Unit Educator, implementing educational opportunities for employees. Kaitlyn is active in unit-based governance and is also an active member of MMC’s Pain Committee and Professional Practice Model Workgroup.

 

Kaitlyn is valued as a team player who is always available to help her co-workers.  She is known as someone who goes “above and beyond” for patients and families. She has been the recipient of multiple PRIDE recognitions and achieved PACT Level 3 in 2024. Kaitlyn is currently a student at Seton Hall University, working towards an MSN, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. She plans to graduate in May 2027.

Scholarship Application

What are we looking for? The committee is in search of MMC employees with a proven employment record. Candidates typically possess high-ranking employee evaluations and are often described as, "Among the best in the department." The candidates are often leaders in their field as members of honorary societies, as hospital committee chairs, or as participants in department studies. It is not unusual for our scholars to be as actively engaged in their local community, as they are in the workplace.

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For further information, please send email to wammcscholar@gmail.com 

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