Jessica Wang receives inaugural Golden Rule Nursing Scholarship 

Jessica Wang, ABSN ’26, is the recipient of the inaugural Golden Rule Nursing Scholarship, a fund established by Dr. Frances Alguire, a philanthropist and humanitarian who passed away in 2024 after an extraordinary life of service. 

Dr. Alguire named the fund after the commonly known Golden Rule to encourage recipients to embrace its principles. The scholarship will be given annually to an applicant who displays an interest in geriatrics, pediatrics or rural medicine. 

Wang said her strong commitment to helping those in need inspired her to pursue a career in nursing.  

“I am truly inspired by Dr. Frances Alguire’s remarkable legacy of leadership, service and compassion,” said Wang, who will graduate this August. “Her commitment to the values of kindness, integrity and generosity deeply resonates with me, and I aspire to carry those same principles into my nursing practice.” 

A native of Michigan, Dr. Alguire joined the U.S. Army Cadet Nurse Corps in 1945 to attend the Edward W. Sparrow School of Hospital Nursing in Lansing, MI, and became a registered nurse. She devoted her life to service and leadership in her professional, personal and spiritual lives, and in 1996, she became the first woman and the first lay person to serve as president and chair of the World Methodist Council.  

Dr. Alguire received a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Adrian College, Adrian, MI, and a second doctorate from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL. In 2006, she moved to Chapel Hill, where she continued her life of service by joining the local Altrusa Club and volunteering at the DuBose Healthcare Facility at The Cedars. 

Learn more about Dr. Alguire’s remarkable life here. 

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