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The annual Portage Health Foundation Scholarship opportunity for Finlandia University students studying healthcare and coming from Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga or Ontonagon counties is now accepting applications.
“Partnerships like this are part of what makes the Copper Country such an incredible place to live, learn and grow up in,” said Sandra Turnquist, Director of Student Financial Services, and herself a graduate of Calumet High School. “We will have at least two open scholarships in this program, which is unique in that it can be awarded to the same person for up to four years.”
The application deadline is June 28, 2019. This scholarship is open to returning and incoming FinnU students.
PORTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Origin of residence is from Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, or Ontonagon counties of Michigan (a student who graduated from Hancock Central High School is not eligible for the Portage Health Foundation scholarship at this time)
- Seek a degree in the health professions, which includes Nursing (BSN), Online Nursing RN-to-BSN, Physical Therapist Assistant, and Healthcare Management
- Demonstrate financial need as verified by the Financial Aid Office
- Maintain at least a 2.5 GPA
- Enrolled fulltime
- Attend two Portage Health Foundation community service events during each academic calendar year while recipient of the award
- Submit a follow-up narrative report during the spring semester each year while recipient of the award where the student reflects on their career plans
- Submit a personal thank you letter to the Portage Health Foundation’s Executive Director and Board for funding the scholarship.
ABOUT PORTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION
The Portage Health Foundation is a non-profit charitable foundation serving Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Located in Hancock, the Foundation receives and contributes charitable donations to support the health needs of the community through enhanced philanthropy and community collaboration.
One of the Foundation’s missions is to be a catalyst in promoting and improving the overall health of our communities through health education and research. Reinvesting money through educational scholarships is one way the Foundation believes it can positively affect the health of the region and its residents.
With an ever-increasing aging population, the Foundation recognizes the demand for more healthcare workers to provide quality access to care in order to meet the healthcare needs of rural communities.
Through health-oriented scholarships, the Foundation is eager to support more opportunities for students from the western U.P. to study the health sciences. Additionally, the Foundation hopes that someday those students will remain in or return to the Upper Peninsula as professionals and become partners in creating a healthier community.
Learn more at phfgive.org.
Story originally posted at finlandia.edu/news.
