National Park College (NPC) named Laury Ramos as the Arkansas Community College’s
(ACC) Academic All-Star Scholarship recipient during the June regular board meeting.
Ramos has completed her first year in the Registered Nursing program and has been
a student at NPC since the fall of 2018. She said she chose nursing to help patients,
especially those with a language barrier.
“I’m bilingual in Spanish,” Ramos explained. “I know the Hispanics in Hot Springs
don’t always go to clinics because they can’t speak English and there are no translators.
I’ve been translating for my parents since I was five years old. I still go to doctor
appointments and translate for them. I want to help everyone, especially those with
a language barrier because I know the struggle and it gave me one more reason to become
a nurse.”
Ramos said she chose NPC after researching nursing programs near Glenwood, where
she lives. “I found that NPC has one of the best nursing programs and it’s important
to me to graduate from a good program.”
After she graduates from NPC, Ramos plans to continue her education by transferring
to Henderson State University and obtain her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She will
begin dual enrollment this fall.
The ACC Academic All-Star Scholarship is awarded annually to students from each of
the two-year colleges in Arkansas as recognition of their academic and service achievements.
Recipients must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25, be involved on campus
and in the community, and plan to transfer to a four-year university in Arkansas.
Laury began in the nursing program in August 2019 and has been a very respectful
and polite nursing student. When asked, Karen Parker, a clinical nursing faculty member
stated, “Laury Ramos is a very good clinical student. She is quiet, but engages with
her patients.” Another faculty stated, “Laury is very caring, professional, and respectful
toward her patients, faculty, and staff. Laury is deserving of the ACC Academic All-Star
Award and will represent National Park College in her future endeavors.”
