Central Ohio Diabetes Association announces Diabetes
Scholarship Program for the 2012 School Year

 

 Application deadline is February 3, 2012

As part of its ongoing commitment to youth with diabetes, the Women’s Board of Central Ohio Diabetes Association will once again offer the College Scholarship Program to assist students with diabetes who will be attending an accredited public or private institute of higher learning in the fall of 2012.

To be eligible for a Women’s Board Scholarship, students must meet the following criteria:

            1.         Show competent diabetes management/demonstrate    exemplary adjustment to living with diabetes.

2.         Demonstrate exemplary scholastic achievement.

3.         Display involvement with the Central Ohio Diabetes Association programs or other community or extracurricular activities that indicate an interest in helping others and contributes to community awareness of diabetes.

4.         Will attend an accredited public or private school in the United States in the fall of 2012 as a full-time student.

5.         Show financial need in order to continue education.

6.         Reside in the central Ohio area.

 

Selection criteria will be based on academic achievement, diabetes-related activities, extracurricular activities, the applicant’s personal statement, one personal reference, statement of financial need and a medical recommendation.

 

Final selection of scholarship recipients will be made by a Scholarship Advisory Panel comprised of Women’s Board members, Central Ohio Diabetes Association Board of Directors and the Youth Committee.

The deadline for submitting applications is February 2, 2012.  Final selections will be made by April 6, 2012.

 

To obtain a scholarship application packet, students may call Central Ohio Diabetes Association at (614) 884-4400 or 1-800-422-7946 or email coda@diabetesohio.org.  The application packet may also be downloaded from www.diabetesohio.org under the Women’s Board section.