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Schweitzer Fellowship Comes to Columbus
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Start early to instill in your students awareness that they are on this earth to help and serve others; that is as important to pass on to them as knowledge. -Albert Schweitzer
President Gee challenged the University and the Medical Center to “Commit to Our Communities.” The College of Medicine, bolstered by several educational and community partners, is embarking on a program that will indeed demonstrate our commitment to the community. The new Schweitzer Fellowship program site in Columbus answers the call to strengthen our local community through outreach.
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Beginning in 2011, the Columbus Schweitzer Fellows Program, hosted by our College of Medicine, will administer and support year-long community service Fellowships that will be conducted in Columbus and in Athens. As an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship site, we join a group of 11 prominent institutions hosting the program including Baylor, Dartmouth, University of California - Berkeley, and the University of Maryland.
Fellows will be full-time students whose fields of study or personal interests are relevant to unmet health-related needs of local underserved individuals and communities. Student applicants will come from the Health Science Colleges, other OSU Columbus Campus Colleges, from Ohio University, and those from other area graduate and professional schools. These interdisciplinary Schweitzer Fellows will design and carry out projects that provide at least 200 hours of service through an existing community agency and will be supervised by an academic and community-based mentor.
In addition to facilitating service projects to benefit the Columbus and Athens communities, the Fellowship will develop emerging professionals who have the skills to address unmet health-related needs throughout their careers.
Community engagement is central to our academic mission. The Schweitzer Fellowship is a new opportunity for us to demonstrate our connection to our community.
Funding from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation helped make possible the program’s expansion to Columbus and Athens.
For more information about the Columbus Schweitzer Fellows Program, go to: http://www.schweitzerfellowship.org/features/us/col/
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The Outreach and Engagement Office is actively working in conjunction with the OSU College of Medicine to build community and academic partnerships for health throughout Ohio. Thanks to the support of the OSU College of Medicine, the Office of Outreach and Engagement has funded clinical research projects, training workshops, and educational programs designed to improve rural healthcare.
Fact Sheet
- Preceptors in more than 30 counties provide free services equaling $7,000,000 annually
- 31 community hospitals we have formal affiliation with
- 402 community preceptors
- 90,267 hours of preceptor participation
- 28 AHEC grants funded
- $122,188 of grant funds to support community projects
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