Application Information:
General Information
- Three scholarships of $1,500.00 each to be awarded and presented to student recipients
as part of the program during the annual AIT (Administrator-In-Training) Reception.
- Applicants may not receive the scholarship more than once during their studies at SFSU.
- Admitted and enrolled students must have an overall GPA of 3.3 or above.
Who Should Apply?
- Graduate or undergraduate students in one of the majors offered in the College of Health and Human
Services who are enrolled in the academic emphasis in Long-Term Care Administration.
- Student recipients who are in AIT (Administrator-In-Training) internship placements with an RCFE (Residential
Care Facility for the Elderly) located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Gerontology students with an academic emphasis in Long-Term Care Administration are especially
invited to apply.
How To Apply
- To apply, please pick up an application package from the Gerontology Program office in HSS 242, or call 415-338-1684 and request
that it be sent to you.
- Application to include cover letter; current transcripts; autobiographical statement (see below); and two letters of support
(on letter head) from a faculty member and an RCFE administrator or staff.
- Autobiographical statement including: family history; academic background and achievements; paid work
experience; volunteer work experience; overcoming personal adversity; evidence of commitment to the elderly and to the
RCFE community; short term and long term career goals; and self-described financial need.
- Application to be completed with original and 7 copies to be submitted by February 14th of each year.
Submit Application to:
Dr. Darlene Yee
Professor, Gerontology Program
Coordinator, Long-Term Care Administration
Director, Health, Mobility and Safety Lab
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue (HSS 242)
San Francisco, CA 94132
The Advisory Board:
- Cristina Flores, MA, RN
Current Associate coordinator of LTCA, SFSU
- Patricia McGinnis, JD
Executive director of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
- Sherry Mcltwain, MA, RN
Former Associate coordinator of LTCA, SFSU
- Dr. Robert Newcomer
Professor of Sociology, UCSF
- Carole Nobis, LVN
Patrick Nobis' wife
- Laura Nobis
Patrick Nobis' daughter
- Dr. Darlene Yee
Professor of gerontology and coordinator of LTCA, SFSU
