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Nanticoke Health Service (NHS) recently presented both the NHS Healthcare Education Scholarship and the Jill Hickman Nursing Scholarship to seven local high school graduates who plan to enter the healthcare field. This year’s NHS Healthcare Education Scholarship recipients are Amy Craft, Kayla Dewey and Claire Trimble from Sussex Technical High School; Taylor Evick from Sussex Central High School; Nyra Giles from Laurel High School; and Darshil Patel from Woodbridge High School. This year’s Jill Hickman Nursing Scholarship recipient is Bryanna Rojas-Sotelo of Seaford Senior High School. The Jill Hickman Nursing Scholarship was established to honor Ms. Jill Hickman’s service and dedication to the profession of nursing. Ms. Hickman was a Laurel native and dedicated nurse of over forty year at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. Ms. Craft will attend Towson University to study Audiology/Deaf Studies, Ms. Dewey will attend Delaware Technical Community College to study Physical Therapy, Ms. Evick will attend Towson University to study to become a Physician Assistant, Ms. Giles will attend the University of Delaware to study Allied Health/Obstetrics, Mr. Patel will attend the University of Delaware to study Neuroscience, Ms. Rojas-Sotelo will attend Delaware Technical Community College to study nursing, and Ms. Trimble will attend Delaware Technical Community College to study Occupational Therapy. Nanticoke Health Services would again like to congratulate the 2018 scholarship recipients. We wish them all good luck with their future endeavors!