Academic Centre
The predecessors of our patron, professor Zaiga Priede-Kalniņš, are of Latvian origin. In 1960, she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from Ohio State University, in 1965 – a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Maryland and in 1987 – a PhD in higher education management from Vanderbilt University.
On the initiative of Prof. Zaiga Priede-Kalniņš, in 2007, Sanita Lapiņa’s Memorial Scholarship was established. It was created in memory of Sanita Lapiņa, the lecturer of the nursing bachelor studies at the UL Faculty of Medicine who had passed away untimely in 2007. She was a talented nurse, teacher and person. Her full dedication to students is highly appreciated by the University.
Prof. Priede-Kalniņš thinks that one of the ways to improve health care in Latvia is to provide the opportunity for nurses to receive higher academic education. Well-educated nurses are capable of caring for a person in their charge as an individual with holistic needs.
Prof. Zaiga Priede-Kalniņš urges the recipients of "Ceļamaize" ("Bread for the journey") scholarship to be champions of their country and state: "Use your education not only to improve your own material situation, but first of all – for the welfare of your people and your country. Work for better health care and education – when these two are improved, economic wellbeing will follow. Use your creative power to seek and change your own, chosen place in the country. I am not against gaining experience abroad, yet such experience should be brought back to Latvia and knowledge used for the benefit of our country."
One of the first donors responding to the professor’s call to support this scholarship foundation was Madara Miķelsone.
Support
In the 2007/2008 academic year, in the framework of "Ceļamaize" ("Bread for the journey") scholarship fund, a scholarship in the amount of EUR 700 was granted to Dace Tirzīte, a student of the UL Faculty of Medicine Bachelor’s programme of nursing.
In the 2008/2009 academic year, in the framework of "Ceļamaize" ("Bread for the journey") scholarship fund, a scholarship in the amount of EUR 700 was granted to Oksana Zepa, a student of the UL Faculty of Medicine Bachelor’s programme of nursing.
We greatly appreciate the generous support to education and development!