Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital presented the LSU Eunice Foundation with a $20,000 check to create the Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital Endowed Scholarship for a student enrolled in LSUE’s surgical technology clinical program. From left, are Renee Guillory, LSUE surgical technology program director; Carey Lawson, LSUE Foundation; Dotty McDonald, dean of Health Sciences and Business Technology; Chancellor Nancee Sorenson; Chris Kohlenberg, CFO Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital; Ruth Guidry, CNO Lafayette Surgical Hospital; Tracy Craft, OR/Pre-Prep manager; and Rhonda Venable, executive assistant to Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital’s CEO Buffy Domingue. The LSUE Foundation will submit the scholarship to the Louisiana Board of Regents for matching funds through its workforce development matching funds program. The Board of Regents has matched several LSUE scholarships. LSU Eunice began offering an associate of applied science degree in surgical technology last year. The degree prepares students to be competent entry-level surgical technologists, rated by the Louisiana Workforce Development Commission as a four star job in high demand. The new program recently received accreditation status from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs. To learn more about the program, visit lsue.edu/academics.