Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • October 12, 2011 Business Huisking’s name and vision live on at Eastwick College Eastwick Education is known for its history of firsts: the first private sector corporation in the state approved to offer an LPN program, the first in the nation to offer a bilingual ESL LPN program, and the first private sector college in the state approved to offer a registered nursing degree. These accomplishments are truly momentous, but greater still was the woman who helped bring them to fruition, Josephine Huisking, an outstanding mother, teacher and active member of the Allendale community. It has been a year since Josephine’s passing, but her name and vision live on through the recent dedication of the library and nursing scholarship fund in her name at Eastwick College in Ramsey. Over $58,000 has been donated to the Josephine Huisking Memorial Scholarship Fund, a testament to how well respected she was by students and faculty. The college will match every dollar donated. The fund will help future students achieve successful careers in the nursing field, truly an appropriate legacy to be established in Huisking’s name given the hard work and commitment she put into ensuring each of her students excelled. This legacy has already begun to inspire future nurses, with the scholarship fund providing one student in need the financial backing to pursue a registered nursing degree at Eastwick College. When she began working at Eastwick College (then the HoHoKus School) in 1994, Huisking only wanted to teach a few hours a week due to a busy schedule raising her kids and working on the Allendale School Board. However, she quickly went from working a couple of hours a week to taking on one of the most important roles in the organization: corporate director of (continued on page 25) Josephine Huisking, third from left, with students