Joan and Aaron Liberman established a scholarship fund last year to reward UCF health services administration graduate students who are exceptional writers. <\/p>\n
The couple \u2013 Joan, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice, and Aaron, a professor of health services administration and former department chair at UCF \u2013 launched the \u201cJoan S. and Aaron Liberman Scholarship Fund\u201d with a gift of $10,000 to the university.<\/p>\n
Friends, colleagues and former students went on to contribute to the fund as well. <\/p>\n
To thank these donors and demonstrate their unwavering commitment to UCF, the Libermans recently made another gift to UCF to bring the fund\u2019s total to $25,000. At this level, the fund is fully endowed and will provide scholarships for UCF students in perpetuity. <\/p>\n
The scholarships will support\u00a0full-time master\u2019s degree students preparing for careers in health services administration. Scholarship applicants must submit an original paper discussing the most important challenges facing the nation\u2019s health care industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoan and I both believe strongly in the importance of writing skills as evidence of one\u2019s critical thinking capability,\u201d said Aaron, a prolific author himself. <\/p>\n
The scholarship recipients will work in a field the Libermans both know well. Before joining the UCF faculty in 1996, Aaron spent more than two decades working as a health care executive. He also taught in the California State University System, owned and operated his own business, and served in the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n
Joan has devoted much of her career to the well-being of others. She earned an undergraduate degree in dietetics and nutrition and a master\u2019s degree social work. She is currently a psychotherapist in Orlando.<\/p>\n
The Libermans met as students at Baylor University in 1963 and celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary in July. They have two grown children and three grandchildren.<\/p>\n
The first Liberman scholarship will be awarded in 2013\u201314.<\/p>\n
“The importance of scholarships like this cannot be overstated,” said Michael Frumkin, dean of the College of Health and Public Affairs. “Joan and Aaron’s generous gift will help lessen the financial burden of graduate school for generations of students. I am deeply grateful for their commitment to our students and the university.”<\/p>\n
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