CTMC to honor local students with scholarships
Central Texas Medical Center will honor outstanding regional high school students with several $1,000 scholarships. CTMC has been awarding scholarships to area high school seniors since 1997 and in 2011, CTMC awarded a total of nine $500 scholarships and one $1,000 scholarship.
The scholarships may be used for costs of attending a university, college, community college or vocational/trade school. The scholarship awards are based on community involvement, work or organization experience, financial need and academic achievement. Application forms are available at www.ctmc.org. Deadline March 31, 2012.
Twin sisters Kellie, left, and Lindsey Blair of Burnet both received scholarships from PEC last year, which helped fund their studies at Angelo State University.
Electric co-op offering senior scholarships
Pedernales Electric Cooperative is offering $50,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors residing in its service area, providing 25 scholarships worth $1,000 and five worth $5,000 to selected seniors this spring. The scholarships may be used to pay expenses at any accredited university, college, junior college, technical school or trade school. Scholarship recipients are selected based on application responses, academic performance, standardized test results and financial need, as well as motivation and personal character. The PEC Scholarship Committee selects the independent judges who determine recipients. Applications are available at www.pec.coop/scholarship and must be submitted by Thursday, March 1.
St. David’s Foundation calls for scholarship applicants
The St. David’s Foundation is accepting applications from graduating seniors from within the school districts of Hays, Travis and Williamson counties in pursuit of healthcare-related careers. The St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship Fund provides each scholarship recipient with $6,000 per year for up to four years of undergraduate study and two years of graduate studies, to be used for tuition and other expenses at a Texas university or college. Since 2005, more than $4 million in scholarships have been awarded to Central Texas students, who are attending 27 colleges and universities. As part of the St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship program, a mentor from St. David’s HealthCare is paired with each scholarship recipient, providing students with the opportunity to interact directly with healthcare professionals in their chosen career. Applications can be found online at www.stdavidsfoundation.org. The application deadline is February 24, 2012.
