{"id":373,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/exchange-club-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:14","slug":"exchange-club-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/exchange-club-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 WCSU nursing student receives scholarship recognizing military service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Senior Airman Kathleen Cass, a nursing<\/a> student at\u00a0 Western Connecticut State University<\/a>, has received a scholarship from the Exchange Club of Danbury<\/a> in recognition of her service with the U.S. Air Force on active duty in Alaska, Texas and Ohio.<\/p>\n

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Cass, a Seymour resident currently in her second year of studies at WCSU, received the scholarship award at the Exchange Club of Danbury Veterans Day dinner on Nov. 12, 2015. The $2,000 grant for the 2015-16 academic year honors a full-time WCSU student who is a current member or veteran of the U.S. armed forces and maintains a grade point average of 2.5 or higher. <\/p>\n

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Cass expressed gratitude to the Exchange Club for her recognition, and noted that her goal upon completion of her WCSU education is to return to Air Force duty as a commissioned second lieutenant. In the essay on \u201ctrue patriotism\u201d submitted with her scholarship application, she observed that service to the nation can take many forms to achieve the common goal of caring for neighbors and lifting up the community.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat sense drove me to nursing school,\u201d she observed. \u201cNursing is an opportunity to continue my mission in patriotism, finding a niche to help my neighbors. One day I hope to go back to active duty as a commissioned nurse, but today I can help locally, from blood drives to hospitals. No matter where I am \u2018stationed,\u2019 I continue to serve because true patriotism is part of who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cass\u2019s longest assignment during her active duty was with the Pacific Command deployment section in Alaska, where she worked 12-hour shifts for the largest food and facility program in the Air Force. \u201cThere were many long days,\u201d she wrote in her essay. \u201cYet what makes a true patriot is knowing your work matters, enjoying the long days just for the fact that you are protecting the people you love.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cass observed that her military training has provided a solid foundation for entering the nursing profession. \u201cThe military gave me a lot of responsibility at a young age, making just about everything else I face in life seem much easier,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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