EMT PARAMEDIC
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Colorado Rural Health Center
Marva Jean Jackson (MJJ)
Rural Community Health Scholarships

The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) created the Marva Jean Jackson (MJJ) Rural Community Health Scholarships Program in 2003 to encourage rural facilities and communities to develop or support local scholarship programs. Many rural communities in Colorado experience a chronic shortage of healthcare providers. Evidence shows that one of the factors that can influence a provider's decision to practice in a rural area is his "roots": being from a rural area. Programs that support healthcare training and education for students from rural areas have proven to be effective tools in addressing rural workforce shortages.

To find out more about this scholarship program, or about Marva Jean Jackson, for whom the program is named, please visit our website at http://www.coruralhealth.org./crhc/programs/mjj.php

Bound Tree Medical

Bound Tree Medical has introduced its first ever Scholarship Award, the Legacy Scholarship Program, aimed at promoting the professional status of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). This program will award $50,000 in scholarships to children of EMTs and Firefighters interested in becoming EMTs, or furthering their certification by becoming Paramedics. The scholarship awards will be available nationwide for those who fit the eligibility criteria and are interested in pursuing a state approved certification program.

To find out more about this scholarship please visit our website at http://www.boundtree.com/

Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)

Value of award: resident tuition plus 50 percent
The Western Undergraduate Exchange Program provides students from the western United States the opportunity to enroll at a reduced tuition rate. Participating states include: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. There is a limited number of awards.

For more information see the Mesa State College website at:
http://www.mesastate.edu/enrollman/scholarships/index.htm

Other Mesa State College Scholarship Opportunities

http://www.mesastate.edu/enrollman/scholarships/index.htm

Mesa County Workforce Center

Mesa County Workforce Center may have scholarship opportunities for EMT-Paramedic students. Scholarships must be applied for at least one month before classes begin. For more information on scholarship opportunities at the Workforce Center either call (970) 248-0871 or visit their website at http://workforcecenter.mesacounty.us/

AMERICORPS Scholarship

AmeriCorp is a government community service program where students can earn an education award for college tuition. With AmeriCorp, clinical time can be used as "community service". Students can enroll for either a 300 hour term that will earn $1,000 or a 450 term which will earn $1,250.

Anyone interested in participating in the AmeriCorps UCAN Scholarship Program must attend orientation at a time and location to be announced shortly after classes begin. Failure to attend an orientation program will eliminate you from consideration for the program for this semester.

For more information on AmeriCorp visit their website at http://www.americorps.gov./

Contact Danny Barela, EMS Program Director, at (970) 255-2662 or
dbarela@mesastate.edu to schedule an advising appointment.

FOR GENERAL INFORMATION
Kelly Losher
Administrative Assistant II
Department of Health Sciences
Mesa State College
klosher@mesastate.edu
(970) 248-1721
Fax (970) 248-1133

Revised 8/27/2008