Health & Wellness

Three areas within Memorial Health have awarded scholarships this year to local seniors.

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

• McKenna Boger, a senior at Marysville Early College High School, will be working towards earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Ohio University. She was also recognized for being a student volunteer at Memorial for three years.
• Elaina Channel, a senior at Marysville High School, has plans to attend Miami University to secure a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry with a Spanish minor. She was also recognized for serving as a student volunteer at Memorial for two years.
• Kenadi McLeod, a senior at North Union High School, will work toward a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Kent State University.
• Mallory Seman, a senior at Marysville High School, will be working towards a Bachelor of Science in dental hygiene from The Ohio State University. Seman was also a student volunteer at Memorial for one year.
• Hannah Standley, a senior at Fairbanks High School, will be pursuing a psychology degree at Grace College, with future plans to be a health psychologist.
• Clariana Thomas, a senior at Marysville Early College High School, will be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biology with a pre-med track at Central Michigan 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 eighteen years.

Three 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 $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 2024 include:

• Elle Martter, a senior at Marysville High School, volunteered over 209 hours with three years of service.
• Libby Ramge, a senior at Marysville High School, volunteered over 320 hours with three years of service.
• Aleah Tornberg, a senior at Marysville High School, volunteered over 239 hours with three years of service.

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

Finally, a selection committee has awarded the winner of the 2024 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 Claire Wolfe, a 2016 graduate of North Union High School. Wolfe has earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Dayton and is currently a third-year medical student at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic 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 first year for the scholarship.