Deb Alvarez, RN, was recently awarded the Fort Hays State University Department of Nursing Leora B. Stroup Award for outstanding outreach student.

The outreach award goes to a student in the RN-to-Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Course work for the nurses in this program is conducted through the Virtual College.

Leora B. Stroup Awards, named for the founder of FHSU’s nursing program, are given for outstanding clinical performance, community involvement and academic achievement in three categories.

Alvarez works at the Dreiling/Schmidt Cancer Institute at HaysMed and has been an associate of HaysMed for nine years.