Student Development
VRHA understands that students are the rural health leaders of the future and strives to help them grow and develop in their careers. VRHA provides a variety of students development opportunities including:
- Poster competition – held at the annual Rural Health Voice conference with cash prizes
- Essay competition – held at the annual Rural Health Voice conference with cash prizes
- Student Representation on the VRHA Board
Now accepting applications!
VRHA is accepting applications from students who wish to serve as a representative on the VRHA Board of Directors. Students will be selected at the discretion of the Executive Director for a one-year appointment.
Application Criteria:
- Full-time undergraduate or post-graduate student in good academic standing in any health-related program (e.g. public health, nursing, medicine, etc.)
- Member of VRHA for the current academic year
- Willingness to serve as a liaison between the VRHA board and other student members
- Willingness to participate in board conference calls as class schedule allows
- Willingness to engage in regular e-mail and telephone dialogue with other board members
- Vision for the development of an enhanced role for students within VRHA
- Willingness to work with academic programs that do not have a strong VRHA student membership to recruit new members
- Commitment to serve the people of rural Virginia
Completed application form must be accompanied by:
- A personal letter of interest (1 page maximum)
- Current resume or CV
- 2 letters of recommendation by faculty in your academic program
Applications must be submitted no later than May 23, 2025
The VRHA Student Representatives to the Board of Directors are expected to serve as a communication link between the current leaders of VRHA and the future ones. In order to meet this expectation, the students selected will need to interact with both the VRHA Board Members and students in a wide variety of health-related programs.
The students selected will help VRHA achieve its strategic goals, with particular emphasis on increasing awareness of VRHA and the benefits of VRHA membership among students.
Whenever possible, the students selected will represent different academic programs/professions. This will be a non-voting position on the board. Students selected will receive complimentary registration and hotel room at the VRHA Annual Conference.
Results will be announced by May 30, 2024
Having trouble with the application form? Contact Beth O’Connor: boconnor@vrha.org