The Sylvia Polanco Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) scholarship has been established at Howard College to help single moms and dads who are wanting to start their nursing career through the Howard College CNA program. Howard College has campuses in Lamesa and Big Spring. Polanco, a 1971 Howard College graduate, was a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) for 34 years before retiring from the Big Spring State Hospital. After Polanco recently passed away, her daughter, Josette, wanted to honor her mother by establishing the scholarship to help others who want to enter the nursing field. “We are always so honored when families set up scholarships to ...