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| Rehabilitation |
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Recognizing the importance of encouraging and supporting
ethnically diverse students to enter the rehabilitation field,
Courage developed the EMPOWER Scholarship Award.
Funds are made available through the David M. Hersey Endowment
Fund and administered by Courage and a Scholarship Committee.
The program offers financial assistance to ethnically diverse
students who are interested in pursuing a career in the medical / rehabilitation fields including:
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- Nursing
- Physical or occupational therapy
- Therapeutic recreation
- Social work
- Music or art therapy
- Speech/language pathology
- Vocational services
- Psychology
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"The EMPOWER scholarship helped pay for class
credits. I felt helpful when working with consumers and I learned
to listen to the consumer's preferences and individual needs
that might not have been apparent in a book. You learn a lot
about health care professionals, consumers and the work environment."
H Yen Nguyen, EMPOWER Scholarship Winner |
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| Applicants need to identify how they plan on using
their educational training and how they have demonstrated their
interest in the rehabilitation field. Selection emphasis is
placed on the applicant's intentions and achievements rather than graduation ranking. |
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| To be considered, applicants must: |
- Be an ethnically diverse student accepted at or enrolled
in a higher learning institution
- Demonstrate a career interest in the medical/rehabilitation
field through at least 200 hours of career related volunteer
service (applicant needs to provide a letter verifying their
service from the organization where they served)
- Have a GPA minimum of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale
- Provide one letter of recommendation from school faculty
- Complete the EMPOWER Scholarship Award application
- Interview with the Scholarship Committee
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Scholarship award recipients are selected by the EMPOWER
Scholarship committee and awarded $1,500 payable jointly to
the student and the learning institution.
To get an application, e-mail lynno@courage.orgor call Lynn at (763) 520-0222.
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| Completed application and submissions should be
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Courage Center
Volunteer Services
3915 Golden Valley Road
Minneapolis, MN 55422
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Deadline for applications is April 1.
Scholarships are awarded in June. |
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