Minority Scholarship Fund

Supports the Minority Student Scholarship

The Minority Scholarship Fund was the brainchild of Lorraine T. Cole, PhD, while serving as director of ASHA's Office of Minority Concerns (now the Office of Multicultural Affairs). Dr. Cole, as a minority professional who was once a minority student, felt very strongly that she had "an inherent responsibility to hold the doors to the professions open behind me for other minority students." Because of her deep personal commitment to this issue, she challenged other professionals of color to demonstrate their own support of a special fund. Dr. Cole and her colleagues launched various fundraising efforts to solicit funds for this purpose.

The result was an endowment fund for scholarships to benefit American Indian, Asian, African American, and Hispanic students. The Office of Multicultural Affairs continues the fundraising efforts that Dr. Cole began through special events sponsored by the Multicultural Concerns Collective (MC2).

Past Recipients of the Minority Student Scholarship

The ASHFoundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the regulations of the Internal Revenue Service. All contributions to the Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.