Healthy Generations Center of Excellence
Scholars Program
Application Deadline: May 4th, 2018
(Applications will not be accepted after this date)
University of Washington students with interest in Multigenerational practice in the Evening Degree, Advanced Standing or Second-Year MSW program or the UW Tacoma Social Work Program who are interested in social work practice with older adults and their families as well as multigenerational practice in prevention, health promotion, and aging well among midlife and older adults, their families and caregivers, are invited to apply for a designated Healthy Generations Center of Excellence Scholarship.
Overview
The Healthy Generations Center of Excellence is a bi-campus collaboration of the University of Washington School of Social Work and the University of Washington Tacoma Social Work Program.
The Healthy Generations Center of Excellence is distinguished by its focus on innovation and responding to the changing nature of aging in our society. The Center incorporates a multigenerational perspective to address health disparities to promote health equity and the well-being of older adults, their families and caregivers. The goals of the Center are:
Scholarship Information
Successful applicants will demonstrate an established and strong commitment to working with midlife and older adults and their families and caregivers, prevention and cross-generational health promotion, and healthy aging. Scholarship recipients will be selected based on a competitive process for one $3,000 financial award to be applied to the student’s UW Husky account. The award will be divided across three quarters. Two students will also be selected for $1,000.00 awards to be paid in the fall quarter.
Application Requirements
Email all application materials to UWaging@uw.edu no later than May 4, 2018