Graduate Student Receives $1,000 Award from PASSHE Foundation and Highmark

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East Stroudsburg University graduate student Robin Watson from Pocono Summit, Pa., was awarded a $1,000 Pennsylvania State System Higher Education (PASSHE) Foundation Highmark Graduate Award. The State System and Highmark offer this award to a graduate student enrolled in a health care program at each of the 14 PASSHE universities.

Watson is a member of ESU’s inaugural doctorate of health sciences cohort this fall. Her vast business experience in the health care arena includes the marketing and sales of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and other health care products. Watson is now pursuing a career in teaching and would like to hone her knowledge and skills in this area as a member of this doctoral cohort.

For more information on ESU’s doctoral program in health sciences, contact Dr. Denise Seigart, dean of the college of health sciences at dseigart@esu.edu or (570) 422-3425. For more information about the Pennsylvania State System Higher Education Foundation Highmark Graduate Scholarship, contact Jennifer S. Hartman, president and CEO of the PASSHE Foundation at jhartman@thepafoundation.org or (717) 720-4056.