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Edna Brown Memorial Fund announces nursing scholarships for Charlevoix and Emmet County students

Also Edna Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund 2003 · Ralph McRae nursing scholarships

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Dates2003-03 – 2003-04-01
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Summary

The Edna Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund, established through the Charlevoix County Community Foundation in honor of Ralph McRae’s mother, planned to provide four to six full-tuition nursing scholarships beginning in fall 2003. Applicants from Charlevoix and Emmet Counties needed financial need, academic standing, and admission to the North Central Michigan College nursing program.

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The article announces the fund and eligibility plan, not the eventual recipients or award totals.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “New Scholarship Fund will aid Nursing Students.”
    Reports four to six planned full-tuition nursing scholarships at North Central Michigan College, eligibility for Charlevoix and Emmet County students, and the April 1 application deadline. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the March 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Edna Brown Memorial Fund announces nursing scholarships for Charlevoix and Emmet County students”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-edna-brown-nursing-scholarship-fund-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “New Scholarship Fund will aid Nursing Students.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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