Sterling EMS, Inc.

 

Scholarships

Scholarships
To provide scholarships for Sterling residents pursuing a career in a medically-related field.

Memorial Scholarships
To provide scholarships for Sterling residents who are entering a post-secondary educational program regardless of field of study.
 

Sterling EMS, Inc., incorporated in 1956, provides scholarships for Sterling residents. Scholarships are available in amounts of $500 for the Standard scholarship and $1500 for the Memorial Scholarship. Applicants must be Sterling residents who are entering an undergraduate post-secondary educational program.  They should be recent graduates of an accredited high school, complete a GED or pass the Commonwealth of Massachusetts test of competency for home schooled/alternatively schooled individuals.

  • Recipients of the Standard Scholarship ($500) shall be Sterling residents pursuing a career in a medically related field.
  • Recipients of the Memorial Scholarship ($1500) shall be Sterling residents who are entering a post-secondary educational program.

Applicants must show acceptance to a post-secondary educational program which should accompany the application. Successful applicants will receive a check made out to themselves as well as their school.
You can download a Microsoft WordTM version of the Scholarship Application and Instructions.  It is also available at the Conant Library, Butterick Municipal Building and Sterling Fire Station.

2010 Competitive Scholarships awarded:

Sterling EMS, Inc. awarded a total of $6000 in scholarships for 2010. They were presented to the following students at the Sterling Fire Station on July 13, 2010: (left to right) Adrienne Cocci (Ithaca College), Sara Daigle (U of Penn.), Lauren Covey (Southern Adventist Univ.), Laura Johnson (UMass, Lowell), Molly McAuliffe (Salem State College), Lillian Harper (not shown) (Cedar Crest College).

Photo courtesy of Barry Lein
Same, in "The Landmark" & "Sterling Meetinghouse News"

2009 Competitive Scholarships awarded:

Sterling EMS, Inc president Rob Nickerson III (right) presented scholarships to the organization's 2009 scholarships to the following Sterling students. Shown from left are Shannon Curran (Simmons College - Nursing), Erica Hendrickson (Assumption College - Human Services and Rehabilitation), Sarah Daigle (Univ of Penn - Nursing), Meghan Daigle (Boston University - Mechanical Engineering). Not shown, Carl Harper (Univ of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine) and Lillian Harper (Cedar Crest College - Nursing). 

Photo courtesy of Barry Lein
Same, in "The Landmark" & "Sterling Meetinghouse News"

2008 Competitive Scholarships awarded:

Sterling EMS awards scholarships Robert Kirkpatrick (left) of Sterling EMS Inc. presented six scholarships for local students at the Sterling Fire Station on August 12, 2008.

Scholarships to (left to right) Meghan Daigle (Boston University), Samantha Brackett (Framingham State College), and Erica Henrickson (Assumption College). Robin and Jim Harper (far right) accepted scholarships for their son, Carl Harper (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine), and their daughter, Lilly Harper (Cedar Crest College). Not shown is Peter Lanciani (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).

Photo courtesy of Susan Staudaher
Courtesy of Sterling Meetinghouse News" page 17

2007 Competitive Scholarships awarded:

Sterling EMS awarded a total of $5500 in scholarships for 2007.  Awards go to (clockwise from bottom) , Allison Learned, Meghan Daigle, Sarah Patten, Leah Tadry, Samantha Brackett. Not shown is Carl Harper.

Photo courtesy of Barry Lein
Same, in "The Landmark"

2006 Competitive Scholarships awarded:

Sterling EMS awarded a total of $5000 in scholarships for 2006.  Awards go to (from left) Carl Harper (U of Pennsylvania Medical School), Allison Learned (UMass, Worcester), Meghan Daigle (Boston U) Leah Tadry (Becker College). Not shown are Peter Lanciani (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), and Mary Lanciani (Quinsigamond Community College).

Photo courtesy of Barry Lein
Same, in "The Landmark"

2005 First Competitive Scholarships awarded:

Ed McNamara (center) president of Sterling EMS, Inc. awarded the organization’s first competitive scholarships to Jennifer McAuliffe (right) and Jon Richards.  Jennifer, a graduate of Wachusett Regional High School, plans to study accounting at Bentley College and Jon, a graduate of St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic High School, will study political science at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. Matt Tadry (not pictured) was awarded a scholarship in support of his paramedic studies at Quinsigamond College.

Photo courtesy of Barry Lein
Same in "The Landmark"
 
 

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