对于四名永利博彩的学生来说，大学学费的经济压力变得更轻松了。 这四位放射学专业的学生是Fred Aranas奖学金的最新获得者。 他们每个人每学期将获得额外的550美元，以帮助支付他们的教育费用。 为了获得奖学金，每个学生都必须提交一页纸的文章，解释为什么奖学金对他们很重要。

在宣布获奖者之前，永利博彩的机构进步主任大卫·弗莱彻向一群放射技术学生介绍了阿拉纳斯奖学金。

祝贺最新一批阿拉纳斯学者。 图为（从左至右）： 大卫·弗莱彻、雅克尼斯·道格拉斯、凯兰·赫克特·卡特、安吉拉·霍克、谢丽塔·托马斯、洛雷特·m·胡佛总统和院长马克·索恩。

Sherita Thomas of Columbus is one of this years’ scholarship winners. She wrote, “My goal is to one day be a Radiation Therapist and help save someone’s life.” 2011年，托马斯的母亲因癌症去世。 “I have the dedication and determination to thrive and accomplish my goal. If you were to ask me why I made so many sacrifices and why I chose this career, it will be because I believe that one day I can help save someone’s life and give them hope.”

JaQuanese Douglas -also of Columbus- is another scholarship winner who lost a parent but is determined to succeed. “My daddy died of a heart attack and after his death I became really interested in the heart and how it works. 有一天，我偶然发现了一个YouTube视频，是关于心脏的x光片和病理诊断的。 It was at that moment that I knew exactly what I wanted to do,” Douglas wrote.

除了写一篇论文外，Aranas奖学金获得者还必须保持平均成绩至少为B，并连续完成放射技术学位。 It’s a task scholarship winner Columbus' Kylah Hector-Carter has sacrificed to accomplish. “Studying for this program can be very time consuming and you must have time for your clinicals”, she stated in her essay.

凯拉计划2018年毕业，目前有两份工作。 为了顺利完成严格的课程，她最近不得不减少了两份工作的时间。 “This is a sacrifice I am willing to make to better my future; so I have been pulling through God’s grace without my usual two jobs”, Kylah wrote.

第四名奖学金获得者、来自卡斯伯特的安吉拉·霍克（Angela Hawk）对牺牲自己来实现目标有切身体会。 “After being enrolled into a radiology technology program in the past and having to withdraw from it because of family problems, I never gave up on the idea of enrolling again.” says Hawk.

After completing the program, Hawk is planning to earn a Bachelor’s Degree, while never ruling out of the possibility of becoming a Radiologist Assistant.

“Because of the personal sacrifices to attend school, my commitment and dedication to this program will always be of high standards,” Hawk wrote.

关于阿拉纳斯奖学金: The Aranas Scholarship is named after Columbus Radiologist, Dr. Fred Aranas who died in a car accident in the late 1980’s; 奖学金确保他的记忆永存。 阿拉纳斯奖学金颁发给永利博彩放射技术专业的四名学生。 阿拉纳斯奖学金的资金由哥伦布地区基金会维持，奖学金的选择由永利博彩基金会管理。