Welcome from the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association. If you are not already a member, we invite and encourage all Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing graduates to join.
The mission and objectives of the association include:
- The mutual help and improvement in professional work, and the promotion of good fellowship among graduates.
- The advancement of the interests of the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing.
- The promotion of the professional and educational advancement of nursing in conjunction with the Capital District No. 9 of the New York State Nurses Association and the American Nurses Association, Incorporated.
For more information, please contact the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing, 518-268-5040.
Alumni Survey
The Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing alumni are invited to complete a short, anonymous survey to help us learn more about the careers and education paths of our graduates. Please click here to complete the survey. We appreciate your time and important feedback. Thank you!
Membership & Dues
Membership was by application until 1968. Today, an annual dues statement is sent in October/November to all graduates except Charter and Honorary members. Payment is due by January 1 to establish eligibility for fund participation or to obtain scholarship and assistance from specific funds.
Since the inception of the Alumni Association to the present, dues have fluctuated between $1 and $25. Click here for our Annual Dues Form.
Click here to review our bylaws.
Scholarship
Alumni Association members have the opportunity to qualify for a number of scholarships and financial assistance funds.
Leora E. Belknap Fund
The Leora E. Belknap Scholarship Fund was established in 1991 to honor Leora E. Belknap who first worked as a faculty member and later as director of the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing. Miss Belknap retired in 1986 after 40 years of service to Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing. The original donor stated that the fund should be used "as scholarship assistance for a Samaritan graduate of the Registered Nurse Program of the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing who has matriculated into a Masters level program in nursing".
The Alumni's Belknap Committee meets annually to disburse funds to a successful applicant who must be a sustaining (dues paying) member of the alumni. To apply for the Leora Belknap Award please print and complete the application form and mail it to:
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Att. Belknap Committee, School of Nursing Alumni Office
1300 Massachusetts Avenue
Troy, New York 12180
William F. and Josephine H. Seber Scholarship Fund
The William F. and Josephine H. Seber Scholarship Fund was created in 1973 through funds left to the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Inc. in the last will and testament of Sarah Enola Peck. Miss. Peck's will stated the Fund is "to be used to provide scholarships for the study of nursing. This fund is to be made available, from time to time, at the discretion of said corporation to young women who desire to become registered nurses or to registered nurses (men or women) who desire to do graduate study in nursing, but who need assistance in order to do so."
Applicants must be Samaritan School of Nursing graduates and members of the Alumni in good standing (dues paying members) or female students in the Registered Nurse program at the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing who receive a recommendation from the Director of the School of Nursing.
To apply for the Seber Scholarship Fund, please print and complete the application form and mail it to:
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Att. Seber Committee, School of Nursing Alumni Office
1300 Massachusetts Avenue
Troy, New York 12180
Assistance Fund
Courtesy Fund
The Courtesy Fund was created to provide suitable memorials for bereaved alumni and their families. The fund is also responsible for providing suitable remembrances for the sick and shut in alumni at the appropriate times. Monies for the fund are obtained from a portion of the annual dues and donations made by the Alumni or other interested parties.
An alumni committee is responsible for sending condolences to the bereaved and making donations to the Leora Belknap Scholarship Fund in memory of the deceased alumni or members of their immediate family. The committee also maintains a list of infirmed alumni who are remembered with greeting cards and sometimes flowers, when funds permit, at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
If anyone has knowledge of an alumni member who should be placed on the Infirmed List or of a graduate who is recently deceased, please notify the Courtesy Committee in writing:
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Att: Courtesy Committee, School of Nursing Alumni Office
1300 Massachusetts Avenue
Troy, New York 12180
Sheldon Fund
The Sheldon Fund was established in 1986 through a gift from Doris Sheldon Collins and her husband, Robert Collins to the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Charitable Foundation. The fund was created to provide financial assistance based on need to graduates of and others associated with the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in their retired or mature years. The intent is to help those with limited resources to enjoy a fuller life, particularly when they are no longer gainfully employed.
Awards from the fund for medical reasons are based on need and are not restricted in duration or amount, and must be accompanied with a physician's statement attached to the Sheldon Fund Application form. If and award is made for specific purchases (ie. medical devices, prostheses, medication etc.), copies of receipts must also accompany an application. The Alumni's Sheldon Committee meets bi-annually to review applications, maintaining confidence over the information received, and make awards.
To apply for an award, print and complete the application form and mail it to:
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Att. Sheldon Committee, School of Nursing Alumni Office
1300 Massachusetts Avenue
Troy, New York 12180
Blanche E. Welsh Fund
The Welsh Fund was established in 1968 by the last will and testament of Blanche D. Welsh. The purpose of the fund is to provide aid and assistance for sick and/or disabled nurses with their medical expenses.
The fund pays up to $10 per day of hospitalization and disability under a physician's care for a maximum of ten days. A maximum of $200 may be paid to a member in good standing (dues paying member) in any one calendar year. Applications for an award from the fund must be accompanied by a copy of a hospital or physician's bill and will be held in confidence by the Welsh Fund Committee.
To apply for an award print and complete the application form and mail it to:
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Att. Welsh Fund Committee, School of Nursing Alumni Office
1300 Massachusetts Avenue
Troy, New York 12180
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