20 Jul 2026 Conway Regional Foundation awards $117,500 

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CONWAY — The Conway Regional Health Foundation has awarded $117,500 in scholarships to 57 area students currently enrolled in, or beginning their studies in, a health-related career field. The announcement also marks the launch of the Foundation’s CARE Initiative; a new fundraising effort focused on expanding educational opportunities for the next generation of healthcare professionals.

The CARE Initiative, which stands for Creating Access and Resources through Education, celebrates the Foundation’s 30-year legacy of scholarship giving while investing in the future of healthcare. Through scholarships that support students, Conway Regional employees, and resident physicians, the initiative helps remove financial barriers to education, strengthen Arkansas’s healthcare workforce, and create opportunities for those called to care for others.

“These scholarships are more than an investment in individual students. They are an investment in the future of healthcare across the communities we serve,” said Maegan Dyson, Chief Development Officer at Conway Regional Health System. “As we celebrate 30 years of scholarship giving, the CARE Initiative allows us to build on that legacy by creating access and resources through education. Every scholarship awarded today represents an opportunity for someone to pursue their calling while helping strengthen the future of care in Arkansas.”

For a limited time, gifts to establish a new named scholarship through the CARE Initiative will be matched, doubling the impact of donor support and helping create even more opportunities for future healthcare professionals.

Students awarded scholarships for 2026 – 2027 include:

  • Conway Regional Health Foundation Nursing Scholarship: Emma Berry, Haylie Branscum, Emily Brown, Madden Cabantac, Darreonna Carter, Taylor Chapman, Shelbee Clark, Isabella DeSalvo, Hannah Donham, Brooklyn Ferguson, Kailynn Hanson, Abigail Myrick, Charlieann Newton, Parker Roberts, Kaylee Thomas, Nia Williams
  • Conway Regional Health Foundation Scholarship: Austin Anderson, Abbi Armstrong, Max Chenault, Darin Davenport, Miles Dickinson, Anna Eichenberger, Heather Eoff, Amy French, Lucas French, Taylor Hale, Sunni Harrington, Eli Henley, Emma Hill, Alia Jones, Baker Kendrick, Suzette Marks, Anna New, Parker New, Kathryn Opris, Morgan Romine, Emalee Saffle, Elizabeth Sipes, Melissa Smith, Emma Swartzlander, Kelcie Watson
  • Dr. James S. Garrison Endowed Scholarship: Heather Anderson, Deqlyn Buttrey, Shamuel Gill, Megan Gray, Shane Willbanks
  • Standridge Family Tribute Tree Endowed Scholarship: Jessica Hake, Johanna Lasiter
  • Conway Regional Medical Staff Endowed Scholarship: Andrew Griffin, Gisselle Hernandez, Faith Lusty, Grace Turner
  • Eleanor Duncan Endowed Nursing Scholarship: Carly Pate
  • Dot Welch Endowed Scholarship: Shelli Pittman
  • Janice & John Robbins Endowed Scholarship: Miranda Hogg
  • Michael Wood, MD, Endowed Scholarship: Gracie Simpson
  • Riddle Family Endowed Scholarship: Mattison Wiley