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Salus University Scholarships
Alumni Class Scholarship Madlyn & Leonard Abramson Scholarship Administrative & Professional Council Scholarship Elsie Wrigh Billmeier Memorial Scholarship Alma L. Boben Scholarship CIBA Vision Scholarship 1973 Class Memorial Scholarship William J. Condon Scholarship William Decter Memorial Scholarship Sol Deglin Memorial Scholarship Milton J. Eger Scholarship Faculty Scholarship Barry Farkas Scholarship Marvin Fiegelman Scholarship George H. Crozier Scholarship Herbert L. Goldberger Scholarship Lawrence Gray Neuro-Ophthalmic Scholarship Martin & Florence Hafter Scholarship Edward Hueber Scholarship A. Michael Iatesta Scholarship Harry Kaplan Scholarship J. Donald Kratz Scholarship Thomas L. Lewis Endowment Fund New Jersey Academy of Optometry
George S. Osborne Audiology Scholarship Algernon A. Phillips Award Harry G. Phillips Scholarship Onofrey G. Rybachok Scholarship Maria T. Rynkiewicz Scholarship Herbert & Adrienne Schoenes Scholarship Boris I. & Bessie S. Sinoway Scholarship Richard W. Stockton, OD Scholarship Joseph C. Toland Memorial Scholarship Al & Kathryn Tordella Scholarship Vision Benefits of America Vistakon Diversity Scholarship VSP Clifford C. Wagner Scholarship Doris A. Wagner Scholarship William G. Walton Scholarship Harold & Ginny Wiener Scholarship Melvin D. Wolfberg Scholarship Alison Barinas Scholarship Cohen Scholarship Jeffrey Cohen Scholarship Frank Montemuro Scholarship Anita T. Pikus Memoria Endowed Student Excellence Scholarship
“Dear Harry Kaplan Scholarship Donor, I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude for the generous scholarship that I have been awarded. These funds will be applied towards my Optometry graduate school tuition. I hope one day I will be able to help students achieve their goals just as you have helped me. Thank you for your generosity.”
-Kiera Jeschke
“Dear Donors of the George Osborne Scholarship, Hello! My name is Renee Kochinski, and I am currently a second-year Audiology student. I want to extend my sincerest appreciation to you for your generous donation. I am honored to have been selected for this scholarship. Receiving this has allowed me to update my technology, such as my computer, and printer for school. With learning being remote due to Covid-19, this was extremely necessary. Your donation has impacted me tremendously and will continue to help throughout my next few semesters. Being awarded this scholarship has greatly reduced my financial burden this semester. I am truly grateful for this. You have allowed me to focus more on my education and less about finding the means to keep my technology functioning. After I complete my education at Salus University, I hope to be able to help others who will be in my shoes and relieve part of their stress, such as you have for me. Once again, thank you for your support and donation! I hope you are staying safe and healthy during these unprecedented times.”
-Renee Kochinski
“Dear Scholarship Donor, I am sincerely honored to have been selected as the recipient of the Richard W. Stockton, OD Scholarship. Thank you for your generosity, which has allowed me to continue my education at Salus University in the Traditional Optometry program. As I complete my education at Salus, I am very thankful for receiving your thoughtful gift. Because of your scholarship, I am able to continue to work towards my dream of becoming an optometrist. Thank you again for your thoughtful and generous gift.”
-Nia Phillips
“I feel so honored to be a recipient of this Administrative and Professional Council Scholarship. I would like to say a huge thank you to all of the professors and staff at PCO who made this possible. I have had such a great experience in my optometry education thus far, and it feels incredible to receive this scholarship to put towards my education. Thanks again!”
-Anna Hess
“Dear Gracious Donor (Al & Kathryn Tordella Scholarship), I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you. I work very hard, am extremely passionate, driven and serious about optometry and my education. It is so rewarding to be able to be recognized for my hard work. This money has helped me get more textbooks for clinic, and provided me with the funds to get all of the necessary study materials I wanted for my NBEO board examinations. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart, I really appreciate it.”
-Lucia Leone
“I am so grateful and appreciative to learn that I was selected as a recipient of the Clifford C. Wagner scholarship! The scholarship has lightened my financial burden, especially during the pandemic. I am able to focus more on my schooling and finishing the last of my rotations. Your support has been so helpful, and I really can’t thank you enough for your generosity. Thanks!”
-Nancy Phung
“To the family of Harry G. Phillips, I cannot thank you enough for the continued dedication of the Harry G. Phillips Memorial Scholarship, created with the intent to help optometry students such as myself. As the recipient of this scholarship, I am both humbled and excited to continue my hard work here in the class of 2024 at Salus University. As both mentally and financially challenging as this process can be, your generous donation offers a peace of mind knowing that there are thoughtful people like you willing to invest in futures like my own. Once again, I thank you and hope this memorial scholarship continues to make a lasting impact on the optometry students at Salus.”
-Brandon Butters
“I want to thank you for your generous donation! I was very happy and appreciative to learn that I was selected as the recipient of the Melvin D. Wolfberg scholarship. Your generosity is much appreciated.”
-Melanie Laferriere
“As a recipient of the Jeffrey Cohen Scholarship and the William F. Decter Memorial Scholarship, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for your support.”
-Andrew Styba
“I would like to express the utmost gratitude for my scholarship, the Richard W. Stockton, OD Scholarship. With all the hardships we’ve faced as students in the past few months, their kindness and generosity comes as a necessary message of encouragement. I hope that I will make them proud to have contributed to my success and for believing me to be worthy of their time and contribution.”
