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PA Foundation Scholarship Recipients
The PA Foundation recently announced the recipients of its 2015 student scholarships, which are awarded to underrepresented minority students and those who are economically and/or educationally disadvantaged. Recipients were selected based on their understanding of the PA role, what they expect to accomplish as a PA, and relevant volunteer/community service activities.
For the 2015 cycle, the foundation awarded funding totaling $32,000 to 18 PA students. Since the program’s inception, more than $1 million in scholarships have been awarded, benefitting more than 1,400 future PAs. The 2015 recipients are:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Endowed Scholarship
- Erin Cote – Salus University
- Paul Gonzales – University of Texas Southwestern
- Marc Robinson – Eastern Michigan University
- Leisa Tapia – Elon University
NCCPA Endowed Scholarship
- Jennifer Demoss – Marshall B. Ketchum University
- Traviz Hahn – Missouri State University
- Steven Hammersmith – The University of Toledo
- Nicole Klopovic – University of California, Davis
- Jamie Ruddy – Duke University
- Raymond Schultz – University of Iowa
Procter & Gamble Endowed Scholarship
- Jeremy Barnhart – University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
- Ruth Legesse – University of California, Davis
- Crystal Osborn – Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Aivi Phung – Loma Linda University
- Hollie Rudolph – University of Florida
- Katherine Spears – Daemen College
AAPA Rural Health Caucus Scholarship
- Lindsey Heft – Wichita State University
- Ricardo Melendrez – Heritage University
