Dollars For ScholarsScholarships How we Fund Them and Award Them

Kerry McNivenCT Society for Respiratory Care

The ProcessReview Scholarship Paperwork and Make Recommendations to Board – Jan/Feb

Reviews Recommendations and Finalizes the Paperwork – March/April

EducatorCommittee

BOD

Pres Elect Committee

Chair

Send Applications to RT Schools and Places Link on Web Site - May

• Volunteers from BOD (no educators) – Review Applications and Announce Winners, Verify Enrollment – July-Sept

• October BOD meeting• $500 for fall semester/$500 for spring semester (once enrollment verified)

Awarding of Money

ScholarshipCommittee

Connecticut Society for Respiratory CareScholarship Application – 2010*This application is for a new/incoming student enrolled in an

Accredited Respiratory Care Program at a Connecticut college.

SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY:The applicant must submit the following information and meet the listed criteria for eligibility. IfALL documents are not submitted with the completed application, the application will not beconsidered.1. have an overall GPA of at least 2.75, or the equivalent thereof, as verified by submissionof an unofficial transcript signed by the Guidance Counselor/Advisor from the school inwhich you are currently enrolled2. be a U.S. citizen and submit verification copy of a birth certificate or US Passport3. essay paper in response to one of the two questions contained within this application4. letter of recommendation from a faculty member of the college or high school in whichyou are currently enrolled5. submit this application and all of the required documentation by July 1, 2010.

• 1) What life events, personal encounters, or experiences helped you decide to become a Respiratory Therapist and why?• 2) What qualities or attributes do you possess and plan to bring to the respiratory care profession that will help you succeed as a Respiratory Therapist?

Required Essays

• 1.) Describe a clinical experience you had while attending the respiratory care program that solidified your decision to pursue respiratory care as a career.• 2.) Respiratory care is a relatively unknown allied health profession. As a future respiratory care practitioner, describe what you would do to increase public awareness of the profession.

Link On Web Site

• Basket Donations at Annual Symposium• Done by individual departments• Each basket is themed

• CTSRC “stuff” for Sale at Annual Symposium• Speaker Donations• Golf Tournament• Individual Department Activities during

Respiratory Care Week

How Do We Fund the Scholarships?

Raffle Baskets

1 ticket for $17 tickets for $5Arms Length for $10

Cups, sweatshirts, pins, umbrellas, hats and other things for sale

• In the 2010 CTSRC Brochure:The CTSRC would like to recognize and thank the following speakers who have

donated their honorariums to the CTSRC Scholarship Fund. • Brett Gerstenhaber,MD • Steven Prunk, MD • Aly Hemdan-Abdalla, MD • Michael Bratt, RRT-NPS • Mary Ann Couture, MS, RRT • Maureeen C Parmelee MS.RRT • Susan Albino, RRT, BSRT • Steven Peterec, MD • Frank Salvatore Jr., RRT, MBA, FAARC • Herbert Knight, MD • Forrest M. Bird MD, PhD, ScD • J. Samuel Pope, MD

Advertised in Symposium Brochure , on a Donor’s Board and Announced •Speaker Donations

HOLE SPONSOR CLOSEST TO PIN/LONGEST DRIVE

Raffles at the Golf Tournament

Sponsorship

Individual DepartmentsHartford Hospital

•Department given tickets for Special AARC prizes• Bake an item – one ticket• Sell tickets – one ticket

•100% profit• Have raised between $600-$2000• One full scholarship

Awarding of ScholarshipAt October BOD Meeting

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?- Cicero