Three earn Hospital Auxiliary awards

Crystal R. Albers
Posted 6/6/18

This year, the Community Hospital Auxiliary awarded an unprecedented three scholarships to students in the area.

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Three earn Hospital Auxiliary awards

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GOSHEN COUNTY – This year, the Community Hospital Auxiliary awarded an unprecedented three scholarships to students in the area. Torrington High School graduates Shelby Luttrell and Chase Dominguez, as well as Eastern Wyoming College student Maria Chavez, each received $1,000 from the organization.

Angie Neider, chairman of the selection committee, said the decision to award three scholarships – instead of the usual two – came after considering a particularly talented applicant pool.

“We (choose based) on their essays,” Neider said. “They have to write an essay (regarding) what made them choose the medical field and if they’ve done any work around the community. They discuss their unique attributes, personalities, anything they’d like to share. There are four of us (on the committee), we have the criteria applicants have to meet, and we read the essays and judge them ourselves, then come to a consensus.”

Other criteria include educational accomplishments and activities both in and out of school. Applicants also must have lived in Goshen County and plan to enter a medical field.

“They have to be from Goshen County,” Neider said. “And if they want to reapply, they can, as long as they have lived in Goshen County.”

Near the beginning of every year, the auxiliary makes applications available at all local high schools, Eastern Wyoming College and in the gift shop at Community Hospital in Torrington.

“This year, the deadline was April 6, and we put the applications out the end of January,” Neider said. The auxiliary raises funds for the scholarships through Christmas cookie sales, Lights of Love, and other projects.

As for this year’s winners, Luttrell plans to go into pre-medicine at the University of Wyoming, Dominguez’s goal is to get his bachelor of science in nursing, and Chavez hopes to become a registered nurse.