Dr. Carol J. Chrisman Nursing Scholarship Grant

Dr. Carol J. Chrisman Nursing Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Ashland County Community Foundation
Last Updated: September 23, 2025

Summary

The Dr. Carol J. Chrisman Nursing Scholarship, offered by the Ashland County Community Foundation, supports registered nurses and nursing students from Ashland County pursuing advanced degrees at Ashland University. This scholarship honors Dr. Chrisman's legacy in nursing and community health, encouraging local nurses to further their education. Eligible applicants include full-time nursing students and those employed in public health within the area, with prior recipients allowed to reapply once.

Overview

What We Do The community foundation is like the community’s charitable savings account. We pool resources from community members, invest them and then use them to make grants for the betterment of the entire community. We exist to serve donors, nonprofit organizations and the community as a whole. Donors to ACCF enjoy tax advantages not available to private foundation donors. They also receive professional services without hiring staff. Nonprofit organizations receive grants from community foundations to support their programs and projects. Many nonprofits also establish their own endowment funds with the foundation as a means of investing for the future. We’re also engaged as a community leader. We help set the vision for Ashland County while ensuring charitable gifts are used effectively to meet the community’s present needs and to build a brighter future. Dr. Carol J. Chrisman Nursing Scholarship Carol Chrisman grew up in Ashland County and had a great love for her community. She was very proud of her profession of nursing and ultimately became the Dean of the School of Nursing at Ashland University. She was particularly interested in public/community health nursing, but also wanted to encourage Ashland County nurses and students to continue their education toward a baccalaureate, masters, or doctoral degree. This scholarship may be applied to Ashland University only. Dr. Chrisman died in 1998.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. This scholarship is to assist registered nurses employed in public health within the Ashland County/City Health Department, nurses in the public health sector that serve Ashland County and surrounding areas, full-time nursing students from Ashland County and nursing students from Ashland County continuing his/her education who are attending or have been accepted and are planning to attend Ashland University to acquire any Nursing degree available beyond the RN (bachelors, masters, doctorate). Prior recipients of this scholarship may reapply once.