JOHNSON CITY – Students who have a strong interest in rural health issues may apply for the Eddie Williams Jr. Memorial Rural Health Scholarship at East Tennessee State University.
The university will award the $1,000 scholarship to a deserving full-time student in any major who meets the academic guidelines and resides in a 32-county Appalachian region that includes parts of Northeast Tennessee, Southeast Virginia and Western North Carolina.
The scholarship is the result of an endowment established as a memorial to Williams, a founding member of the group that sponsored the Appalachian Health Care Conference series from 1992-98. Williams was the well-known director of the Johnson City-Jonesborough-Washington County Economic Development Board and actively promoted an understanding of the partner relationship between health care and regional economic development.
The application requires a 500-word student essay and letters of endorsement from an ETSU faculty member and from a community leader or health care provider who is aware of the student's interest.
The application deadline is Feb. 1, 2002, and the scholarship award will be made by March 15.
For information, contact Bruce Behringer, Office of Rural and Community Health and Community Partnerships, East Tennessee State University, Box 70412, Johnson City, TN 37614, or (423) 439-7807.
Additional contributions to the scholarship may be made through the office of university advancement, (423) 439-6142.