$2,000 Grant for Patient Transportation
Waynesburg University
Waynesburg University has been selected by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Value School in their 2017 “U.S. News Best Colleges” ranking, under the “Regional Universities – North” category. The ranking identifies the top 15 Best Value Schools in the northern region of the country. Ranked at No. 7, Waynesburg qualified as a Best Value School due to the high quality of academic programs combined with low costs. “Our commitment to both quality academics and high value has consistently led us to be recognized as a top value school,” said Waynesburg University President Douglas G. Lee. “A Waynesburg University education provides students with a strong foundation for successful careers and lifelong fiscal responsibility.” According to U.S. News & World Report, the Best Value School rankings take in to consideration a school’s academic quality, based on its
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U.S. News Best Colleges ranking, and the 2015-16 net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid. As described by U.S. News & World Report, only schools in or near the top half of the ranking categories are included in the value rankings because U.S. News considers the most significant values to be among colleges that perform well academically. During the 2015-16 academic year, more than 90 percent of Waynesburg students received some form of financial aid, and 98 percent of 2015 graduates reported working full-time or attending graduate school within one year of graduation. Additionally, tuition, room and board at Waynesburg is more than $11,500 below the national average for private, non-profit, four-year colleges. The University processes aid from a wide variety of sources, including federal, state and institutional aid programs. In the 2015-16 academic year, it awarded more than $36 million in aid to its students. This aid included academic scholarships, federal, state and institutional grants, work-study opportunities and student or parent educational loans. For first-time freshman students, the University offers two types of renewable, four-year scholarships: Achievement Awards and Competitive Scholarship Programs. Achievement Awards range between $6,000 and $15,000 annually and are based on the combination of each applicant’s cumulative high school GPA and SAT or ACT scores. Competitive Scholarship Programs can cover from $1,000 to full tuition, room and board annually. For more information on financial aid and scholarships at Waynesburg University, contact the University’s Office of Financial Aid at 724852-3208 or finaid@waynesburg.edu.
From left to Right: Dr. Morris Harper, Board Chairman, Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC), Terry Wiltrout, President, Washington Health System Greene (WHSG), Joy Eggleston, Director of Operations, WHSG, Bettie Stammerjohn, Executive Director, CFGC.
The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) has awarded a grant of $2,000 to help kick off a new project at Washington Health System Greene (WHSG) to help with a new patient transportation program. “We sometimes have patients who do not have a ride home from the hospital,” explained Terry Wiltrout, President of WHSG. “This funding will allow us to help qualified patients when there are no resources available to transport them to the next step in their healing process. We hope this pilot program is just the first step in helping to break down the transportation barrier for our community.” WHS Greene is Greene County’s only acute care hospital. The facility has 49 beds dedicated to acute and behavioral health care. The facility also has a full service emergency department, surgical department and a full array of outpatient care services. “CFGC is pleased to partner with the Washington Health Systems Foundation to help ensure that discharged WHS Greene patients have a means to return home safely,” said CFGC board chairman, Dr. Morris Harper. “Overcoming trans-
portation barriers is a significant issue in our community. We certainly hope this seed money will help make a difference.” Funding for the grant came from three discretionary funds held at CFGC: the Fund for Health and Human Services, the Good for Greene Fund and the Bradford/Forever Greene Fund. The Good For Greene Fund, started at CFGC in 2008 by Mrs. Dolly Throckmorton in memory of her parents, the late James A. and Mary Goodwin, is an unrestricted fund whose the purpose to enhance the discretionary grantmaking of the Foundation. This allows the CFGC board of directors to meet emerging needs in the community. The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2000 whose purpose is to serve the needs and philanthropic aims of donors who wish to better their community, both now and in the future. CFGC currently manages $4 million in assets through more than 65 different funds. For more information about the Community Foundation contact Bettie Stammerjohn by phone at 724627-2010, email cfgc@gmail.com, or visit www. cfgcpa.org.
GreeneScene Magazine •
AUGUST / SEPTEMBER
2016