Students pursuing advanced mental health degrees encouraged to apply

When Jordan Tommerdahl died by suicide in 2019, his family wanted to honor his memory by helping to make a difference in the field of mental health. They received an outpouring of financial support when they set up the Jordan Tommerdahl Memorial Scholarship Fund to help fill the resource gap in mental healthcare. They entrusted Lake Region Healthcare Foundation to administer the fund and the scholarship process of awarding proceeds to students pursuing advanced degrees in the mental health field. 

Lake Region Healthcare Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2025 scholarship award. Anyone who has lived or worked in the Lake Region Healthcare service area and is pursuing an advanced degree (e.g., master’s, doctorate) in mental health-related fields such as psychology, social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychiatric nursing, psychiatric nurse practitioner, or psychiatry is eligible to apply. The full application details and links are available online at www.lrhc.org/jordan. The 2025 application deadline is July 15th, and the scholarship will be awarded in August. 

For more information contact Kate Bjorge in the Lake Region Healthcare Foundation office at (218) 736-8495.

About the Lake Region Healthcare Foundation

The mission of the Lake Region Healthcare (LRH) Foundation is to gather, steward, and distribute resources needed to support and advance the mission of Lake Region Healthcare and its affiliates. Gifts to the Foundation ensure that LRH can provide the best possible access and scope of services for patients, clinical and service excellence, and maintaining a highly qualified and dedicated workforce. When you give to the Lake Region Healthcare Foundation, you give for all. You give for your community.

About the Lake Region Healthcare Enterprise

The Lake Region Healthcare (LRH) enterprise is an independent, community owned and governed, non-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Fergus Falls. With facilities in nine communities, the midsized rural health system primarily serves five counties in west central Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. The enterprise operates two hospitals (in Fergus Falls and Elbow Lake), 10 clinics, a cancer center, a senior living community (Mill Street Residence), and various other health and wellness related ventures. With over 1,100 employees and 120 Physicians and Advance Practice Providers, we are dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of our communities close to home and delivering specialty and sub-specialty services at our locations in Fergus Falls, Elbow Lake, Ashby, Barnesville, Battle Lake, Evansville, Herman, and Morris, MN. For more information visit: www.lrhc.org and https://millstreet.lrhc.org.

Our Mission: We partner to enrich life through health.

Our Vision: We will create an exceptional, innovative, and personal healthcare experience that allows people to excel and our communities to thrive.

Our Values: Excellence, Person-Centered, Collaboration, Stewardship, Integrity, Respect, Innovation.