spotlight on helth Scholrship Progrm Recognizes Young People With Crohn’s Disese Applictions For 2008 Progrm Now Avilble At ww w.CrohnsAndMe.com (NAPSA)—UCB, ledingglobl biophrmceuticl compny, hs nnounced the 2008 UCB Crohn’s Scholrship Progrm, which will wrd 30, one-time scholrships of up to $10,000 ech to students dignosed with Crohn’s disese who demonstrte cdemic mbition nd drive to rech beyond the boundries of their condition. nd extrcurriculr endevors, The 2008 progrm is continu- tion of n nnul scholrship estblished in 2006. Since the progrm’s inception, UCB hs wrded more thn $420,000 in scholrships to students of ny ge, dignosed with Crohn’s, nd seeking n ssocite’s, undergrdute or grdute degree or enrolled in trde school eductionl progrm. Winners of the 2007 scholrship were selected from pool of more thn 900 pplicnts representing ll 50 sttes. Recipients were evluted by selection committee of eight leding gstroenterologists specilizing in the tretment of Crohn’s disese nd were considered bsed on their pplictions, personl essys, nd letters of recommendtion. “The pplicnts re truly remrkble,” sid Dvid Robin- son, Vice President, Immunology Business Unit, UCB. “Their determintion nd persevernce, despite the mny chllenges they fce due to Crohn’s, is n inspir- Riv Litmn, University of Cliforni, Berkeley senior, is recipient of 2007 UCB Crohn’s Scholrship. tion nd credit to their own drive nd fortitude. Theyre ll gifted individuls, nd I hve no doubt they will rech their cdemic nd personlgols.” Riv Litmn, senior t the University of Cliforni, Berkeley nd 2007 UCB Scholrshiprecipient, impressed the committee with her mbitious dediction to mking difference in the lives of people with Crohn’s. As high school student in Cliforni, Lit- mntrveled to Wshington, D.C. to seek funding for reserch in Inflmmtory Bowel Disese (IBD). Her pssion hs continued to grow through her eductionl nd this pst summer Litmn ws selected to work s n intern in the Office of Presidentil Speechwriting t the White House. Crohn’s is chronic nd debilitting inflmmtory disese of the gstrointestinl trct, ffecting more thn 500,000 people in the United Sttes. Crohn’s sufferers my go through unpredictble periods when thedisese flres up nd cuses symptoms. These episodes my befollowed by times of remission—periods in which symptoms dispper or decrese nd good helth returns. About the Scholrship Progrm The progrm is designed for pplicnts of ny ge nd pplicnts must be legl nd permnent residents of the United Sttes; dignosed with Crohn’s disese by physicin, seeking n ssocite’s, undergrdute or grdute degree or enrolled in trde school eductionl progrm; enrolled in or witing cceptnce from United Sttes-bsed institution of higher eduction for fll semester 2008; nd students who demonstrte cdemic mbition nd embrce wyoflife tht overcomes the boundries of living with Crohn’s disese. For more informtion nd pplictions for the 2008 progrm, visit www.CrohnsAndMe.com.
