The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation has opened the application window for $6,500 in educational scholarships for the fall 2018 academic year.
The program assists students pursuing, or planning to pursue, education in a healthcare-related field or students working in healthcare who are pursuing additional education for their current career.
The foundation, will also award the Dr. Joe L. and Judith T. Spears Memorial Scholarship and Dr. Eugene Charles Honeywell Memorial Scholarship. Both are endowed funds awarded to a student annually.
The Healthcare Services Group Charitable Foundation (the purchasing group TCMH belongs to) provides matching funds for scholarships given by the TCMH Healthcare Foundation. Those funds are available annually and enable the foundation to give out an additional $3,000 in scholarships to area students.
“Educational scholarships are a major focus area of the healthcare foundation,” said Jay Gentry, TCMH Healthcare Foundation director. “The board of directors of the foundation recognizes the need to assist areas students in their educational endeavors with hopes that the student will return to or stay in the Texas County area to provide healthcare services to area residents after receiving additional education.”
The foundation has awarded more than $83,000 in scholarship funds to students from towns across Texas County since the scholarship program began 12 years ago.
Students eligible for the scholarships must be accepted to, or currently enrolled in, an accredited university, college or post-secondary training program. Residents of the TCMH service area (all of Texas County and Mountain Grove) and students who are graduates of Texas County and Mountain Grove schools are eligible to apply. Applicants already pursuing a career in a healthcare organization, or applicants planning to pursue a career in a health field with direct patient care are eligible to apply.
The scholarship application asks for information about the student and re quires a short essay about the student’s career and educational goals. Applicants are also asked to list community involvement activities on their application, and they may be asked to meet with foundation board members for a short personal interview.
The deadline for the fall scholarship applications is July 1. Awards for the scholarship will be announced no later than Sept. 1.
For more information about the scholarship program or to receive an application, call Gentry at 417-967-1377 or email jgentry@tcmh.org. The scholarship application and complete details are also available online at www.tcmhfoundation.org.