TBH awards annual scholarships Five employees' children are newest recipients

For the seventh consecutive year, recipients of scholarships given to children of The Bellevue Hospital's (TBH) employees were announced during National Hospital Week, May 11-17.

"The scholarships began as a way of investing in the future of healthcare and of providing an additional benefit for our employees," said Michael K. Winthrop, president and CEO of The Bellevue Hospital. "We are pleased to again offer the scholarships to a deserving group of individuals."

The Bellevue Hospital awards up to 10 $1,500 scholarships to eligible dependents of its full or part-time employees, who have worked two consecutive years at the hospital. The students are to be enrolled in post high school academic programs, with a minimum of three of the scholarships reserved for students in healthcare related fields of study.

Employees must first make application for the scholarship prior to March 31. The Scholarship Committee then meets to select the finalists for the award, and the recipients are announced during National Hospital Week. Members of the Award Selection Committee were: Dwight Hogue, Cheryl Seymour, Carolyn Farrar, Jean Zimmerman, and Daniel Herring, D.O.

This year's five recipients are:

Healthcare Careers:

Amanda Pensiero, Biology, The Ohio State University, daughter of Denise Pensiero, Environmental Services Department, and Christopher Pensiero, D.P.M., Bellevue;

Alicia Williams, Exercise Science, University of Toledo, daughter of Laurie Williams, Family Birthing Center, and Roger Williams, Clyde; and

Mariah Strayer, Pre-Med, Baldwin-Wallace College, daughter of Meloney Strayer, Surgery, and John Strayer, Bellevue;

Non-Medical Careers:

Nina Frost, Middle Childhood Education, Bowling Green State University, daughter of Pam Frost, Surgery, and Brian Frost, Bellevue; and

Brianne Henney, Business Administration/Dance, University of Akron, daughter of Alison Henney, Family Birthing Center, and Greg Henney, Bellevue.