Health & Wellness

May 29, 2026 – Three areas within Memorial Health have awarded scholarships this year to local seniors.

Six high school seniors who live in Union County and plan to study healthcare and science-related college majors each received $1,000 in Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Scholarships at recent high school award ceremonies:

• Rida Ali, a senior at Dublin Jerome High School, has a career goal of becoming an Emergency Medicine Physician. She was also recognized for being a student volunteer at Memorial for two years.
• Hannah Boehm, a senior at Fairbanks High School, has plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in biology at Cedarville University, followed by graduate school to become a physician assistant. Boehm has volunteered and interned with Memorial for over two years, dedicating time within Memorial’s inpatient and emergency departments.
• Evan Brown, a senior at Marysville Early College High School, plans to study pre-medicine at the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. He has volunteered at Memorial in both nutrition care and physical therapy.
• Cade Bryant, a senior at Marysville High School, will attend The Ohio State University to secure a bachelor’s degree of science in nursing, as well as his RN licensure. Bryant also volunteered with Memorial in nutrition care, later moving to the emergency department.
• Mallory Temple, a senior at North Union High School, plans to attend the University of Findlay to earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
• Chloe Wilson, a senior at Jonathan Alder High School, will be studying a dual major in Food Science & Technology, along with Neuroscience at The Ohio State University.

All scholarship applications were submitted to the Union County Foundation, which administers the process. The Memorial Hospital Medical Staff has awarded scholarships to area seniors for twenty years.

Five high school seniors who are current or past student volunteers at Memorial, are in good standing with the Volunteer Services program, and are pursuing higher education after high school each received either $500 or $1,000 in Memorial Health Volunteer Services Scholarships. The selection criteria are based on length of service, total number of volunteer service hours, attendance record, and an essay summarizing the volunteer experience. Recipients for 2026 include:

• Ishan Ghosh, a senior at Dublin Jerome High School, volunteered over 380 hours with three years of service.
• Caitlyn Kolopajlo, a senior at Marysville Early College High School, volunteered over 332 hours with two years of service.
• Eugenia Mata Trujillo, a senior at Ohio Hi-Point/Marysville Early College High School, volunteered over 611 hours with three and half years of service.
• Ethan McLeish, a senior at Marysville Early College High School, volunteered over 278 hours with two years of service.
• Wesley Paul, a senior at Marysville High School, volunteered over 418 hours with four years of service.

This is the fifth year for the Memorial Health Volunteer Services Scholarship.

Finally, a selection committee has awarded the winner of the 2026 Dr. Douglas S. Skura Scholarship, a medical school scholarship created by the Medical Staff of Memorial Hospital in memory of Douglas Stephen Skura, MD. Dr. Skura was a compassionate Memorial Health team member and devoted physician for over 15 years. He provided unwavering dedication to his patients and found great purpose in taking care of others. This scholarship was established to recognize the contributions he made to medicine and honor his legacy.

This year’s recipient is Katie Krueger, a 2021 graduate of Marysville High School. Krueger has earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with minors in Biology and Chemistry from Lee University. This fall she will be starting her second year of medical school at the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine.

The Dr. Douglas S. Skura Scholarship is intended to defray costs of tuition, lab fees, and text books while working toward the attainment of either a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.). The applicant must currently reside in Union County, Ohio; have graduated from a high school in Union County, Ohio; be employed at Memorial Hospital (Marysville, Ohio); or be an immediate relative of an employee at Memorial Hospital. This is the third year for the scholarship.