WASHINGTON - The Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences has received a gift of $100,000 to establish the “Steven and Sybil Wolin Scholars Completion Scholarship Fund.” This endowed scholarship will assist senior students in the nursing program who are in good standing and eligible for graduation but do not have the funds necessary to complete their studies.  

“We’ve known for a long time that nurses are truly angels. Since the onset of COVID-19, we have been aware that nurses are putting themselves at risk to care for others. Although the demands of their work are relentless, they stand in for their patients’ families who aren’t allowed to visit. Many have been infected and gotten sick,” said Drs. Steven and Sybil Wolin. “Hospitals are short of nurses and the nursing profession is being depleted. This scholarship will support individual students, but the benefits of it will ripple out to many others. We are proud to give this scholarship fund to a worthy school.” 

The Howard University nursing program has prepared students for over 50 years to become health care professionals that lead and innovate in the field. This scholarship will help continue the legacy. 

 “We are incredibly grateful that the Wolins saw the need to assist our resilient young nursing students at a time when nurses are critically needed globally, not only in the United States. As an endowed fund it will continue in perpetuity to assist our nursing students for decades to come,” said Gina S. Brown, Ph.D., RN, MSA, FAAN, dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences. 

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About the Wolin Family 

Steven J. Wolin, MD, DLFAPA, has practiced psychiatry since 1970. Since 1978 he has been a clinical professor of psychiatry at George Washington University and was director of the department’s family therapy training program (1980-2009). In 2017, Dr. Wolin received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for the Study of Culture and Psychiatry. Sybil Wolin, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist who has taught high school English, adult education and special education. She has been an advocate for children with special needs and has worked with their parents to develop their own advocacy skills. From 1990-2005, Drs. Wolin co-directed Project Resilience, a program of consultation and training in the Challenge Model from which they did over 200 workshops on psychological resilience and together published “The Resilient Self: How Survivors of Troubled Families Rise Above Adversity,” Random House, 1993. In 2000, Dr. Sybil Wolin (with Al Desetta, MA) published “The Struggle to be Strong: True Stories by Teens About Overcoming Tough Times,” Free Spirit Press. 

About the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences 

The College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences is comprised of top-ranked educational programs that prepare health care professionals to be leaders and innovators in practice, education, research and service. Graduates are prepared to deliver patient-centered, interprofessional care and utilize cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practice to improve the health of all people with an emphasis on promoting health equity toward eliminating health disparities. Currently, the college offers degrees in the following accredited programs: bachelor’s degrees in clinical laboratory science, health management sciences, nursing, nutritional sciences and radiation therapy; master’s degrees in nursing, occupational therapy and physician assistant; a post-master’s certificate in nursing; a doctoral degree in physical therapy; and a master’s and doctoral degree in nutritional science in conjunction with the Howard University Graduate School. To learn more, visit cnahs.howard.edu/ 

Media Contact:  Imani Pope-Johns, public relations manager, imani.popejohns@howard.edu