HEALTH CARE SCHOLARSHIP
2024 RIDGEVIEW HEALTH CARE SCHOLARSHIP Each year, Ridgeview offers a $2,000 scholarship to area college-bound high school seniors interested in pursuing a career in the health care field. Scholarships are awarded to one student from each of the 25 local area high schools listed below. Additionally, there is a scholarship awarded to a non-traditional high school student, a child of a Ridgeview employee, and two scholarships for students with a diverse background. The application will be available from Jan. 1 - March 15, 2024.
SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA Recipients are selected by members of the Scholarship Committee according to the following criteria: Pursuing one of the predefined health care career choices (see below) Have a high school GPA of 2.5 or higher Involved with school or community volunteer activities Planning on enrolling in a post-secondary school, public or private, in the fall of 2024 Please note that the following students are not eligible for the “child of a Ridgeview employee” scholarship: Children of Ridgeview director-level employee or above Children of Ridgeview physicians and affiliated physicians
Complete application online at ridgeviewmedical.org/scholarship
ELIGIBLE CAREERS Athletic trainer Certified registered nurse anesthetist Dermatologist Dietitian/nutritionist EMT Health information technician Health unit coordinator Licensed practical nurse Medical assistant Medical lab technician Medical records technologist Medical transcriptionist Occupational therapist Paramedic Pharmacist Pharmacy technician Physical therapist Physician Physician assistant Radiological technologist (including CT or MRI technologist, sonographer/ultrasound technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, mammographer) Registered nurse Respiratory care practitioner Social worker Speech therapist Surgical technician or ultrasound technician
ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS Belle Plaine Central (Norwood Young America) Chanhassen Chaska Delano GFW (Gibbon, Fairfax, Winthrop) GLS (Glencoe–Silver Lake) Holy Family Catholic (Victoria) Holy Trinity (Winsted) Howard Lake–Waverly–Winsted Jordan Le Sueur–Henderson Lester Prairie Mayer Lutheran Minnesota Valley Lutheran (New Ulm) Minnetonka Mound Westonka New Prague New Ulm Non-traditional high school (student must live in Ridgeview service area) Orono Sibley East Southwest Christian (Chaska) Tri-City United (Montgomery) Waconia Watertown–Mayer
Funding for the Ridgeview Health Care Scholarship Program is generously provided by Ridgeview Foundation’s Friends & Family giving club initiatives and anonymous community donors. All interested and eligible students are encouraged to apply, provided they meet the specified criteria. Applications will be available online between Jan. 1 and March 15, 2024. Please contact Aspen Schmidt, Annual Fund Specialist, at 952-442-6010 or email aspen.schmidt@ridgeviewmedical.org if you have questions.