WINTER 2025
BCN Offers Team Members Fully-Scholarshipped Nursing Degree through Midway University Bluegrass Care Navigators is proud to announce that four of its team members have been selected to participate in Kentucky’s first hybrid nursing program at Midway University, marking an exciting step forward in advancing nursing education and healthcare excellence across the region. Through a collaboration with Midway and the Council on Postsecondary Education, BCN team members were selected to receive a full scholarship from BCN that covers tuition, books and supplies. This year’s scholarship recipients are (pictured from top left to bottom right) Jennifer Lyon, Susan Howard, Kaitlyn Shepherd, and Deshawn Price. “During my senior year of high school, my teacher
encouraged us to create a book of goals, and I wrote that I wanted to become a critical care nurse. After becoming
“Becoming a nurse has been my dream since I was 14, but life circumstances and self-doubt held me back for years.
Receiving this scholarship truly changes everything for me,
a mom, I chose to put this dream on hold, but thanks to
and I can’t imagine pursuing any other path than nursing. I
to turn that dream into reality. I’m deeply grateful not just
and supported my dreams.”
the incredible support from BCN, I now have the chance
for the scholarship, but also for the encouragement of my
coworkers every step of the way.”
—Jennifer Lyon, CMA, Lexington
“I became a mom at a young age and had to put my degree
on hold. This scholarship truly feels like a blessing because it
means I don’t have to choose between providing for my family
and finally following my heart to pursue a nursing degree.”
—Kaitlyn Shepherd, CNA, Hazard
am deeply grateful that Team BCN recognized my potential —Susan Howard, CNA, Barbourville
“My grandmother always said I have a heart for helping
other people, and after 24 years as a CNA, I still dreamed
of becoming a nurse. Five kids later and with BCN’s support, I’m finally able to pursue the next step of my career and
show my kids that if you believe in yourself and never give up, nothing can hold you back from reaching your goals.”
—Deshawn Price, CNA, Lexington