Aultman Foundation donates $30,000
to Stark State College for health scholarships

Aultman Foundation has donated $30,000 to Stark State College to establish an endowment that will award scholarships to students majoring in health programs.

“We are very grateful to Aultman Foundation for providing scholarships to our students majoring in health,” said Dr. John O’Donnell, president of Stark State College. “Scholarships are critical to our students’ ability to begin and complete college. They are helpful to students of all ages, those entering college directly from high school as well as nontraditional students who work, have homes and families and struggle to pay for tuition and books.

“In addition to scholarships, Aultman Foundation donated $50,000 last summer to fund a nursing lab in the new Health Sciences Building currently under construction on our campus,” O’Donnell said. “The new lab will enable the College to expand capacity and improve nursing education, which will benefit students, health care employers and the community.”

Bill Strohmenger, vice president of the Aultman Health Institute and a member of the Stark State Foundation Board, said Aultman’s goal is to help students achieve their academic goals. “Aultman established the scholarships to assist individual students in their pursuit of associate degrees in various health programs. In doing so, we are also ensuring that the region benefits from well-educated health professionals who can deliver the quality health care all of us need.”

“The Stark State Foundation appreciates Aultman’s gifts for scholarships and program support,” said Stark State Foundation Board President Paul Feaser. “Stark State students, today and in the future, will benefit from the state-of-the-art nursing laboratory and scholarships to help them achieve their goals of entering health professions.”

The Stark State Foundation is a not-for-profit 501( c) 3 tax-exempt organization formed in 1986 to seek, receive, and distribute funds, equipment, property and other gifts for the benefit of the students of Stark State College.
 

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