UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Undergraduates in the first cohort of the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing's Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship are now in the final year of their bachelor of science in nursing degrees, three years after a $2 million grant established the program and committed $40,000 in support to each scholar over four years.

In July, the Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF renewed and expanded upon its initial gift with a $5.25 million grant that will support more than 100 students this year and at least 150 in each of the following four years.

Named for William "Bill" Conway Jr. and his late wife, Joanne Ba...