James W. Hunt, Jr. Community Health and Public Service Scholarship
Sponsored by Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
| Description: | The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers is pleased to announce the availability of the Hunt Scholarship. This $2,000 cash scholarship is awarded to a student at the graduate or undergraduate level who displays a genuine interest in community and public health through either academic study or volunteer service. Established in 1992, the Hunt Scholarship was named in honor of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers’ long-standing Chief Executive Officer, James W. Hunt, Jr., who first joined the health center movement in 1972 through volunteer participation on a community health center board and who rose to become, and still is, the President and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. |
| Eligibility: | This $2,000 cash scholarship is awarded to a student at the graduate or undergraduate level who displays a genuine interest in community and public health through either academic study or volunteer service. |
| Criteria: | Candidates must submit an application along with a short essay (no longer than two typed pages) expressing their interest in community health or public service. Letters of support and documentation demonstrating financial need are welcome but are strictly optional. |
| Selection: | Scholarship committee |
| Award: | $2,000 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Deadline: | April 30, 2010 |
| Contact: |
James W. Hunt Jr. Scholarship c/o Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers 40 Court Street, 10th floor Boston, MA02108 Email: massleague@massleague.org Phone: (617) 426-2225 |
| Website: | http://www.massleague.org/Calendar/Documents/HuntScholarship.pdf |