Capital Health has named four recipients of its full-tuition scholarships to Rider University as part of an ongoing partnership with the university. The scholarship program, which began in October 2020, is available to immediate family members of Capital Health employees.
The 2025 scholarship winners are Sunny Carpinello, Alannah Eidell, Mariah Sabat, and Ellie Campbell. Each will pursue undergraduate studies at Rider University in fields including accounting, elementary education, and dance.
“On behalf of Capital Health, I’m thrilled to recognize the 2025 winners of our full-tuition scholarships to Rider University,” said Al Maghazehe, president and CEO of Capital Health. “This scholarship program is just one of the many education related benefits and opportunities we offer employees and their families. It’s exciting to be able to help more and more members of our Capital Health family pursue higher education. Congratulations to this year’s winners and our continued best wishes for success in this important step in their education journey.”
Sunny Carpinello from Hamilton, New Jersey is a graduate of Nottingham High School – North and will study accounting at Rider’s Norm Brodsky College of Business Administration. Her mother, Cristie Carpinello, works as a registered nurse at Capital Health Occupational Health Center.
Alannah Eidell from Lakehurst is a graduate of Manchester Township High School and will major in elementary education at Rider’s College of Education and Human Services. She is the daughter of Karen Giberson, a health information management physician coder at Capital Health Medical Group.
Mariah Sabat from Hillsborough is entering her sophomore year at Rider University studying elementary education with multidisciplinary studies. Her mother Kelly Rosa serves as an ultrasonographer in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell.
Ellie Campbell from Hamilton graduated from Hamilton High School – West and plans to major in dance performance at Rider’s College of Arts and Sciences. Her father Glen Campbell is facility director at Capital Health Regional Medical Center.
Eligibility for the full-tuition scholarship requires that recipients be new or current undergraduate students or transfer students enrolled full-time. Scholarships are awarded for up to four consecutive years or until completion of their academic program. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 and remain in good standing with Rider University throughout enrollment. Applicants or their immediate family members must be full-time non-union employees at Capital Health for at least one year along with meeting other criteria.
In addition to these scholarships, Capital Health offers a range of educational benefits through its partnership with Rider University such as a 50% tuition discount for non-union employees and their immediate families (not combinable with the full-tuition award), application fee waivers, free unofficial credit evaluations before applying, support from academic advisors, as well as certain waivers for graduate student applicants regarding courses or standardized tests like GMAT/GRE.
These programs are separate from Capital Health’s tuition reimbursement plan; eligible employees may use both the tuition discount through Rider University and tuition reimbursement provided by Capital Health if they qualify under each program’s requirements. The organization also provides additional opportunities including an EMT Academy, surgical tech training programs, central sterile processing training programs, and home health care aide education initiatives aimed at supporting both employees’ families and community members seeking careers in health care.
