Scholarship Opportunities
RSI Scholarships Now Available
RSI was awarded a grant from the State of MN Home and Community Based Services (HCBS). The purpose of this grant is to support training opportunities for employees in the field of long-term care or nursing that will encourage professional growth and development.
This grant allows RSI to provide money for additional training opportunities to employees above and beyond the training already offered by RSI. It provides money for employees to further their professional growth through formal credit and non-credit courses, university classes and external workshops and conferences.
All employees who have direct care responsibilities as part of their regular job and are regularly scheduled an average of 20 hours per week are eligible to apply for the scholarship dollars. All scholarship applications will be reviewed by an internal selection committee. Scholarships will be awarded based on availability of grant dollars, employee eligibility and relevance of the professional knowledge and skills to be acquired.
For an application and further details, contact Brandon Hendrickson, Staff Development Director via email, Messaging, or call 218-727-2696 x126.
Congratulations!
RSI would like to congratulate the following Scholarship winners:
Summer 2010
- Amber Johnson works at the Apple Ridge program. She was awarded $500 to prepare for her Registered Nursing certification.
- Angela Ritacco is a supervisor for the Northern St. Louis County ARMHS program. She was awarded $500 to purse her degree in Human Services from Mesabi Community College.
- Emily Klang works at the Hartley program. She was awarded $500, and is studying to become a Registered Nurse at Lake Superior College.
- Katie Orr from the Hunters Park program was awarded $500 to pursue her Nursing degree at the College of St. Scholastica.
- Joe Nosan is a PTA for all of RSI's programs. He was awarded $358 to attend training on Pressure Ulcer Management and Peripheral Neuropathy.
- Carolyn Ahistus is an LPN for Hartley, Jefferson, Morley Park, Hunter's Park, Oregon Creek and Chester Creek. She was awarded $169 to attend training on Pressure Ulcer Management.
Spring 2010
- Jade Baxley was awarded $1000 to pursue her RN degree at the College of St. Scholastica. She works at the Apple Ridge program.
- Heather Boser works at the RSI Jefferson program. She was awarded $1000 to study Registered Nursing at WITC.
- * Kelsi Cicmil, currently working at RSI's Peidmont program, was awarded $1000 to purse her degree in Registered Nursing from the College of St. Scholastica.
- Amanda Curto works at the Jefferson program. She was awarded $1000, and is studying Occupational Therapy at the College of St. Scholastica.
- Mykle Hadrava was awarded $1000 to study Nursing at the College of St. Scholastica. Mykle works at RSI's Endion West program.
- Brittany Letendre was awarded $1000 to study Nursing at the College of St. Scholastica. She works at the Jefferson program.
- Jesse Murphy, who works at the Hartley program, was awarded $1000. She is pursuing an RN degree from WITC.
- Joe Nosan was awarded $189 to attend a training on specialty products for our clients. He works between all of RSI's programs as a Physical Therapy Assistant.
- Brooke Rivera was awarded $784.16 to complete her Nursing Assistant program at Lake Superior College. She works at the Piedmont program.
- Gina Sanchez works at the RSI Hartley program. She was awarded $1000 to use toward her Registered Nursing education at Lake Superior College.
- Angela Zavodkik was awarded $1000 to pay for classes at Hibbing Community College in the Registered Nursing program. She works at RSI's Northern St. Louis County ARMHS program.
Fall 2009
- Clara Borrell was awarded $340 to pursue certification as a Certified Brain Injury Specialist from the Association of Brain Injury Specialists. She works at the Jefferson program.
- Heather Boser works at RSI's Jefferson program. She was awarded $2000 to use for her pursuit of a Nursing degree at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.
- Kelsi Cicmil works at RSI's Endion programs. She was awarded $2000 to help in her pursuit of a Nursing degree at the College of St. Scholastica.
- Alexa Cunz works at the RSI Hartley program. She was awarded $2000 to use for her pursuit of a Nursing degree at the College of St. Scholastica.
- Brittany Letendre was awarded $2000 to pursue her Registered Nursing degree at the College of St. Scholastica. She works at the RSI Jefferson program.
- Angela Ritacco was awarded $1852.08 to continue her studies at Mesabi Range Community and Technical College. Angela works at RSI's Northern St. Louis County ARMHS program and is pursing an AAS degree in Human Services.
- Shandell Vanlith works at RSI's Hunters Park program. She was awarded $1417.12 to use for her studies in the Nursing program at Lake Superior College.
- Angela Zavodkik was awarded $1080.38 to pay for classes at Hibbing Community College in the Registered Nursing program. She works at RSI's Northern St. Louis County ARMHS program.
Summer 2009
- Mykle Hadrava was awarded $3000 in order to pursue a Nursing degree at the College of St. Scholastica. She works at RSI's Endion programs.
- Jamie Flanagan from RSI's Bailey's program was awarded $1900 to pursue a Health Care Administration degree from the University of Phoenix.
- Joe Nosan is a Physical Therapy Assistant that works between all of RSI's programs. He was awarded $209 for a seminar on Rotator Cuff Syndrome.
- Kelsi Cicmil works at RSI's Endion East program. She was awarded $1498 to help in her pursuit of a Nursing degree at the College of St. Scholastica.
Eligibility:
- Applicant must have been employed by RSI for 6 months or more.
- Applicant must have acceptable work performance which includes satisfactory attendance record and performance evaluation and be approved by their supervisor.
- Applicant must have successfully completed all of RSI's Initial Trainings as specified in the Staff Training policy.
- Applicant must perform direct care duties as specified in their job description.
- Applicant must work an average of 20 hours per week.
- Training or course work must be related to the field of long-term health care, nursing or human services.
- Money awarded must only be used for qualified educational expenses including tuition, books and required fees.
Application Procedure:
- Eligible employees must submit a written application to the Staff Development Director. This application is available either from the Staff Development Director, or can be downloaded by clicking the following link: Scholarship Application. Please note that you may need Adobe Reader to view the PDF document.
- The Staff Development Director, with input from the review committee, will determine the actual amount of scholarship dollars awarded to each employee.
- Applicants may be asked to meet with the review committee for a personal interview following the committee's review of the application if needed.
- Applicant agrees to provide grades and progress reports and accountability of funds.
- Applicant will sign a scholarship agreement if a scholarship is granted.
Scholarships applications for traditional programs are due:
- July 10, 2010 for the Fall semester
The scholarship committee will review requests for non-traditional programs on an as-needed basis.
Next round of scholarship applications are due to Brandon by July 10, 2010
Expected Outcome for Employee Scholarship Recipients:
Employees receiving scholarship funds for college coursework or attendance at a workshop, in-service or conference or for books or other related expenses, will receive or be working towards some sort of career advancement as a direct result of the course of study. Examples include a degree or certification, a promotion, wage increase or one time bonus.