-Mariam Jamal
“This Faculty Scholarship has opened a door and the prospect of a brighter future and will play a key role in shaping me into a successful doctor in the future. Donors like you make life brighter for us and I can only hope that one day, I too will be in a position to bring a smile to another student. I cannot express my gratitude enough, and I want you to know that your generous support has helped tremendously.”
-Puja Patel
Salus University students have received over $1.9 million in scholarships and grants this academic year.
“Dear Donors of the George H. Crozier Scholarship, Thank you for your generous scholarship, which motivates and encourages me to continue to strive for excellence.”
-Allan Su
“Thank you for the Martin & Florence Hafter scholarship! It is truly appreciated and is being put to great use!”
-Michael Furey
“I am sincerely honored to have been selected as the recipient of the Alma L. Boben Memorial Scholarship. Thank you for your enormous generosity. You have lightened my financial burden, thus allowing me to focus more on my favorite aspect of school - learning and growing as a clinician! Your generosity has inspired me to continue my passion of helping others and giving back to the community. I am very appreciative of your support. Thank you so much again!”
-Rachelle Yang
The average GPA for endowed scholarship recipients in 2020-2021 is 3.77
“I sincerely appreciate your kind contributions (CIBA Vision and Montemuro Scholarships) that help make my education possible. I am hopeful to use my education to make a substantial difference in my patients’ quality of life through their vision.”
-Lindsay Corle
“Thank you very much for your generous Alma L. Boben Memorial Scholarship. Your recognition gave me a great sense of accomplishment as I approach graduation. I will remember your generosity as I look back on my time at Salus University and prepare to take care of patients of my own.”
-Amalia M “ ollie” Burrell
“I am sincerely honored to have been selected for the Joseph C. Toland Memorial Scholarship. Thank you to the donor(s) of the scholarship for providing financial support for my education at Salus University. I truly appreciate this gift since it helped me with expenses that went toward my degree in optometry. Being a graduate student can be difficult at times, however, these types of generous opportunities help keep me motivated and determined to keep pushing through to achieve my goals. Thank you again for your thoughtful gift.”
-Ishpal Kaur
“Thank you to the donor(s) of the Martin & Florence Hafter Scholarship for selecting me as a beneficiary for the scholarship. I greatly appreciate the reward since it directly supported me in paying my tuition for the Spring 2021 semester in my ongoing degree of optometry. Donors like yourself allow me to look forward to the opportunity for me to provide back in the future, as well. I thank you once again for your support and willingness to help me achieve my goals.”
-Gurjeet Rai
“Thank you so much to the Barry Farkas Scholarship. This means a lot and I hope to do the same one day.”
-Kevin Feng
“To Whom Believed in Me, Alma L. Boben Scholarship, I wanted to take a moment to thank you, the person who so graciously offered a scholarship to financially support my dream. I have been financially supporting myself for all of my higher education and feel so encouraged to have someone help me along the way. Honors such as these offer inspiration. I plan to put this scholarship to good use as I pursue my optometric career. Thank you again for all your support!”
-Taylor Hall
“Thank you for your generosity! The Elsie Wright Billmeier Scholarship I received helped immensely this past semester. I am grateful for the kindness of donors like you that give back to the Salus community. It makes a huge difference!”
-Heidi Tedrick
“Dr. Lewis, hank you so much for your generous endowment (Thomas L. Lewis Endowment Fund)! Your dedication to the betterment of your students, university, and the optometric profession is a motivating goal for me to aspire to as I begin my career. In these times, where the financial burden of becoming an optometrist are only exacerbated by the uncertainty of the pandemic, my gratitude for your generosity cannot be overstated.”
-Andrew Muckin
“Dear Dr. Lyons, thank you very much for your generosity in making the New Jersey Optometric Scholarship possible. It is an honor to have been selected for this, and I am deeply appreciative of your support. As I approach the end of my third year of optometry school and begin to prepare for off-campus rotations, it is extremely motivating to have received this scholarship and be reminded of the doctors who are in practice and still go the extra mile to support optometry students. Thank you again for your generous gift, and I wish you all the best.”
-Jenna Juarez
“I am thrilled to be the recipient of the Martin & Florence Hafter Scholarship. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generosity. As I finish up my second year, I am even more eager to work towards excellence in my optometric career. Receiving this scholarship is a reminder that hard work pays off and that working hard is not only for my benefit, but it will benefit all of the lives that I will touch as an optometrist. Thank you for the kindness and supporting me as I continue towards my goal of becoming a compassionate and successful optometrist.”
-Freshta Karemzadah
“I am the recipient of the H.L. Goldberger Memorial Scholarship for the academic year 2020-2021. I would like to thank you for your generous contribution to Salus University. I am currently in my second year of the Doctor of Optometry Accelerated 3-year program through the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University. Your contribution to my studies and my future as an optometrist are greatly cherished. Thank you for providing me with the means to grow within this profession, I am very grateful to be the recipient of this scholarship.”
-Laura Kelly
“Thank you so much for your help with the George Osborne Scholarship, it was a blessing for me this semester, and I would love for my thanks to be extended to the donor.”
-Ashley Zemeski Dougherty
“I feel very honored to be selected as the recipient of the New Jersey Optometric Scholarship. Thank you for recognizing my academic achievement. As a second year, I am eager to use my academic and clinical skills to gain hands on experience in providing patient care in clinic. After graduation, I plan to return to New Jersey and practice full scope optometry in a private practice setting. With your support, I am another step closer to achieving my goal of becoming a successful optometrist. Thank you.”
-Amarpreet Kahlon
“I sincerely appreciate your kind contributions (CIBA Vision and Montemuro Scholarships) that help make my education possible. I am hopeful to use my education to make a substantial difference in my patients’ quality of life through their vision.”
-Lindsay Corle