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Making a Difference Y our gift can make a difference by helping further the education of deserving VCOM medical students. VCOM focuses more than any

Scholarships Available AARP Blacksburg Chapter Gerontology Scholarship Alumni Endowed Scholarship William G. Anderson, D.O. Endowed Scholarship H. Pat and Nancy E. Artis Endowed Medical Scholarship H. Pat and Nancy Eisenhart Artis Endowed Medical Scholarship H. Pat and Nancy Eisenhart Artis Student Athlete Endowed Scholarship H. Pat and Nancy Eisenhart Artis Primary Care Rural Health Endowed Scholarship H. Pat and Nancy Eisenhart Artis Scholarship for First-Year VCOM Students H. Pat and Nancy Eisenhart Artis Scholarship for First-Year VCOM Students from Rural Medically Underserved areas in VA Be the Change Scholarship J & M Bircher Endowed Scholarship Mary Black Medical Staff Scholarship Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Primary Care Scholarship Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Obstetrics and Psychiatry Scholarship Blue Cross Blue Shield Of South Carolina Foundation Scholarship Per Yngve Brolinson DO, Rural Family Medicine Scholarship John and Mary Jean Brown Rural Medical Scholarship Dennis and Kay Cannon Medical Scholarship John A. Cifala, DO, and Laura Cifala Memorial Osteopathic Medical Fund Lois Street Clarke and Larry Alan Clarke Endowed Medical Scholarship Cornwell-Thomas Endowed Medical Scholarship David A. Cummings Endowed Medical Scholarship Sandra C. Davis and William C. Davis Endowed Scholarship

Sandra C. Davis and William C. Davis Rural Medical Scholarship G. Gail Lott, MEd and James R. Edinger, DO Endowed Scholarship Fund Edward M. Feldman, DO Memorial Scholarship Blake E. Fought Memorial Endowed Scholarship Friends to Optometrists Scholarship Julie Ghent Memorial Scholarship Latonya Hendricks, DO Memorial Scholarship William B. and Ann F. Holtzman Endowed Medical Scholarship Empress-Janeen Hughes Memorial Scholarship Fund For Pediatrics Randal “R.J.” Kirk Endowed Medical Scholarship Peter Krothapalli Honorary Scholarship Howard Levine Scholarship Paticia A. Marden Health Award Hughes Melton Scholarship for Rural Health A. Patricia Merryman Endowed Medical Scholarship F.W. “Sonny” Merryman, Jr. Family Endowed Scholarship New River Valley Health Foundation Endowed Scholarship Margaret & Jimmy Narong Palmeiri Rural Health Scholarship James “J.” and Renae Pearson Endowed Medical Scholarship David E. Reemsnyder II and Judith Hain Reemsnyder Scholarship Frank B. Rocovich Wellness Scholarship Buford Lee Rolin Endowed Scholarship D. Bruce Roulstone and Hannah Hobbs Roulstone Endowed Medical Scholarship Niyati P. Sheth Scholarship for Excellence in Microbiology and Pharmacology Jean W. Skelton Endowed Medical Scholarship John K. Skelton and Cristina Skelton

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 College’s mission. 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. For more information, or to fund a new scholarship, please email alumni@vcom.edu . Opportunities for New Scholarships