Share:
Zwaanendael Club awards scholarship to first-year nursing student

Scholarship presentation attendees shown are (l-r) GFWC Zwaanendael Women’s Club members Karen Kabat, Trish Del Portal-Forrestall, Marilyn Carpenter, Kim Ash and Elaine Kessler; Francesca Heller, scholarship recipient; Tracy Bell, School of Nursing program coordinator; and club members Jill DiZio, President Joyce Skrobot, Pam Carney, Margaret Mulvaney, Lois Sechehay and Kathy Shea. SUBMITTED PHOTO
February 10, 2026
The GFWC Zwaanendael Women’s Club sponsors a scholarship annually for a nursing student who has achieved academic excellence in their first semester at the Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Healthcare.
This year’s scholarship recipient is Francesca Heller of Dover.
A graduate of Caesar Rodney High School, Heller plans to focus her career on women’s health.
The Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Healthcare is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing and is a designated Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing.


















































