Health Care Execs Honored at CSE Sixth Annual Celebrate Scholarship and Excellence

Posted in Events, Staff, Faculty, Scholarship Dinner, Current Students, Alumnae/i, News, Students, Parents and Friends | July 24th, 2007



CSE honors St. Joseph Healthcare System, Saint Clare’s Health System, and Trinitas Hospital with its prestigious Champion of Scholarship Award.

 

On Thursday, June 28, the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., honored and recognized three elite, local health care partners that embrace the same core values of compassion, community and stewardship the College itself espouses at its Sixth Annual Celebrate Scholarship and Excellence Benefit Gala. Held at the Madison Hotel in Morristown, the College awarded St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in Paterson, N.J.; Saint Clare’s Health System in Denville and Dover, N.J.; and Trinitas Hospital in Elizabeth, N.J. with its prestigious Champion of Scholarship Award in recognition of their professional leadership, integrity and service to community.

 
According to Jim Dlugos, vice president and dean for Academic Affairs at CSE, the College has a fruitful partnership with each health care organization in developing and offering innovative agreements that help offset the cost of education for nurses, with the end result being heightened patient care. 

 
“The College of Saint Elizabeth recognizes that true partnerships begin with the understanding of mutuality: each partner has resources and strengths and each partner has areas of need,” explains Dr. Dlugos.  “As a result of working together, the partners develop additional institutional capacity and support each other in the work of advancing all partners’ missions and institutional goals.”

 

2007 Scholarship Honorees

 

Receiving this award on behalf of each institution were Presidents and CEOs: (l – r) Gary J. Blan, FACHE, of Saint Clare’s Health System; Gary S. Horan, FACHE, of Trinitas Hospital; and William A. McDonald of St. Joseph’s Healthcare System. (Photo by Donna Lindemeyer)

 

More than 300 guests attended this year’s event which raised nearly $120,000 to benefit the College’s educational programs. The evening’s festivities featured: a silent auction of getaways, show tickets, golf outings and dazzling jewels; listening to the doo-wop group “The Magic Touch;” dining elegantly in the Glynallen Ballroom; and a 50/50 cash raffle, which brought in $18,300; half of the amount collected ($9,150) went directly to CSE, while the rest was awarded in prizes.

 

Winners of the 50/50 cash raffle were: Patty Burke McGeehan won first prize; Sister Kathleen Koerner won second prize; and William McDonald won third prize. 
The Sixth Annual Celebrate Scholarship and Excellence Benefit Gala was sponsored by St. Joseph’s Healthcare System; Saint Clare’s Health System; Trinitas Hospital; Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.J.; CSE Trustees Mr. and Mrs. Robert Francine Cheeseman Shaw, ’76; and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Renyi.