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NORTHEASTERN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA (NESHAP)
2024 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
NESHAP is offering an undergraduate student scholarship for the 28th consecutive year. We are happy to announce a $1000 scholarship to be awarded during Spring 2024 semester. Eligible applicants must be full time, 1st or 2nd semester juniors, in speech pathology or audiology programs at the specified regional universities. They must maintain a 3.3 or higher QPA and be members of NSSLHA.
Application Instructions
Please prepare a single PDF document that contains the above items, in the order listed. This PDF must be emailed to neshapscholarship@gmail.com with the subject line: LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, NESHAP SCHOLARSHIP. In order to be eligible, this information must be received on or before the deadline for submission.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS MARCH 30, 2024.
The recipient of this scholarship will be announced at NESHAP's spring workshop. The scholarship winner will be invited to the spring workshop to accept the scholarship and provide a brief statement to the council and members present.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dave Spivak at 610-217-9918 or any member of the scholarship committee: Eileen Puglia 610-562-9512, Elaine Shuey 570-350-2155, or Andrea Novak 570- 348-6299 ext. 2144.
Use of Scholarship Funds
NESHAP trusts that the scholarship money will be used toward your education in some manner. The purchase of course related or professional books, speech-language pathology tests or therapy materials or payment toward tuition, laboratory fees, or other educationally related fees would be acceptable uses of this money.
Documentation of Scholarship Usage
The scholarship recipient should provide NESHAP with documentation prior to December 31, 2024 regarding the use of the scholarship money. This documentation should be sent to David Spivak via email to neshapscholarship@gmail.com.
We look forward to reading your applications!
David Spivak
NESHAP Scholarship Committee, Chair
Revised: 1/10/2024
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS AND THEIR UNIVERSITIES ARE:
2023 Carly DeMaria, Marywood University
2022 Angela Genter, Marywood University
2021 Nicole Koestler, Marywood University
2021 Mathew Kohan, Bloomsburg University
2020 Alana Talvacchia, Misericordia University
2019 Alana Talvacchia, Misericordia University
2018 Nicole Coombs, Marywood University
2017 Danielle Spagnuola, Misericordia University
2016 Samantha Buldo, Misericordia
2015 Kate Lebo, Marywood
2014 Laura Drake, Marywood
2013 Lauren Olsen, Marywood
2012 Heather Romanow, Marywood
2011 Elizabeth Schneider, Marywood
2010 Molly Correl, Misericordia
2009 Jessica Williams, BU
2008 Kristina McCreesh, KU
David J. Flynn, BU
2007 Grace Bauer, KU
2006 Heather Applebaum,KU
2005 Lauren Keil, KU
Mary Bauman, BU
2004 Rachel Panas, KU
2003 Michelle Brennan, BU
Dana Morse, KU
2002 Rebecca Yocum, KU
Lisa Reppert, KU
2001 Dayna Gulden, BU
Regina Illig, KU
2000 Jennifer Lantz, BU
Heather Boyd, KU
1999 Jennifer Strauss, KU
Gina Lasky, KU
1998 Amy Hunter, BU
Megan Kindt, BU
1997 Roseanne Billone, KU
Suzanne Hartman, ESU
1996 Denise Pizzarro, ESU
2024 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
NESHAP is offering an undergraduate student scholarship for the 28th consecutive year. We are happy to announce a $1000 scholarship to be awarded during Spring 2024 semester. Eligible applicants must be full time, 1st or 2nd semester juniors, in speech pathology or audiology programs at the specified regional universities. They must maintain a 3.3 or higher QPA and be members of NSSLHA.
Application Instructions
- Complete and submit the application form with required signatures
- Submit two current letters of recommendation written by professionals in the speech-language pathology or audiology field. These letters should address personal qualities that are desired in clinicians, such as empathy, sensitivity to the needs of others, passion for advocacy, anger at injustice, etc.
- Submit a transcript (official or unofficial) reflecting performance through the Fall 2023 semester. This transcript must include your cumulative QPA.
- Submit: an essay addressing one of the following topics:
- What obstacles have you overcome that have contributed to your growth as a student?
- What personal experiences have you had that will increase your sensitivity to your
client’s individual needs? - Describe a life lesson that you have learned as a result of something you did not do as
well as you hoped.
This essay must be typed and double-spaced. It may not exceed two pages.
- Submit a statement indicating whether or not you grant permission to have your essay in its entirety appear on NESHAP’s website (http://neshap.org/index.) Only the essay of the winning recipient will appear.
Please prepare a single PDF document that contains the above items, in the order listed. This PDF must be emailed to neshapscholarship@gmail.com with the subject line: LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, NESHAP SCHOLARSHIP. In order to be eligible, this information must be received on or before the deadline for submission.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS MARCH 30, 2024.
The recipient of this scholarship will be announced at NESHAP's spring workshop. The scholarship winner will be invited to the spring workshop to accept the scholarship and provide a brief statement to the council and members present.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dave Spivak at 610-217-9918 or any member of the scholarship committee: Eileen Puglia 610-562-9512, Elaine Shuey 570-350-2155, or Andrea Novak 570- 348-6299 ext. 2144.
Use of Scholarship Funds
NESHAP trusts that the scholarship money will be used toward your education in some manner. The purchase of course related or professional books, speech-language pathology tests or therapy materials or payment toward tuition, laboratory fees, or other educationally related fees would be acceptable uses of this money.
Documentation of Scholarship Usage
The scholarship recipient should provide NESHAP with documentation prior to December 31, 2024 regarding the use of the scholarship money. This documentation should be sent to David Spivak via email to neshapscholarship@gmail.com.
We look forward to reading your applications!
David Spivak
NESHAP Scholarship Committee, Chair
Revised: 1/10/2024
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS AND THEIR UNIVERSITIES ARE:
2023 Carly DeMaria, Marywood University
2022 Angela Genter, Marywood University
2021 Nicole Koestler, Marywood University
2021 Mathew Kohan, Bloomsburg University
2020 Alana Talvacchia, Misericordia University
2019 Alana Talvacchia, Misericordia University
2018 Nicole Coombs, Marywood University
2017 Danielle Spagnuola, Misericordia University
2016 Samantha Buldo, Misericordia
2015 Kate Lebo, Marywood
2014 Laura Drake, Marywood
2013 Lauren Olsen, Marywood
2012 Heather Romanow, Marywood
2011 Elizabeth Schneider, Marywood
2010 Molly Correl, Misericordia
2009 Jessica Williams, BU
2008 Kristina McCreesh, KU
David J. Flynn, BU
2007 Grace Bauer, KU
2006 Heather Applebaum,KU
2005 Lauren Keil, KU
Mary Bauman, BU
2004 Rachel Panas, KU
2003 Michelle Brennan, BU
Dana Morse, KU
2002 Rebecca Yocum, KU
Lisa Reppert, KU
2001 Dayna Gulden, BU
Regina Illig, KU
2000 Jennifer Lantz, BU
Heather Boyd, KU
1999 Jennifer Strauss, KU
Gina Lasky, KU
1998 Amy Hunter, BU
Megan Kindt, BU
1997 Roseanne Billone, KU
Suzanne Hartman, ESU
1996 Denise Pizzarro, ESU