Diversified Investment Advisors Leaders in Health Care Scholarship

The Diversified Investment Advisors Leaders in Health Care Scholarship is a $5,000 opportunity.

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About Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.

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Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc. is a national investment advisory firm specializing in retirement plans. The company’s expertise covers the entire spectrum of defined benefit and defined contribution plans, including: 401(k) and 403(b) (Traditional and Roth); 457; non-qualified deferred compensation; profit sharing; money purchase; cash balance and Taft-Hartley plans; and traditional rollover and Roth IRAs. Diversified helps more than 1.4 million participants save and invest wisely to and through retirement. Headquartered in Purchase, NY, the company’s regional offices are located in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. To learn more, visitwww.divinvest.com

Eligibility Criteria

The Diversified Scholarship is available to first and second year graduate students who are pursuing degrees in healthcare administration or comparable degree program (i.e., MBA, MPH, MHA, MPA, MSN or BSN).

Individuals must demonstrate financial need, a commitment to community service and excel academically (minimum 3.0 GPA). Candidates for the 2007-2008 Scholarship Program must be a member of a federally classified ethnic minority group and have proof of US citizenship.

Application Instructions

Please complete the application, typing or printing legibly.

Include a resume or curriculum vitae, separately (Note: A resume or curriculum vitae are not acceptable alternatives to a completed application).
Write a personal statement (maximum one page) describing your interest in health care management and your career goals and respond to the essay question (1-2 pages) below. All written responses are to be single spaced.
Essay Question: What do you see as the most challenging issue facing America’s Hospitals and Health Systems (or health care system) in the future?
At least one letter of recommendation is also required. References must use the attached form at the back of this application.
Final candidates are also required to complete a phone interview.

Once this application and all of the other required documents are complete you must submit them along with two (2) additional photocopies (for a total of three) to the address below. The Institute will not make photocopies of your application packet for you.

Submit your originals and the photocopies to:
Institute for Diversity inHealth Management
American Hospital Association
One North Franklin, 30th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312.422.2658 | Fax: 312.895.2561

Please do not hesitate to contact our offices at institute@aha.org if you have any additional questions.