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, RCT messaging, or call 218-727-2696 x126.
Congratulations!
RSI would like to congratulate the following Scholarship winners:
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.
Winter 2008/Spring 2009
- Heather Boser works at the RSI Jefferson program. She was awarded $1500 to pursue a RN degree at WITC.
- Kristine Dormiendo works at the RSI Oregon Creek program. She was awarded $1500 to pursue a Human Services degree from Capella University.
- Renee Snaza from RSI's Oregon Creek program was awarded $100 to attend a conference on Alzheimer's and Dementia.
- Joe Nosan is a Physical Therapy Assistant that works between all of RSI's programs. He was awarded $239 to attend a training on Treatment of Shoulder Dysfunction.
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:
- November 10, 2009 for Spring 2010 semester
- April 10, 2010 for Summer 2010 semester
- 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 November 10, 2009
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.
