Second USC Student Eyes Global Grant Scholarship

The Class of 2020’s Grace Cooney is the second University of South Carolina student asking Capital Rotary Club to endorse her application for a Global Grant Scholarship. Cooney (shown in photo) is a Greenville native majoring in public health. The award would enable her to pursue a Master’s of Science Degree in Migration, Culture and Global Health from Queen Mary University in London. She says this would expand her understanding of health to address not only the physical ailment, but also religious affiliation, native culture and socioeconomic status affecting patients. She hopes to become a physician practicing internationally, working with underserved and vulnerable populations abroad. Cooney has been a Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Fraternity officer, an anatomy lab teaching assistant and a volunteer at Carolina Survivor Clinic. In a four-year summer internship in Greenville, she experienced hands-on training, interactive workshops and professional engagement seminars. Recipient of a Stamps Carolina Scholarship – the university’s highest academic scholarship award – Cooney was one of three students granted enrichment funds for out-of-classroom experiences for excelling in leadership and service. Rotary International’s Global Grant scholarships support graduate-level study in one of six areas of focus: peace, disease prevention, water and sanitation, maternal/child health, education and economic/community development.