Scholarships in Honor of Slain Nuns

The Mississippi University for Women has announced they are creating a scholarship in memory of the two nuns slain almost two weeks ago.
Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill were murdered in their home on August 25th.
Through a news release with the university, Held received a master’s degree from the school and was a preceptor for the W’s family practitioner students.
Merrill graduated with her nursing degree from the W in 1998 and eventually received her master’s degree from the University of Alabama at Huntsville.
The scholarship will be for graduate nursing students wanting to work in underserviced or need areas or is active in charitable or community service work, much like the life mission of the two slain nuns.