Yale-New Haven Hospital news release
Release date: Feb. 10, 2009
Media contact: (203) 688-2488
NEW HAVEN — Applications are currently available for Yale-New Haven Hospital’s 2009 minority nursing and allied health scholarships. This spring, the hospital will award seven scholarships to greater New Haven area graduating seniors who are planning to enroll in a full-time course of study towards a degree in nursing or the allied health field. In addition to nursing, eligible undergraduate degree programs include pharmacy, respiratory therapy, medical technology, X-ray technology, physical or occupational therapy or nuclear medicine technology.
Each scholarship is renewable at $2,000 per year, for a total of $8,000. Eligible students must be a member of a minority group defined as Alaskan native, American Indian, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black or Hispanic and graduate in June 2009 from a Connecticut high school. Applicants must be a resident of New Haven or one of the 13 towns surrounding the city, including Bethany, Branford, Clinton, East Haven, Hamden, Guilford, Madison, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven or Woodbridge.
Interested students must submit an application and transcript by Sunday, March 15. Applications can be obtained at the hospital’s website at www.ynhh.org or by calling the hospital’s recruitment and staffing office at 688-5083.
Yale-New Haven Hospital is a 944-bed, not-for-profit hospital serving as the primary teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine. Yale-New Haven was founded as the fourth voluntary hospital in the U.S. in 1826 and today, the hospital complex includes Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, with a combined medical staff of about 3,400 university and community physicians practicing in more than 100 specialties. Visit www.ynhh.org for additional information.
