The Susan K. Ipacs Nursing Legacy Scholarship Fund was established at the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio to honor the work and life of Susan Ipacs - nurse, instructor, mother, wife and friend. After graduating from high school Sue decided to pursue a nursing degree, which she put on hold to become a wife and mother. Soon divorced, Sue was caring for a child on her own, working a minimum wage job and feeling trapped in her circumstances when she realized education was the key to a positive future for her and her family.

Sue graduated Summa Cum Laude from Hocking College in 1977, earned her BSN Summa Cum Laude from Ohio University in 1984, and became an instructor at Hocking in 1985. In 1999, she became the Associate Dean of the School of Nursing. As so many depended on Sue for her compassion and dedication to the profession, it is the hope that students pursuing their nursing degree remember the reason behind their studies, and the importance of compassion for people each day as a result of the scholarship.

The scholarship awards a qualified second year Hocking College nursing student financial aid.

For more information please visit the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio