Frances Virginia Ewing Carbaugh and Robert Eugene Carbaugh Endowed Nursing Scholarship

This endowed scholarship was established in 2019 by the Carbaugh family in memorial to Frances Carbaugh and in honor of Robert Carbaugh. They were both born in Stephens City, VA, and lived most of their lives in this area.

As the eldest child of seven in her family, Frances helped take care of her younger siblings throughout her teens and early adulthood. She was mostly a homemaker during her 63 years of marriage to Robert. She was employed in the payroll office of American Viscose, the Northern Virginia Daily Newspaper and Commercial Press.

Robert grew up on a family farm and took care of the chickens. On the farm, he trapped for fur and sold it to Sears Roebuck & Company. The farm was located on a previous Indian settlement, and he amassed a large collection of Indian arrowheads. He worked for Potomac Edison for 36 years and has now been retired for more years than he worked. He enjoys gardening and sometimes had as many as 125 tomato plants in his large gardens.

Both Frances and Robert needed nursing care in their later years, with Frances needing skilled nursing. The family observed the level of care provided by the nursing professionals who cared for both Frances and Robert, and believe that establishing a nursing scholarship in their name would be an excellent way to memorialize and honor Frances and Robert by helping to educate future generations of nurses.

The scholarship may be applied toward tuition, fees and/or books and will be divided equally between two semesters. Satisfactory academic progress must be maintained for the recipient to receive the scholarship for the second semester.

The following criteria must be met to be eligible for the Carbaugh Scholarship:

• Must complete a scholarship application and the FAFSA
• Must be enrolled in a program of study leading to a career in nursing
• Must attend the Middletown Campus
• Must maintain a cumulative grade point average of no less than 3.0
• Student demonstrating financial need as determined by the financial aid office is preferred
• Student residing in Frederick County or City of Winchester is preferred
• Student attending college full time is preferred