Nursing student receives $10,000 to study psychiatric care
Stony Brook senior Sora Ke is one of five SUNY recipients of a Voya Foundation award for mental health leadership.
By Thomas Obasi ·
Sora Ke, a nursing senior at Stony Brook University, will receive a $10,000 grant from the Voya Foundation. The award allows her to fund academic work in psychiatric nursing.
The State University of New York selected Ke as one of five Scholars for Mental Health in October. The university cited her demonstrated leadership and steady commitment to the mental health field for the selection.
Ke said she is honored to receive the title and grateful for the foundation's investment in her education. The program is part of a wider SUNY effort to expand mental health training and improve access to care.
The initiative aims to build community-based support systems. It focuses on increasing equitable access to culturally responsive and trauma-informed mental health services.
SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. said the system recognizes the need to strengthen mental health education and resources. He noted that the award aims to prepare the state's workforce to serve New Yorkers.
The chancellor described the new scholars as the next generation of practitioners who will support the state's mental health work.
