Two CCSNMTS Funded Scholarships Awarded

The Education and Research Foundation of the SNM has awarded two $1,000 Paul Cole Scholarships to technology students in the Central Chapter, funded by the Central Chapter’s Technologist Section. The 2007 Scholarship Winners are:

Dennis Flood, Mayo School of Health Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota
John Williams, Triton College, Chicago, Illinois

This is the second year the Technologist Section has provided $2,000 in financial support for scholarships for students in the Central Chapter. The 2006 scholarship winners were Georgiena Stefanatos, Elmhurst College/Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Susie Zumbahlen, from the Central Chapter region, but a student at St. Louis University.

The Paul Cole Scholarship is named in memory of Paul Cole, CNMT, who served as President of the SNM Technologist Section (SNMTS) in 1986 and who was known as a champion of education for technologists.

To be eligible for the Paul Cole Scholarship, candidates must:

Demonstrate financial need
Be enrolled or accepted in an institution accredited through the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT). The Award is open to students in associate, baccalaureate and certificate level programs.
Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale) or B average in a nuclear medicine technology core curriculum

Other students in the Central Chapter receiving Paul Cole Scholarships in 2007 include:

Emily Bindl, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Vana Hansch, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, La Crosse, WI
Kathleen Linehan, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Sarah Pyatt, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Brooke Whitcher, Mayo School of Health Sciences, Rochester, MN
Lindsay Ferguson, The University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
Bryce Bakkedahl, Mayo School of Health Sciences, Rochester, MN
Kathy Carpenter, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Ashley Munson, Mayo School of Health Sciences, Rochester, MN
Sheela Shivraman, William Beaumont Nuclear Medicine Program, Royal Oak, MI
Beth Tichelar, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, IL