2020-2021 Cohort for the Interprofessional Preparation for Related Services Personnel Scholarship Program
Maya Leslie, a Xavier University graduate student, was recently accepted into the 2020-2021 cohort for the Interprofessional Preparation for Related Services Personnel scholarship program. (See Xavier University news article link below.) The Interprofessional Preparation for Related Services Personnel grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, with LSU Health Sciences Center, School of Allied Health Professionals acting as a liaison for scholarship recipients. One student from University of Louisiana Monroe and two students from Tulane University were also accepted into the program along with six graduate students from the School of Allied Health Professions at the LSU Health Sciences Center.
The one-year program is completed in tandem with the scholars discipline specific graduate training program and prepares the scholars for careers in their chosen professions within educational environments.