Taylor Schmidt, a sophomore nursing student at Mississippi Delta Community College, received the Mississippi Nurses Foundation School of Nursing Scholarship.
Schmidt is from Rolling Fork and is pursuing an associate degree in nursing at MDCC. The scholarship recognizes nursing students who demonstrate strong leadership abilities and academic achievement.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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