Tragedy Inspires a Special Scholarship to USD Nursing
Emily and Scott Ney were heartbroken about their baby but inspired by the compassionate, skilled nurses they met while at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls.
“The nurses there were truly incredible,” Emily told their local newspaper, the N’West Iowa REVIEW. “The nurses made our situation survivable. Truly, without their guidance and their help and their love, I think the experience would have been very different.”
The Neys were married in 2016 and have a two-year-old son. Emily is a first-grade teacher at East Elementary School in Sheldon and is a graduate of the USD.
“We have strong ties to USD; we love it,” Emily explained. “I lived with some girls in the nursing program, so I know how intense it is, and I know how competitive it is. The people in the program want to be nurses and are dedicated to the profession.”
The Neys hoped to establish a college fund for their daughter, but the opportunity to help nursing students at USD not only reflects their appreciation for USD’s nursing program, but it also offers them a measure of solace.
“As much as we’d like to pay for our daughter’s college education, that’s not possible, so we’d really like to pay it forward in hopes that a family like us will be able to receive comfort like we did,” Emily stated.
The Rowyn Ann Ney Memorial Nursing Scholarship will be annually awarded to one qualified USD nursing student starting with the fall semester of the 2019-20 academic year.
