St. Luke offers eight $500 scholarships

Once again, St. Luke Community Healthcare is offering $500 college scholarships to high school seniors at eight area high schools. Counselors at Arlee, Charlo, Hot Springs, Polson, Ronan, St. Ignatius, Two Eagle River School, and Mission Valley Christian Academy have received the scholarship application instruction sheet.

The yearly presentation of $4,000 to local high school graduates is named in honor of longtime employee and former St. Luke Director of Nursing Rosemary Miller.

“We hope that the example demonstrated by this exceptional person will inspire others to further their education – particularly in healthcare,” explained St. Luke CEO Steve Todd.

He added that, “a dependent of a St. Luke employee or a student majoring in a health-related field may be given preference – but certainly those are not the only students who should consider applying.”

The basic criteria for a Rosemary Miller Memorial Scholarship is a high school cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. Other factors that are considered include: activities, honors, awards, community service and educational goals.

“The family is thrilled to have our mother’s dedication and commitment to health care recognized in this fashion,” said Leah Emerson, one of five girls and four boys born to Rosemary and Harry Miller.

Emerson noted that her mother’s devotion to caring for others inspired all of her daughters to enter professions which focused on human services in some manner, including nursing, early childhood development, speech pathology, and disability services.

Scholarship applications are available at any of the eight high school counselor offices or at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan (107 6th Ave. SW). They must be returned to the attention of Hospital Administration no later than Monday, April 17.