For the 20th year running, Mercy Health – Anderson Hospital’s Physician Charitable Foundation (PCF) has awarded scholarships to deserving students.
The Board of the PCF awarded six scholarships to worthy high seniors who plan to pursue higher education in health care-associated fields.
The winners of the $2,000 Senior Scholarship are:
- Lydia Bentley, Turpin High School
- Abigail Bryll, Archbishop McNicholas High School
- Reece Gormley, Milford High School
- Morgan Kichler, Milford High School
The $3,000 2019 Michael Connelly Award, named for Mercy Health’s former president and CEO, went to senior Samantha McKinley of Highlands High School. The $3,000 2019 Victor VanGilse scholarship award went to senior Georgia Cheek of McNicholas High School.
The winners of the $1,500 Junior Science Award are:
- Audra Stump, Anderson High School
- Demetrios Georgiades, Archbishop McNicholas High School
- Serra Tuzun, Turpin High School
Additionally, the PCF gave $1,000 to the science department at Archbishop McNicholas High School.
This year, the PCF created a $4,000 medical student scholarship award, which went to Shraddha Srivastava of A.T. Sill University.
The Physicians’ Charitable Foundation has been awarding scholarships to worthy seniors for the past 20 years, soliciting applications from local seniors who intend to pursue careers in health care. It determines recipients based on the students’ personal statements, letters of recommendation and academic achievement. The committee gives special consideration to students who have volunteered at the hospital or are the children of hospital employees.
The Physicians’ Charitable Foundation welcomes donations to the scholarship fund. The Physicians’ Charitable Foundation is a non-profit organization created and supported by physicians.