CBC Foundation Executive Director Paul Cantrell, Scholarship Recipient Taylor Villanueva, CBC Foundation Secretary Lola Castro
Berninger Scholarship Awarded
T he Coastal Bend College Foundation recently helped one nursing student start off her journey toward becoming a nurse in a profound way. In early May, as a new cohort of students started the vocational nursing program, CBC Foundation Executive Director Paul Cantrell announced the winner of the Cathryn G. Berninger Memorial Vocational Nursing Scholarship.
Taylor Villanueva, an alumna of Beeville’s A.C. Jones High School, was the recipient of the scholarship, which fully covered the cost of her tuition for the program. Cantrell presented the award alongside Dean of Nursing and Allied Health Loana Hernandez. The Cathryn G. Berninger Memorial Vocational Nursing Scholarship is named after longtime Beeville resident Cathryn G. Berninger, an ardent supporter of Coastal Bend College. Berninger worked for many years as an executive secretary for both Humble Oil & Refining Company the Exxon Corporation before retiring, then worked for St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. She died in 2006 and as a final measure of support for her community, she left a legacy gift of more than $200,000 to Coastal Bend College, which was used to establish the scholarship that now bears her name.
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