VCOM 2018 Annual Report

College Scholarships

V COM focuses more than any other medical school in the region on recruiting students who will help meet the healthcare needs of medically underserved populations. Research has shown that students with the greatest commitment to service are often those who themselves come from rural and other underserved communities and have fewer economic resources. For this reason, private support for students is crucial to the College’s ability to recruit and foster the kind of medical students who will most likely fulfill the VCOM mission.

Scholarships • AARP – Blacksburg Chapter Gerontology Scholarship • William G. Anderson, DO, Minority Scholarship • Per Yngve Brolinson, DO,

Emergency Funds • Dr. Jake Benner Medical Emergency Fund • Dr. Stephen Blood Emergency Fund Residency Interview Travel Funds • Empress-Janeen Hughes Memorial Scholarship Fund for Pediatrics • Rural Access Travel Scholarship Fund for Psychiatry – Virginia Campus For Students on International Rotations • J. Michael Bernardo Memorial Scholarship – Virginia Campus • Ron Kindrick and Dean Willcox Global Outreach Scholarship – Virginia Campus • Women in Global Health Travel Scholarship – Carolinas Campus Support Medical Supplies & Equipment in El Salvador • Jimmi Narong Palmieri Pediatric Room Fund

Rural Family Medicine Scholarship • Cornwell-Bireley Family Trust Scholarship • Blake E. Fought Memorial Endowed Scholarship • Friends to Optometrists Scholarship • Latonya M. Hendricks, DO, Scholarship • William B. and Ann Holtzman Endowed Medical Scholarship • Randall J. Kirk Scholarship • Howard Levine Memorial Scholarship • Patricia A. Marden Women’s Health Award • F. W. “Sonny” Merryman Jr. Family Endowed Scholarship • Dr. Hara and Biju Misra Student Research Award • The Margaret and Jimmi Narong Palmieri Rural Health Scholarship • James “J.” and Renae Pearson Scholarship • Frank Butler Rocovich Wellness Scholarship • The Science Foundation of West Virginia Scholarship • Sower Scholarship • Niyati P. Sheth Scholarship for Excellence in

Opportunities for New Scholarships There are two scholarship types at VCOM: Annual and Endowed.

• Annual scholarships allow a donor to make a gift each year that is awarded in whole the following year to a student. • Endowed scholarships exist in perpetuity and provide permanent support for students for a specific purpose.

Microbiology and Pharmacology • Jeanne Horne Stosser Endowed Medical Scholarship

• Megan Cornwell Thomas, DO, and William Thomas, DO, Endowed Medical Scholarship • Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association (VOMA) Scholarship

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