Morgantown, W.Va. – Healthcare occupations are projected to grow 15% in the next decade, a faster pace than the average of all occupations, adding 2.4 million jobs.

Educating these new employees is expensive. The Mon Health Medical Center Foundation, in Morgantown, continues to make a difference for local students with a scholarship program to help them in their pursuit. The Foundation is offering a health career scholarship with the recipients receiving $1,000 per year for a maximum of four years.

The scholarship program is offered for students from Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur and Wetzel counties in West Virginia, and students from Fayette and Greene counties in Pennsylvania. The scholarship deadline is March 1, 2021. 

Applications are available from high school counselors in those counties, or on the website at www.monhealth.com/main/scholarship-program . Non-traditional students may also apply. Please obtain application and instructions for complete list of requirements.

For questions, contact Joanna Wiley, Scholarship Coordinator, Mon Health Medical Center Foundation at 304-598-1243 or WileyJ@MonHealthSys.org.

About Mon Health System: Mon Health System is an integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient centers and hospitals in North Central West Virginia that works together to make health care more accessible and affordable to the communities it serves. It includes four hospitals – its flagship, Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown; Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital in Kingwood; Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston; affiliate, Grafton City Hospital in Grafton; Mon Health Equipment & Supplies in Morgantown, Fairmont, and Weston; and The Village at Heritage Point. Mon Health System is also part of many Joint Ventures such as Healthworks, Acuity Hospital of Morgantown, Monongalia EMS, Amedisys Hospice, Care Partners, Encompass and the Mon Health Center for Outpatient Surgery to preserve choice, improve access and ensure the highest quality of care. For more information, visit monhealth.com.