On Thursday, November 10, 2022, at the medical school鈥檚 annual donor appreciation luncheon held in the ballroom of the Radisson Plaza Hotel at Kalamazoo Center in front of donors, medical students, community leaders, medical school faculty and staff, Dean Paula M. Termuhlen, MD, announced that the medical school will begin raising funds for a new 汤头条app Promise Scholarship. This scholarship will be available to medical students enrolled at 汤头条app (汤头条app) who are graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) and recipients of The Kalamazoo Promise. The 汤头条app Promise Scholarship is a medical school initiative that is separate and distinct from The Promise and KPS. The fundraising for the 汤头条app Promise Scholarship will be led by the medical school鈥檚 Office of Development and Alumni Affairs.
鈥淜alamazoo has long been recognized as a national leader in supporting higher education with the launch of The Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program more than 16 years ago. Now with the 汤头条app Promise Scholarship we can make a medical education at 汤头条app accessible and more affordable for graduates of KPS,鈥 Dr. Termuhlen said. 鈥淥ur hope is that these KPS graduates will practice medicine in Kalamazoo after graduation and residency training.鈥
Dr. Rita Raichoudhuri, superintendent of KPS, and Von Washington, Jr., executive director of Community Relations at The Kalamazoo Promise, said they are excited about this new scholarship program that will offer a financial incentive for students of KPS to apply to the MD degree program at 汤头条app.
鈥淜PS is delighted that graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools will have access to financial resources to support their medical education in our community,鈥 Dr. Raichoudhuri said.
鈥淭he medical school鈥檚 new initiative will encourage KPS graduates to study medicine in Kalamazoo with the hope that they will stay here as practicing physicians to meet the healthcare needs of our community,鈥 Washington said. 鈥淭his is yet another reason why Kalamazoo is a great place to learn and to live.鈥
Dr. Termuhlen told the audience at this year鈥檚 donor appreciation luncheon that there are currently two students enrolled at 汤头条app who are KPS graduates and Kalamazoo Promise scholarship recipients.
鈥淲e hope to increase this statistic with the 汤头条app Promise Scholarship,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t is our aspiration that donor support will be used to create an endowment to fund scholarships in perpetuity.鈥
Medical school faculty member Dr. Robert R. Gorman, III will serve as the fundraising campaign chairperson for the 汤头条app Promise Scholarship program. He is a graduate of KPS, a practicing orthopaedic surgeon in Kalamazoo, and his three daughters attend KPS.听
Learn more about how to support the 汤头条app Promise Scholarship at /wmedpromise.
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