Fund Information

DR. ETHAN R. SELLERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

2025 Scholarship Cycle Now OPEN - Deadline to Apply is May 2, 2025.

The Dr. Ethan R. Sellers Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the memory of Dr. Ethan Ross Sellers. The recipient must:

• come from a disadvantaged/underserved background or
• plan to work in an underserved or underrepresented community or
• belong to a community which is underrepresented in healthcare professions

Scholarships awarded are made possible from the Dr. Ethan R. Sellers Memorial Scholarship Fund, a component fund of the Solano Community Foundation.

AWARD AMOUNT: One scholarship at $1,400

APPLICATION START DATE: April 11, 2025

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: May 2, 2025

ELIGIBLE APPLICANT:

• Has completed at least three years of undergraduate studies by the end of June of the year in which the scholarship will be awarded, with at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (GPA)
• Is pursuing a degree in the healthcare field AND attends a school in either Solano County, Yolo County, Napa County, or the state of Pennsylvania
• Must meet one of the following criteria: be in pursuit of a 4-year university degree, at a minimum; OR be accepted to a post-graduate program; OR be a post-graduate student

HOW TO APPLY:  Fill out the Google Form Scholarship Application.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• A copy of your most recent transcript
• Two letters of recommendation (one from an academic provider and one from a non-academic provider)
• Demonstrate financial need

QUESTIONS: Contact Jennifer Saelee at (707) 805-4376 or jennifer@solanocf.org

Click below for the PDF version of the 2025 Scholarship Guidelines.

Dr. Ethan R. Sellers Memorial Scholarship 2025 Guidelines

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2024 Scholarship Recipient Announced!
Congratulations to Janna Yang the 2024 recipient of the Dr. Ethan R. Sellers Memorial Scholarship.  She will recieve a $5,000 scholarship and continue her studies at Touro University, Vallejo, CA.  We wish Janna continued success in achieving her goals!

2024 Sellers Enrollment Verification Form

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	Ethan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill (Lauri) Sellers made the inaugural scholarship presentation to Elizabeth Pena in 2022.

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Fund History and Background

Dr. Ethan Ross Sellers passed away on July 4, 2019.  The Dr. Ethan R. Sellers Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to honor his memory by awarding scholarships to deserving students in Dr. Sellers' name.

Dr. Sellers was a 2016 graduate of Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA.  He then attended the Family Medicine Residency program at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center-Vallejo and graduated in June 2019.  Ethan was to continue his education with a Palliative Care Fellowship at UC Davis Medical Center. During both Medical School and Residency, Dr. Sellers was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Ethan loved life and lived it to its fullest. His hearts' desire was to serve others, and although his time in medicine was brief, he touched many lives, bringing his warmth, compassion and kindness to all. He had a passion for writing and participated in literary circles and had published several of his pieces. He was an avid outdoorsman and was equally thrilled by climbing a mountain or strolling on a beach. More than anything he loved people - making connections, helping anyone he could, sharing his enthusiasm for life.

"Dr. Sellers was a wonderfully humanistic person; an outstanding physician who really took the time to get to know his patients,” said Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center Family Residency Program Director Dr. Ted O’Connell.  “He was a gifted physician and would have been a brilliant palliative care physician.  Ethan had a infectious personality; a love for life, and he really cared about the community around him.  The world lost a wonderful spirit; a gifted physician who was just beginning his career."

Dr. Sellers enjoyed writing and was often inspried by the places he visited, people he met and experiences he encountered. Click this link to read/download a poem entitled A Home Within the Chestthat Ethan wrote during a medical outreach trip to Honduras.  Dr. Sellers treated the patient he writes about, while practicing medicine in a rural mountainside mobile clinic.  He was both moved by the openness and trust of the people and frustrated by the lack of resources avalable for the village.

Photos shown below below:  Ethan on the NorCal Coast; Ethan's Kaiser Permanente Vallejo photo; Ethan and partner Van in Iceland; Ethan and brother Jordan at Jordan's college graduation; Ethan and parents in Key West; Ethan's family in Philadelphia on Mother's Day 2019.