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Application for the
Michigan PA Foundation
Annual Scholarship Award.  

Version 2.8, May 17, 2009.    

Qualifications:

Must be a physician assistant student in their final clinical year currently enrolled in a PA Program in Michigan as of August 1, 2009.

Must exhibit one or more of the following:
1. Financial Need,
2. Outstanding scholarship,
2. Professional involvement, and/or
3. Community service,

Financial need means that which may impact on the student's ability to concentrate on academic requirements for successful completion of physician assistant training.

Requirements:

Completed Scholarship Applications must be received by August 1, 2009, which includes the verification of a physician assistant senior student status by the PA program director.

Notification

Scholarship Award recipients will be contacted by September 8, 2009. Formal Award presentation will be made at the Annual Fall Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants CME Conference at the Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls, Michigan, October 9, 2009. The presence of the award recipients at the Award Ceremony and permission for photographs is requested.

Submission Information

There are two methods available to complete this Application.

The first is to complete the form, print this page, and mail it by the USPS to Dr.Caroll Deuben, as given below. Your Program Director (or their representative) must complete the Program Director Verification of Student Status section at the end of this form and mail or email to Dr. Deuben. Completed applications should be mailed to:

Caroll Deuben, Ph.D.
Chair, Scholarship Selection Committee
Michigan Physician Assistant Foundation
759 Grand Marais
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230

The second method available to submit this form again requires your completion of each section in the form. Then copy the form and paste into an e-mail to Dr. Deuben at deuben@att.net. You will then need to ask your Program Director to complete the Program Director Verification of Student Status section below, copy and paste in an e-mail to Dr. Deubenl or print the Program Director section and mail it to Caroll.

Privacy Information: Our Promise to you.

We consider the information you provide to be privileged and confidential. Only the Scholarship Application Review Committee will see your information. Particulars will not be shared with other Foundation Board of Directors members or outside parties. It will never be sold, bartered or released to any third parties, including your classmates or PA Program Personnel.

Legal Issues

Should we determine that you provided false information on your application, the Foundation will request the Award be returned to us. We will pursue legal avenues should difficulties arise.

The Foundation reserves the right to use your name as a recipient of the Scholarship Award. Should you be selected, we will ask you to provide a short comment on how the Award was helpful to you in continuing or completing your PA education. We also reserve the right to use your comments in promotional material in fund raising activities.

 

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The Michigan PA Foundation Scholarship Application

    We are seeking to know about your unique situation, and why your personal circumstances are more compelling than others. Here are the timelines:

Submission of this form: August 1, 2009
Submission of Program Directors Section: August 1, 2009
Notification of Scholarship Grant to applicants: September 9, 2009

Biographical Data

Michigan PA Program:
    CMU   GVSV   UDM   WMU   WSU

Name    
Address
Evening Telephone with Area Code
Alternate Telephone or pager
Relationship Status Married Single
On what day will / did you enter your final year / half of your PA Program?
Your expected date of graduation
Current Grade Point Average

Financial Resources
Current Employer, if any  
Position
Expected Annual Income from employment  
Amount of grants/scholarships for junior year  
Amount of grants/scholarships expected for senior year
Financial support from other sources  
Total annual income for 2007:  

Professional Membership

Current AAPA member/fellow?    Yes No

Current MAPA member/fellow?   Yes No

(Please provide details in your Narrative if your answer was no to either question)

Narrative

In a brief narration as an attachment (either as additional information in your email submission, or as a separate paper should the application be sent as a U.S. Postal Service submission), discuss the following points:

~ Your past, present, and future plans to serve your community in volunteer work,
~ Your involvement in activities sponsored by student professional academies/organizations,
~ Academic honors, awards, or special recognition that you have received (Dean's List and other scholarship achievement awards such as cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude, etc.),
~ Other honors, awards, or special recognition that you have received,
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Comments on your academic record, and
~ Your financial needs.

Scholarship Criteria

Our criteria for judging applications for a scholarship grant is:

Financial need: 25%
Scholarship: 25%
Professional Involvement and Community service: 50%

 

The section below is to be completed by your Program Director, as given in the instructions above.

Program Director Verification of Student Status


The student _______________________________________________________
is currently enrolled and is in good standing in our Physician Assistant Program.
The grade point average and graduation date given in the application above
is correct.

 

_________________________________________________________________
Printed Program Directors Name                                                     Institution

 

_________________________________________________________________
Signature                                                                                  Today's Date

Thank you. Your suggestions for improvement of this form and the process used are welcome.

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