McLaren Central Michigan, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, has awarded its annual Louise Williams Volunteer Scholarship to Miranda Powell, a former medical assistant at one of the hospital’s outpatient clinics who is working to advance her career.
Established upon the request of Louise Williams, a longtime McLaren Central Michigan volunteer, the scholarship aids in recipients’ education toward an eventual or continuing career in health care.
For seven years, Powell had been a medical assistant for McLaren Central Michigan interventional radiologist Dr. Rami Safadi in the McLaren Central – Medical Arts Building, though her aspirations are to become a physician assistant and provide direct patient care in interventional radiology or general surgery specialty.
She is enrolled in the Central Michigan University physician assistant program and is scheduled to begin classes this semester.
“A career in health care is choosing to make a positive impact on people’s lives,” said Robert David, McLaren Central Michigan President and CEO. “The Louise Williams Volunteer Scholarship is one of our best traditions, recognizing the selfless qualities of its recipients, and we wish all recipients well in their pursuits.”
A raised in the region, Powell’s aim is to remain in the area and make it her ‘forever home’ upon her graduation as she provides for her hometown.
Applicants for the Louise Williams Volunteer Scholarship must be enrolled in an accredited college or graduate program or involved with their community or its hospital and maintain a high grade-point average. Applications are reviewed and selected by a hospital committee and awarded the scholarship money provided through the estate of Louise Williams.
About McLaren Central Michigan
McLaren Central Michigan is a 118-bed acute care, CMS 5-Star rated hospital located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It offers a full range of health and wellness services including Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Cancer Services. McLaren Central Michigan is recognized as an accessible and dependable source of quality medical care for residents of Mount Pleasant, Isabella County and central Michigan. In addition to its medical staff of over 50 active physicians, it is affiliated with more than 150 other quality providers. The hospital is one of the region’s largest employers, with approximately 400 employ¬ees and many volunteers. McLaren Central Michigan received the Governor’s Award of Excellence for 2017 and 2019. The hospital was named one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health in 2019. McLaren Central Michigan holds The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation and is the only hospital in the central Michigan area to consistently receive an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade from Fall 2018 – Fall 2022. Learn more at mclaren.org/centralmichigan.
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $6.6 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 28,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Learn more at mclaren.org.