In order to be eligible for this award, the applicant must be a minority student who is underrepresented in their future professional field, and/or a student who has shown strong participation and commitment to minority communities. They also must demonstrate a financial need; show high academic achievement; provide an application essay, letter of recommendation, and complete a personal interview with the Diversity Commission Scholarship Committee.

The purpose of increasing the award to a full scholarship is to increase the minority enrollment at Northwestern and to provide better natural healthcare services to minority communities.

Northwestern also recently began offering a Student Diversity Leadership Scholarship to current students. This scholarship is awarded to one student each year. The student must be a T3 – T8 chiropractic student, T3 – T7 MCAOM student, or T1 – T3 massage student.

Source: Northwestern Health Sciences University, www.nwhealth.edu/nwtoday/index.html