{"id":142981,"date":"2021-05-17T23:49:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T04:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=142981"},"modified":"2021-05-17T23:49:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T04:49:23","slug":"vw-health-names-5-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/17\/vw-health-names-5-scholarship-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"VW Health names 5 scholarship recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert Health announced winners of the 2021 Medical and Health Care Scholarship, an award for high school seniors pursuing continuing education within health care professions.&nbsp;The field was extremely competitive this year with applications from 110 high-achieving students.&nbsp;The selected candidates are a group of ambitious and talented students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, academic excellence, and a commitment to helping shape the future of health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-VW-Health-scholarship-recipients-collage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-VW-Health-scholarship-recipients-collage.jpg 580w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-VW-Health-scholarship-recipients-collage-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-VW-Health-scholarship-recipients-collage-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>2021 Van Wert Health scholarship recipients are (top row, from the left) Damon Wiltsie and Samantha Sellers; (bottom row) Lydia Miller, Nicole Knippen, and Rileigh Rahrig.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021 recipients, who will each receive a $1,000 scholarship, which may be renewed for a total of four years, are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nicole Knippen, Ottoville High School<\/li><li>Lydia Miller, Parkway High School<\/li><li>Rileigh Rahrig, Jefferson High School<\/li><li>Samantha Sellers, Lincolnview High School<\/li><li>Damon Wiltsie, Jefferson High School<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe quality of the applications we received was amazing.&nbsp;The Van Wert Health scholarship program is an investment in our community &#8212; an investment in a healthier future,\u201d said Jim Pope, president and CEO of Van Wert Health.&nbsp;\u201cThe program is part of a larger effort to address the nationwide shortage of healthcare workers.&nbsp;It really is a no-brainer for us to invest in this amazing group of scholars who wish to enter health care careers.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff and submitted information Van Wert Health announced winners of the 2021 Medical and Health Care Scholarship, an award for high school seniors pursuing continuing education within health care professions.&nbsp;The field was extremely competitive this year with applications from 110 high-achieving students.&nbsp;The selected candidates are a group of ambitious and talented students who have demonstrated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 02:24:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}