Margaret A. Kruse Scholarship

Criteria

Major / Minor Requirements

No

Class Requirements

No

Minimum GPA Requirement

No

Financial Need Requirement

No

Other Criteria

Worthy nursing student selected by the nursing faculty; To be used for tuition and books.

Read about Mr. and Mrs. Kruse.

Recipient

Wendy Titsworth has been an RN for 10 years.  She originally attended the University of Michigan –Flint for her bachelor’s degree.  She has mainly worked critical care ranging from trauma to open heart recovery.  Cardiology has always been her true love outside of her family of course.  She has a wonderful husband and three children and one dog.  They are a very active family.  They love camping, boating and outdoor activities.  Wendy and her husband have been married for 5 years and their son is 3, their daughter is 2 and their last daughter is 8 months.
 
Her desire to obtain her masters degree began after the birth of her first child.  She really wanted to be more, for him, her family and herself.  She began at Ferris State University in the MSN program.  With only 2 semesters to complete she realized she wasn’t ready to give up direct patient care.  She knew she needed to complete a practitioner program to be fulfilled and that is what led her to ISU today.  She is very happy with the program thus far and am very appreciative of the scholarship.  It helps her achieve her educational goals with a little less stress on her shoulders.  She still loves education and supports as many nurses as she can to advance their degrees as well as encourages younger people to give nursing a chance.
 
After obtaining her master's degree with a major in nursing and a concentration in FNP, she hopes to specialize in a cardiology specialty.  She has always enjoyed the care of heart patients and the supporting education needed with this area.  Her long term goal after finishing her degree is to complete a DNP.  She thinks this is an important step to reinforce her education and experience in the nursing field.  She would love to expand her horizons at the university level and possibly begin giving seminars with some other APN’s.  Maybe some that she has throughout this program!