Swafford Awarded Baptist Health Corbin Academic Scholarship

Maisie Nelson • September 9, 2022

Scholarships recognize and reward academic accomplishments of healthcare students.

photo of Swafford

Each year the Medical Staff at Baptist Health Corbin award scholarships to recognize and reward the academic accomplishments of healthcare students. Anthony Powers, President, stated, "These scholarships are awarded to students from the Tri-County area in order to keep our greatest resources close to home." Recipients must be from the Tri-County area and enrolled and working on a healthcare-related degree. 


Of the 18 scholarships, four are in medicine, eight in nursing, three in pharmacy, one in physical therapy, one in speech-language pathology, and one in Doctor of Nursing Practice. 


Edna Jenkins Mann School of Nursing student Ryleigh Swafford '24 was awarded a $1,500 medical staff academic scholarship in nursing. 


Swafford of Artemus, Kentucky, comes from a Union Bulldogs family. Ryleigh's parents, Rodney ('04) and Melissa Swafford ('94), graduated from Union, in addition to her two older sisters, Allison ('17) and Sarah ('22). Ryleigh hopes to one day become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. 


"Mental health is so important and is not talked about enough, so I want to be an advocate and help those who struggle with their own mental health," says Swafford.


To learn more about the Edna Jenkins Mann School of Nursing visit, www.unionky.ed/nursing.

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