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UNIVERSITY NEWS - JANUARY 2004
MEDIA CONTACT: Andrew LaPlant
Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation FAU Scholarship Recipients BOCA RATON, FL (January 28, 2004) – Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing announced Sandra Burke, Souroushan Khademi and Christina Virzi as recipients of a Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation Scholarship. The emphasis of these scholarships is to promote critical nursing care for children with genetic disorders. Burke is a senior nursing student, who worked as a firefighter/paramedic before attending FAU. During her pediatric rotation, she was assigned to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Her experiences with children who have genetic disorders have given her an understanding that there are no limitations on human life. She plans to pursue a master’s degree after graduation in nursing. Khademi is a junior nursing student pursing a second bachelor’s degree. She has already earned a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience/Psychobiology from FAU. Khademi is interested in working with children who suffer from various types of learning disabilities and genetic disorders. She is also interested in studying brain functions and its effects on behavior. Virzi is a junior nursing student, who also has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in marriage and family therapy from Nova Southeastern. She currently works as a family counselor at the Lippman Youth Shelter for children aged 13 to 17, while she is studying for her bachelor’s degree. “The scholarships generated from the Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation are helping to support several of our students who will make a difference in the lives of children they are privileged to nurse…especially those with genetic disorders,” said Dr. Anne Boykin, dean of FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. “We are very pleased to support the goals of this Foundation through education and eventually nursing research.” The Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation, Inc. mission is to promote and lead critical awareness, education, testing, counseling, & research initiatives that hold promise for the prevention & eventual cure of fatal children's genetic diseases of the brain.
For more information on the Mathew
Forbes Romer Foundation Scholarship, call Maureen Oliveri at
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