Baptist Health Corbin offering scholarships for students in medical programs

If you’re a college student from the Tri-County area, who is enrolled in a health care related field of study or you know of someone that is, then you definitely want to keep reading this story about scholarships being offered by a local hospital.

Each year Baptist Health Corbin’s medical staff offers scholarships to recognize and reward academic accomplishments of healthcare students.

This year a total 12 scholarships in the amount of $1,500 will be awarded in July.

Students must be accepted into, or be currently enrolled in an accredited program in selected health care fields. Students must be a resident of the Tri County area (Knox, Laurel or Whitley County).

“These scholarships are awarded to students from the Tri County area in order to keep our greatest resources close to home,” stated Anthony Powers, Baptist Health Corbin President.

Anyone interested in obtaining an application or needing additional information, can contact Jessica McKay at (606) 523-8688 or by e-mail at

Jessica.McKay@bhsi.com. All applications must be submitted by Friday, June 30, 2023.

Baptist Health Corbin is a 273-bed, acute care facility providing a wide variety of healthcare services to the residents of Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell, Clay, McCreary, Harlan County in Kentucky, and Campbell County in Tennessee.