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Education Planning
Created to honor the memory of Orlean Hurt, and to advance research and treatment for cancers affecting women, the Orlean Hurt Memorial Scholarship would provide scholarship support to a student who plans to attend medical school after graduation or has immigrated to the United States from a Central American country.
Eligible students include enrolled undergraduate students at UC Santa Barbara. Preference for awardees includes:
- Students who have immigrated to the US from Belize, or other Central American country
- Students in a pre-medical school health major (including but not limited to Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Chemistry, Bioengineering) or pre-health track (including Medicine, Physician Assistant, Pharmacy tracks)
- Students who plan to work in cancer prevention or treatment
- Students who plan to focus on women’s cancers in their medical and Pharmacy career
Recognition and Student Engagement:
The Orlean Hurt Memorial Scholarship would be publicly listed in materials made available to students and donors. Annual reports on selected students would be shared with James Hurt, and anyone else designated by Mr. Hurt. Opportunities to meet scholarship recipients via Zoom are also available. Mr. Hurt and his family would be welcome for a visit to the UCSB campus at any time to meet scholarship recipients in person.
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Funding:
The Hurt family has endowed a $50,000 gift to the UC Santa Barbara Foundation. This endowment will provide for a $2,000 scholarship to be awarded annually in perpetuity.
The fund could also be enhanced with a planned gift, which would allow additional principle to be added to the endowed fund in the future.
- For example, a planned gift of $100,000 would eventually allow three annual awards of $2,000 each to support pre-medical students and future cancer research specialists.