Two BRTC Students Awarded the Leave a Legacy Scholarship

Black River Technical College’s (BRTC) Leave a Legacy Scholarship has been awarded to two practical nursing students. The recipients are Lakyn Phares of Ravenden Springs and Krista Brown of Sedgwick.

Phares is a 2022 graduate of Sloan Hendrix High School and the daughter of Shawn and Shara Phares. She is seeking a registered nursing degree, after which she plans to attend Arkansas State University to seek a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Brown is a 2013 graduate of Hoxie High School and is the daughter of Mike and Christine Coffell of Knobel. She is married to Colton Brown and the couple have one son, Carson.

The Leave a Legacy Scholarship was founded by the May 2015 Practical Nursing class. The class had a goal to leave a legacy for future nursing students. They saw the financial hardship nursing students face during the last semester of the nursing program due to licensure fees. The scholarship was founded to help offset the cost of these fees and is based on financial needs. Each graduating class has continued the legacy through fundraising activities and continued donations to the scholarship.

For more information about BRTC’s practical nursing program, contact Allied Health Advisor Dana Clay at (870) 248-4150 or DanaC@blackrivertech.edu.