VCOM 2023 Annual Report

Student Scholarship Highlights (continued)

Randal “R.J.” Kirk Endowed Medical Scholarship Grace Greene, Class of 2025 – Nicklesville, Virginia “Growing up in rural Southwest Virginia in a medically underserved area introduced me to a problem I could work towards solving. One day I hope to be a physician that can give back to the communities that raised me by providing medical care to rural Virginia.”

Dennis and Kay Cannon Medical Scholarship

Samantha Houston, Class of 2024 – Collettsville, North Carolina “Often a person’s individual career goals reflect their life and their personal aspirations, and I feel like I am not an exception. I want to obtain the best education possible to be able to go back and serve medically underserved populations like the one in which I was raised.”

BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama Scholarship Lauren Joly, Class of 2025 – Florence, Alabama

“When I chose a medical school to attend, VCOM stuck out to me as being genuine in wanting to prepare physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations. Their mission is something I am passionate about and plan to do. I feel that practicing in these underserved populations is how I can have the greatest impact as a doctor.”

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Minority Scholarship Samuel Kitchens, Class of 2027 – Harrisburg, North Carolina

“Six-year-old me had been convinced that being a physician was one of the highest honors you could achieve. The ability to help those in need through their knowledge and application of medicine is something that has always resonated with me.”

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