Dr. Luna Abdallah Memorial Scholarship Fund

This scholarship will be awarded for the FALL semester.

• Awarding Department: College of Professional & Global Education

• Scholarship Intent: The award honors the deep and long-lasting impact that Dr. Luna Abdallah had on students and colleagues in the Pre-Health Professions/Pre-Nursing Post-Bac Certificate Programs (collectively referred to as Post-Bac Program). This scholarship will be awarded to a student in the Post-Bac Program who demonstrates financial need and a strong motivation to pursue a career in the health professions.

• Criteria:
  1. Applicants must be enrolled in at least 6-units of coursework in the Pre-Health Professions/Pre-Nursing Post-Bac Certificate Program.
  2. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.3 in the SF State Post-Bac Program.
  3. The awardee must use the award for academic expenses associated with attending SF State, for example: tuition and associated travel expenses, computer hardware or software, books and school supplies, living expenses, workshops/conferences, or financing their application to graduate health professions programs.

• Application Requirements:
  1. Applicants must submit a 500-word written statement describing a) financial need (explain the fiscal challenges you have faced related to attending the program, including tuition and living expenses), b) use of funds to complete the program and/or apply to health professions graduate school and c) past contributions and service (paid or volunteer) in a clinical or community setting.
  2. Applicants must arrange for one SF State faculty member to submit a letter of support describing a) the extent to which the student and teacher have interacted, b) the student’s dedication to learning in their class and c) the student’s contribution to a collaborative learning environment in their classroom (letters should address the aforementioned prompts, and need not provide any information from the applicants resume).
  3. Applicants must submit a copy of their (unofficial) current SF State transcript.

• Major: Any
• Class Level: Post-Bac Program student
• Enrollment Status: Continuing SF State student
• Enrollment Requirement: 2nd BA: 6 units
• Financial Need as determined by the FAFSA and/or CA Dream App: No; will be gauged from essay
• Citizenship: Any
• Minimum GPA: Post-Bac Program GPA: 3.3; Undergrad GPA N/A; Grad GPA N/A
• Contact Person: Pre-Health Professions Post-Bac Program, CPaGE
• Campus Address: HH 219
• Street Address: 1600 Holloway, San Francisco, California 94132-4011
• Email: pbadmit@sfsu.edu
• Web page: https://prehealth.sfsu.edu/
• Amount of Award: $3,000.00
• Number of Awards: 4