Health Sciences Funds
Total funds: 10
Safety Program Excellence Fund
The Safety Program Excellence Fund will be used to keep the Safety Program relevant and on the cutting edge. This fund supports the highest priority initiatives for educating students and advancing best practices in safety, and is critical to expanding the national reputation and excellence of the Safety Program and its students. The fund will be used to provide student scholarship and general operating support for the Safety program.
Additionally Supports: ADM Cares Discovery Scholarship, Ronald L. Budig Leadership Award
Department of Health Sciences Excellence Fund
The Department of Health Sciences Excellence Fund provides support for the activities, programs, and operations, including named commemorative scholarships and awards, of the department.
Additionally Supports: HPE Professional Development Award, Health Information Management Award, Janet Long Award
Health Information Management Fund
The Health Information Management Fund was established in 2003. The fund provides support for the activities, programs, and operations, including named commemorative scholarships and awards, of the program.
Department of Health Sciences General Scholarship Fund
The purpose of this fund is to provide educational support to undergraduate students majoring in any program within the Department of Health Sciences. The purpose of this fund is to provide educational support to undergraduate students majoring in any program within the Department of Health Sciences.
Heinz Russelmann Scholarship
This endowment was established in 1992 by Heinz Russelmann and friends in the Department of Health Sciences. He was a faculty member from 1976-1995. The scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior student majoring in environmental health with a commitment to excellence and to the profession. Assets of this endowment are invested in the Illinois State University Endowment Investment Pool. Heinz Russelmann was a Health Sciences faculty member from 1976 to 1995. This scholarship was established to honor his commitment to excellence and to the environmental health profession. It recognizes students majoring in Environmental Health who are leaders and active in program, professional, or community activities.
Kris and George Byrns Environmental Health Discovery Endowed Scholarship
The Kris and George Byrns Environmental Health Discovery Endowed Scholarship provides support to students who are pursuing a degree in environmental health. Byrns spent 25 years working in environmental health with the USPHS Indian Health Service before becoming a faculty member of the Illinois State University Department of Health Sciences in 1999. Like many undergraduate students, Dr. Byrns had several declared majors before discovering the environmental health program at Colorado State University.
Jennifer Wood Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship
The Jennifer Wood Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship supports a junior or senior with a declared major in Medical Laboratory Science who plans to complete professional practice in the next 12 months. Jennifer Wood graduated from Illinois State in 1997 with a degree in Clinical Laboratory Science.
Health Promotion and Education Excellence Fund
The Health Promotion and Education Excellence Fund was established in 2019 to support health promotion and education activities and programs in the Department of Health Sciences.
Maurine Corsaut Clinical Laboratory Science Scholarship
This endowment was established by Maurine Corsaut when she retired from the Department of Health Sciences. She taught at Illinois State University from 1970-1990. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time student at the junior or senior level, majoring in clinical laboratory science. Assets of this endowment are invested in the Illinois State University Endowment Investment Pool. The Maurine Corsaut Clinical Laboratory Science Scholarship was established by friends and family of Maurine Corsaut when she retired from the Department of Health Sciences. She taught at Illinois State University from 1970-1990. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time student at the junior or senior level, majoring in Clinical Laboratory Science.
Health Information Management (HIM) Scholarship Fund
The Health Information Management (HIM) Scholarship Fund was established by Jane Turley in order to support second semester junior students, with financial need, fulfill their summer professional practice.