Paramedic Students Awarded Scholarships

Dakota College at Bottineau has six students who are recipients of the ND Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NDEMS Foundation) scholarship.  In collaboration with Trinity Health-First Response Ground Unit of Minot offers a Paramedic Technology program starting each June.
Mark Haugen from the NDEMS Foundation awarded each of the six paramedic students in Minot on Friday, January 27th.  Each successful applicant must be enrolled in a nationally credited paramedic program in North Dakota.  In addition, the student must be successfully progressing toward graduation.

• Bianca Brien, Dunseith
• Anne Bosnjak, Minot
• Brendan McMahon, Minot
• Joshua Fick, Velva
• Jeffrey Fosburg, Minot
• Cassandra Swanson, Rugby

The North Dakota EMS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that began in 2004 after receiving a modest bequest from Dale Severson, an EMS leader in North Dakota.  The foundation’s vision was to promote and support prehospital emergency medical services across the great state of North Dakota.  The Foundation is dedicated to the state’s EMS providers, ambulance services, and quick response units; and it places a major emphasis on the continued viability of individual rural providers.
Program Director, Mary Jund and Clinical Coordinator, Wayne Fahy were very excited to receive the news. “The students are well deserving and the recognition by the ND EMS Foundation is much appreciated.” Mary Jund.