UHD Foundation

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Donations can be mailed to:
UHD Foundation
PO Box 160
Blue Earth, MN 56013

Healthcare Scholarship Awards for Area Seniors

The UHD Foundation values an educated workforce and encourages people pursuing careers in healthcare and a willingness to serve their community. The Foundation is offers $1,000 scholarships open to area high school seniors who have been accepted into an accredited academic program leading to a career in healthcare. Seniors from area schools are eligible: Blue Earth Area; Fairmont; Granada-Huntley-East Chain; Martin County West (Sherburn); Martin Luther (Northrup); North Iowa; North Union (Armstrong); and United South Central (Wells).

For the 2022-2023 school year, the Foundation received a total of 23 applications; all students were very high performers in academics, athletics, community service and volunteerism, and the arts. Recipients were selected using several considerations, including a desire to return and serve their home community after completing their degree and training. UHD representatives attended six senior awards events to present these recipients with their award certificates:

Blue Earth Area High School: Emma Ringness, Nursing & Health Science, Minnesota State University-Mankato; and Mya Steinhauer, Dietetics, Iowa State University.
Fairmont Jr/Sr High School: Taylor Madsen, Nursing BSN, Rasmussen, Mankato
Granada Huntley East Chain High School: Hayley Stensland, Exercise Science, Southwest Minnesota State University
Martin County West High School: Sydney Borntrager, Biomedical Science, Buena Vista University
Martin Luther High School: Jakob Fischer, Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota-Duluth
North Union High School: Brynn Tirevold, Radiology Technology, Iowa Central Community College.
United South Central High School: Ethan Koehler, Nursing, St. John’s University; and Molly Wegner, Surgical Technology, Southeast Technical College, Sioux Falls

The nine recipients were selected by the Scholarship Committee* of the UHD Foundation board, which is comprised of these community representatives and UHD board and staff members:

· Lars Bierly* – Blue Earth, MN
· Ronda Dahl, RN* – Elmore, MN
· Douglas Johanson – Winnebago, MN
· Aaron Johnson, MD – Blue Earth, MN
· Cory Milbrandt* – Blue Earth, MN
· Mark Warmka – Easton, MN
· Eric Wegner – Wells, MN (withdrew from voting)
· Rick Ash, UHD CEO
· Paula Kabe*, UHD Foundation Coordinator and Administration Executive Assistant

The Foundation intends to continue this scholarship program in the future. To learn more about the UHD Foundation or make a donation, visit the Foundation on uhd.org, contact info@uhd.org, or call 507-526-3273.

For more information about the scholarship program and its eligibility requirements, or to donate to the scholarship fund, please contact the UHD Foundation at 507-526-3273. The online application form for the 2022-2023 school year is available here