Due June 1: Scholarships from Benefis Foundation fuel dreams in medicine

GREAT FALLS – Surgery on Josh Pepos' knee during his high school wrestling career changed the course of his life with a new perspective on what his path forward would be.

Pepos is working toward his goal and his nursing degree at the Great Falls campus of Montana State University College of Nursing and plans to graduate in August with help from Benefis Foundation scholarship donors. Pepos received the Cecil and Dorothy Goodbrand Nursing Scholarship.

The Benefis Foundation's Healthcare Scholarship Program is designed to help students from Great Falls and the surrounding region pursue a degree,...