School of Nursing student and Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) nurse Kelly Ade has been named one of 12 inaugural awardees of the SUNY Healthcare Educator Scholarship program.The pilot program is part of New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s healthcare workforce initiative and aims to expand SUNY's capacity to educate nurses and support baccalaureate-prepared nurses seeking master's degrees. Each awardee receives up to $20,000 annually for tuition and a $5,000 stipend. Students, in return, must commit to a three-year faculty position at a SUNY associate-level nursing program.
“I am overwhelmed with an immense sense of gratitude and honor,” Ade said. “It relieves the financial stress of graduate education but also allows me the opportunity to give back to the future nursing workforce."
A Miller Place native, Ade is enrolled in the School of Nursing's family nurse practitioner (FNP) master's program and works in SBUH's main operating room as a nurse practitioner. Her goal is to teach as a university nursing professor specializing in cardiology or functional medicine.
“We’re so fortunate to have Kelly in our FNP program,” said School of Nursing Dean Patricia Bruckenthal. “The SUNY Healthcare Educator Scholarship is a strategic investment in the future of nursing—bringing talented nurses into education roles which will in turn expand student capacity while ensuring a resilient healthcare workforce in New York."
Visit suny.edu/health/scholarship/ for more information about the SUNY Healthcare Educator Scholarship.
