Baxter Sponsors 2015 Education Advantage Scholarships
Corporation is sponsoring the Education
Advantage scholarship program to help eligible members of the hemophilia
community offset the costs of higher education, advance their careers, and
pursue their dreams.
The scholarship program is open to people withhemophilia A or B (factor VIII or IX deficiency), including those with
inhibitors (factor VIII or IX deficiency), regardless of which brand of factor
treatment they use.
variety of educational options, including four-year bachelor’s degrees,
associate’s degrees, technical/vocational certifications, as well as the GED
Test. Scholarships will be awarded up to:
– $7,000 renewable for up the three additional years
College/Technical School: $1,000 – renewable up to one additional year
(one time only)
To date, 211 scholarships that include 113 renewals have been awarded, totaling
more than
$1.1 million. The Education Advantage
program is supported financially by Baxter and administered by Scholarship
America, the nation’s leading independent scholarship program
administrator. Scholarship America
reviews all scholarship applications, determines eligibility, and selects the
scholarship recipients. Baxter has no input into the selection of recipients
Advantage scholarship program applications are available as at https://www.scholarsapply.org/baxteredge,
or by calling Scholarship America at 877-544-3018, or by emailing baxter@scholarshipamerica.org.
Applicants can apply online, download the application and mail it in, or
request a paper application.
Completed applications for scholarship renewals are due to Scholarship
America by February 15, 2015, while the deadline for new applications is April
15, 2015.
including eligibility requirements, visit www.scholarshipamerica.org/baxteredge,
call Scholarship America at
877-544-3018, or send an email to baxter@scholarshipamerica.org.
to read about previous recipients of Education
Advantage scholarships and receive tips about preparing for college.
Nava.baxter.com also highlights other resources offered by Baxter to help
patients advance their lives, focusing on career development, health
management, and community involvement.
Baxter is a registered trademark of Baxter International Inc. USBS/MG1/14-0980 January
2015
by David RobertsIncredible true story of Australian Douglas Mawson, who led the Australian Antarctic Expedition from 1911-1913, during the so-called Heroic Age of Antarctic Expedition. Leading one group of three that set out to measure and scientifically observe new territory in the Antarctic, Mawson lost one comrade to a glacier; the other slowly and painfully died while he and Mawson tried to return to base camp. Left alone, with limited food and no dogs, in a land where the wind routinely blows at 65 mph, and the temperature is 40° below, Mawson, starving, somehow survives 31 days and single-handedly finds his way back to his waiting teammates. It is an amazing, incredible story of survival, full of suffering beyond measure, but I’d say one of the greatest story of survival in the history of exploration. Roberts takes unneccesary swipes at Lennard Bickel’s excellent book, Mawson’s Will, which helped the world outside of Australia first get to know this remarkable man and his unforgettable story. Four/five stars.
