A former faculty member from the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions is continuing to help students at the 小蝌蚪APP. Dolores C. Bess and her husband William 小蝌蚪APP淏ill小蝌蚪APP E. Bess recently added $100,000 to a scholarship the couple created in 1994.
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Mrs. Bess taught at UL Lafayette for 25 years. She received her bachelor小蝌蚪APP檚 degree in nursing from Vanderbilt 小蝌蚪APP, her master小蝌蚪APP檚 of public health from Tulane 小蝌蚪APP and her master小蝌蚪APP檚 in nursing from Louisiana State 小蝌蚪APP.
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