USC Aiken receives $350K legacy gift for nursing scholarship
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 350-thousand dollar legacy gift is funding future generations of nursing students at the University of South Carolina-Aiken.
The university just received the legacy gift from the estate of Henry Pickens and Lisa Jones Cato.
It is to create a scholarship for full-time nursing students accepted into the BSN or RN BNS programs.
The scholarship is expected to five USCA nursing students per year at approximately $2,500 per student. USCA nursing students must have both merit and documented financial need, and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher to be eligible to receive the scholarship.
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Cato, a long-time advocate for quality education, believed in the transformative power of helping people who wanted to better themselves. He ed away on Aug. 16, 2022, after battling an illness that left him spending many days, weeks, and sometimes months in hospitals in his final years.
“The care provided for Henry by the nurses and medical teams was invaluable to his quality of life,” said the co-trustees of Cato’s estate. “Providing an endowment for nursing scholarships in his revocable trust was the way Henry chose to recognize nurses who cared for him and to provide educational assistance for future nurses.”
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