Novant Health Foundation Rowan Medical Center is awarding an annual scholarship that will go to Rowan County residents who are attending nursing school. The scholarship is named after Dan and Jan Williams, who set up the funding.

Currently, a $1,400 scholarship will be awarded every year to one student who is enrolled in the nursing program at Appalachian State University’s College of Health Sciences.

To apply, nursing students from Rowan County can contact Eveline Watts, Office of the Dean at Appalachian State University at 828-262-8488. Current and entering nursing students are encouraged to reapply each year.

Dan Williams is a past board member for the Novant Health Rowan Medical Center board of trustees and an emeritus member of the Appalachian State University Foundation.

For more information, call the foundation office at 704-210-6880.