The Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County, which administers the Alma Newlin Education Fund, reminds students of the pending deadline for submitting applications for the one-time undergraduate health care scholarship. The deadline for returning applications is Thursday, Feb. 28.
The purpose of the scholarship is to assist graduating high school seniors who are preparing for careers in the human health care field, adult students seeking higher education in human health care, or previously awarded students in undergraduate studies seeking postgraduate education in human health care.
The Alma Newlin Educational Fund was established in 1990 through a bequest from Alma Newlin, a longtime Kennett Square resident. In the past, areas of intended fields of study have included nursing; radiation technology; occupationa, physical, and speech therapies; pre-medicine; pre-dentistry; and other related human health sciences.
The scholarship considers students who reside in the Avon Grove, Oxford, Kennett, Octorara, and Unionville-Chadds Ford school districts and who carry a 3.0 unweighted GPA. Applications are available at http://www.hwfscc.org under the Funding link. All required documents must be postmarked on or before Feb. 28.
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