BARRE — The local chapter of The Forty and Eight, a national veterans organization, has awarded scholarships to five outstanding students in nursing programs in colleges in Vermont.

The recipients include Tracy Orvis of Starksboro, a sophomore student in the Associate Nursing Degree program at Vermont State University-Randolph. The others were Sebastion Morland of Plainfield and Rebeka Vilbrin of Barre, also students in the Associate Nursing Degree program at Vermont State University-Randolph; Lauren Thomas of  Hardwick, junior in the Bachelor of Science track in the Nursing program at VSU-Castleton; and Katelyn Roberts, a senior in the Bachelor of Science track in Nursing program at Norwich University.