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ORS PT Scholarships

$2500 Scholarships for 3rd Year PT Students in Michigan

Apply for the ORS PT Scholarship to help you reach your goal of becoming the PT you know you can be!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO APPLIED FOR OUR 2025 SCHOLARSHIPS!

Our application process is closed for this year.

The winners will be announced at the 2024 APTA of Michigan conference in Troy.

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About the ORS Scholarships:

Purpose

This scholarship is intended to reward and encourage PT students who exemplify the four core values of Orthopaedic Rehab Specialists (ORS): Respect, Environment, Accountability, and Service.

3rd Year Students

Four scholarships will be awarded in each academic year to a third-year student currently enrolled in a Michigan PT education program. Winners of these scholarships will each be paid a stipend of $2,500.

Winners

The APTA Michigan Institute for Education and Research Trustees will provide the winners of the scholarships with their checks at the APTA Michigan Fall Conference Awards Ceremony.

Scolarship Application

ORS PT Scholarships

Applicants will submit the following requirements on aptami.org as one PDF document:

Cover letter describing career objectives and highlighting how they exemplify the four core values of ORS.
Resume.
Unofficial transcript confirming current enrollment in a Michigan PT education program.
One letter of recommendation from a faculty member.
One letter of recommendation from a clinical instructor.
One letter of recommendation from a community member.

The scholarships will be decided by a committee chaired by a Trustee of the APTA Michigan Institute for Education and Research. This committee will consist of at least two other Trustees of the APTA Michigan Institute and at least one representative of ORS. The scholarship recipients will be chosen based on the following criteria:

Student will be in good academic standing.
Student desires to practice and gain advanced learning in a clinical setting.
Student exemplifies the core value of Respect
- They are kind and considerate to fellow students, faculty, community members, and patients of all ages and backgrounds.
- They treat everyone as a VIP (Very Individual Person), understanding and accepting that individual differences exist among all people.
- They treat individuals as the individual would want to be treated.
Student exemplifies the core value of Environment
- They create a fun, positive, and healing environment through encouragement, laughter, and active listening.
- They demonstrate empathy towards others, providing a safe space for others to express themselves.
Student exemplifies the core value of Accountability
- They are prepared physically, emotionally, and mentally to perform their necessary responsibilities.
- They are dependable, doing what is expected from, and for, others.
- They perform tasks in a timely manner.
Student exemplifies the core value of Service
- They go above and beyond the expectations of others and are responsive to the needs of others.
- They show active interest in serving others in their communities.
- They do “Whatever they can, for Whomever they can, Whenever they can”.

Mackenzie Ashby - Columbia HS
Hayden Voss - Dansville HS
Payton Mapes - East Jackson HS
Isabella Villenueva - Eaton Rapids HS
Barrett Bagby - Grass Lake HS
Lauren Grasso - Holt HS
Jordyn Austin - Homer HS
Christen Morrison - Jonesville HS
Jolan Robinson - Leslie HS
Hailey Rogers - Lumen HS
Ashley Wassner - Mason HS
Abbie Bushinski- Northwest HS
Danielle Cheney - Vandercook HS
Halle Gore - Western HS

2023 ORS High School Scholarship Winners

Sasha Sherrick - Dansville HS
Madison Coburn - Concord HS
Robert Noyes - Eaton Rapids HS
Ella Easterday - Grass Lake HS
Mia Anderson - Grand Ledge HS
Halle Curtis - Hanover Horton HS
Sophia Miller - Holt HS
Peyton James - Holt HS
Tiana Palmer - Jonesville HS
Tyler Burley - Leslie HS
Olivia Berner - Lumen Christi HS
Kristine Li - Mason HS
Keegan Schoendorf - Napoleon HS
Courtney Miller - Northwest HS
Ella Bivens - Western HS
Alyssa Browning - Wilson Talent Center

Madison Connelly - Concord HS
Margaret Monroe - Eaton Rapids HS
Taylor Good - Hanover Horton HS
Claire Groenewoud - Holt HS
Kaden Playford - Jonesville HS
Emma Smieska- Leslie HS
Olivia Darnell - Napoleon HS
Kyle Stiles - Vandercook Lake HS
Sydney Hagelberger -Dansville HS
Welsey Good - Grass Lake HS
Tammy Thai - Holt HS
Makenzie Baker - Jonesville HS
Cecilia Morrison - Leslie HS
Eric Rice - Mason HS
Jadyn Sayles - Northwest HS
Cecily Watterson - Western HS
Alexis Beach - Wilson Talent Center

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