Student Loans
Student Loans are available through SLM Financial Corporation (a Sallie Mae Company) at interest rates that depend upon the student’s credit worthiness. Application can be made directly online. To learn more about these continuing education and career training loans visit the SLM website: http://www.salliemae.com/get_student_loan/find_student_loan/training_loans/career_training_loans/
Arturo Ricardo de Cordova Sanville Scholarship Fund.
The purpose of this fund is to support the scholarly pursuits of students of Latina and Latino background who enter the Institute in either the two-year Psychotherapy Certificate Program or the full Doctoral Program. The Institute has been moving toward development of this scholarship opportunity over the past several years since initial funding was established by Dr. Jean Sanville to honor her late husband, and with an additional major contribution from Chet and Carla Villalba. Jean Sanville and Arturo Ricardo de Cordova Sanville were always interested in different cultures and did extensive consultation with foreign governments on mental health issues. They spent much time in Mexico, for work as well as relaxation, and helped their friends in the mental health community there establish a training institute for non-medical mental health professionals.
The Institute invites all Latino and Latina MSWs, MFTs, or interns to apply. We also invite all interested donors to contribute to this important, growing fund to ensure its continuation into the future.
Barbara B. Baer Scholarship
In 1996-97, the Institute received a bequest from the Barbara B. Baer Trust. Barbara Baer was a dedicated clinical social worker with a private practice in Encino and an early friend of the Institute. The Barbara B. Baer Scholarship Fund has been established to support one $1,500 scholarship each year. The scholarship is awarded as a tuition credit of $500 each trimester for three trimesters. Eligibility requirements and applications are available at the Institute office.
Verneice D. Thompson Prize Fund
The Verneice D. Thompson Prize Fund was established to honor our second Dean, Dr. Verneice D. Thompson. The Board and faculty have determined that the income from this fund shall be used to award one $500 cash prize each year to a student for a paper that includes exploration of a social problem or clinical phenomenon from a social perspective, including the application of social theory that may inform the exploration. Four-unit papers, dissertation proposals, and dissertations are eligible for the prize. In the event of more than one entry for the prize in a given year, an ad hoc faculty committee appointed by the Dean will determine the winner. Students may apply for the prize by submitting their papers to the Dean with a letter of intent.
