The volunteer program at Coliseum Health System recently awarded a total of $10,000 in academic scholarships to local students.  Ten individual scholarships worth $1,000 were presented to graduating high school seniors and post-secondary students who are pursuing healthcare degrees.  Scholarship funds are raised each year by the volunteers of Coliseum Medical Centers and Coliseum Northside Hospital.
 
The recipients of the scholarships were:
·         Bayleigh Carver, graduate of Howard High School and is attending the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. She is pursuing a career in Pharmacy.

·         Allison Estes, graduate of First Presbyterian Day School and is attending the University of Georgia. She plans to pursue a career in Pediatric Oncology.

·         Maggie Floyd graduate of Twiggs Academy and is attending Middle Georgia State University and is pursuing Pre-Med.

·         Courtney Knight, graduate of Shorter University and is attending Mercer Pharmacy School to pursue Pharmacy.

·         Courtney Lawrence, graduate of First Presbyterian Day School. She will be attending Georgia Southern University and pursue a career in nursing.

·         Chiamaka Nwokeocha, graduate of Central High School and is attending Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She wants to pursue a career in Pediatrics.

·         Tasha Ogoh, graduate of Central High School and is attending Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia and wants to pursue a career in Pediatrics.

·         Trey Powell, graduate of Howard High School and is attending UGA in Athens, Georgia He plans to pursue a career in Biomedical Engineering.

·         Katherine Strickland, graduate of First Presbyterian Day School and is attending Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia and wants to pursue a career in Biomedical Engineering.

·         Auriel Wright, graduate of Northeast High School and is attending Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  She is pursuing a career in Epidemiology.