Career Change

NEED A CAREER CHANGE?Start a rewarding career in an in-demand field:

Nursing, Social Work, & Pharmacy

USJ is offering tuition assistance and scholarships to address the state’s workforce shortage in these critical areas:

Eligible students will be notified if they are awarded the CT Health Horizons Grant.

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TUITION ASSISTANCE ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS

Programs	Tuition Assistance
Accelerated Second Degree Nursing (ASD)	Up to $20,000* toward your ASD degree*
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, M.S.	Up to $20,000* toward your PMHNP M.S. degree*
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate (Post-Master’s) – Hybrid	Up to $15,000* toward your PMHNP Certificate*
Master of Social Work (MSW)	Up to $20,000* toward your MSW degree*

Innovative programs to promote partnerships between healthcare employers and institutes of higher education to accelerate entrance into careers in nursing and social work.
Tuition assistance to incentivize low-income and minority students to enter accelerated and cost-effective nursing and social work programs.
Faculty support to rapidly expand seat capacity and train the next generation of nurses and social workers.

Tuition assistance will be made available for up to two years per student.

Students receiving tuition support should graduate from their respective programs during the project period of 12-36 months and be prepared to enter the workforce. Allowable uses of tuition are for students enrolled in Accelerated Second Degree Nursing (ASD), Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), Post-Graduate Certificate in PMHNP, and Master of Social Work (MSW) programs.

Eligibility for students receiving tuition assistance will be need-based and determined by each institution. Suggested criteria includes one of the following:

Have a home address from an Alliance School District as designated by the Connecticut State Department of Education
Meet the income criteria for Federal Pell Grant eligibility
Have a current salary below Connecticut’s living wage as identified by the MIT Living Wage Calculator
Demonstrates financial hardship

Each institution will use its own process to identify students and disburse tuition assistance. The maximum tuition assistance should be used as a last-dollar scholarship after other state, federal, and private support sources are exhausted.

SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS

Programs	Scholarships
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)	$10,000 Sister Mary Ellen Murphy ’50, Ph.D, DAA ’75, H’12 Pharmacy Scholarship

In celebration of the 90^th Anniversary of USJ, and former Professor of Chemistry Mary Ellen Murphy, USJ is offering a $10,000 scholarship toward the first year of Pharmacy School.

This scholarship opportunity is available to students who submit a deposit, apply now!

A member of Saint Joseph College’s Class of 1950, Sr. Mary Ellen Murphy earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with honors. She went on to receive her M.S. in Chemistry from Wesleyan University in 1958. In 1965, she earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Fordham University, and conducted NASA-sponsored doctoral research at the University of California–San Diego and Glasgow University in Scotland. Sr. Mary Ellen’s scholarship and scientific research at the University of California in San Diego and the University of Arizona included the analysis of moon rocks brought back form the Apollo 11 lunar mission in 1969. She served as a NASA consultant for the Viking Lander on Mars and as a member of NASA’s Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous team in her role as a visiting scientist in the Laboratory of Extraterrestrial Physics, Astrochemistry Branch, at Goddard Space Flight Center. Sr. Mary Ellen Murphy’s contributions to Saint Joseph College as a gifted and respected Professor of Chemistry are significant in regard to the scope and breadth of courses she taught to both undergraduate and graduate students. She served in a variety of faculty and alumnae leadership capacities throughout the years. Additionally, the University of Saint Joseph benefitted from Sr. Mary Ellen’s counsel and expertise through her exemplary service on the Board of Trustees as an officer, committee chair, member of the Executive Committee, and as Trustee Emerita.

To learn more or apply contact:

Accelerated Second Degree (ASD), Nursing
Email: [email protected]
All Others
Email: [email protected]

Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Contact: Andrea Baggetta
Assistant Dean of Admissions,
School of Pharmacy and P.A. Studies
Email: [email protected]

Career Change

NEED A CAREER CHANGE?Start a rewarding career in an in-demand field:

Nursing, Social Work, & Pharmacy

To learn more or apply contact:

USJ News

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Career Change

NEED A CAREER CHANGE?Start a rewarding career in an in-demand field:

Nursing, Social Work, & Pharmacy

CT Health Horizons will support three strategic areas:

Tuition Eligibility

Pharmacy Scholarship Information

To learn more or apply contact:

USJ News

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