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We are pleased to announce the eleventh year of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Career Scholarship Program! This year, we will continue to offer a scholarship to at least one聽qualified聽student at each聽.听 In addition, up to 25 percent of the scholarships awarded will be for $5,000 or $10,000.听The deadline to apply is聽Friday, December 15, 2018, 5 p.m. PST.听
We鈥檇 love to help provide information and reminders to your students. Please encourage them to follow us on Twitter: @KPNWScholarship
See below for key details. In addition, mid to late September,聽 your school will receive packets containing posters and materials to help inform students about the scholarship.
APPLICATION:
The application can be accessed by clicking聽聽or pasting the below link into your browser:
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(Simply click the 鈥淪cholarship Application鈥� link under the 鈥淔or applicants鈥� heading)
NOTE: Registration for the application will close on聽December 8, one week ahead of the submission deadline (Dec. 15) to ensure that applicants have time to successfully complete required tasks.
Learn more about what is on the application and how to start an application by clicking聽.
TEACHER/COUNSELOR NOMINATION:
Applicants need only one recommendation in the form of a nomination from a teacher or counselor.听As soon as the applicant has entered the teacher/counselor nominator鈥檚 email address into the application, the nominator will receive an email with instructions for confidentially submitting the nomination online.听The applicant will not be able to submit his/her application until the nominator has submitted the nomination. 聽颁濒颈肠办听聽for nomination instructions.
INTERVIEWS:
We will continue to interview only those applicants being considered for the full spectrum of award amounts ($2,000, $5,000, and $10,000). Students invited to interview are not guaranteed a scholarship in any amount. Students not invited to interview may still be under consideration for a $2,000 scholarship.
MORE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION:
聽(PPT for teachers/counselors to walk through with students)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
College search databases.聽Students may find the following online resources helpful as they prepare for the college application process: College Scorecard, ScholarMatch, Debt by Degrees (by ProPublica), Niche, and I鈥檓 First!.
Thanks for all that you do for students! Feel free to contact me with questions about the scholarship.
Best,
Dawn
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