Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine has raised the barroom for full dollar magnitude awarded done donor-supported scholarships — mounting a grounds for the 2nd consecutive year.
For 2022-2023, according to OUWB Financial Services, 30 of the school’s aesculapian students were awarded a full of $300,000, up 20% from the erstwhile year.
The summation meant OUWB could grant 5 much scholarships than successful the erstwhile year. Sixteen scholarships were awarded via nonstop contributions to OUWB with the remainder from the Beaumont Health Foundation. (See sidebar for implicit list)
“I americium precise pleased to spot a continuing summation successful donor sponsored scholarships,” said Duane Mezwa, M.D., Stephan Sharf Dean, OUWB.
“I promised the students we would little their wide indebtedness and these donor scholarships person helped tremendously.”
Skyler Porcaro, M4, said helium was “speechless” erstwhile helium learned helium was 1 of 5 OUWB students to person a Beaumont Foundation Scholarship. He called it an “incredible blessing” and said the enactment from Beaumont Foundation is “truly beingness changing.”
“As a first-generation assemblage graduate, and soon-to-be archetypal doc successful my full family, this assistance and designation is huge,” helium said.
“Not lone does this assistance assistance to trim my indebtedness load for aesculapian school, but it besides puts maine successful a amended presumption to much rapidly get retired of debt, which volition let maine to supply for my household and trim my fiscal accent passim the remainder of my aesculapian grooming and career,” helium added.
‘Generous support’
There are respective reasons for the continued increase, according to OUWB officials.
“The numbers proceed to summation owed to the generous enactment from our backstage donors, faculty, and staff,” said Gregory Ashe, subordinate director, Financial Services. “That truly helped summation the numbers and affords america the accidental to connection much assistance dollars to our students.”
In conscionable 1 example, Ashe pointed to the information that 65% — oregon much than 100 — of OUWB’s full-time employees contributed to the 2022 Oakland University Fund Drive.
That represented the highest magnitude of information of Oakland University’s units for the 3rd twelvemonth successful a row.
Mezwa said determination are galore different generous donors, too.
“Some of our donors person been patients astatine Corewell East and person been taken attraction of by our students,” helium said. “Some of these grateful patients person successful crook go important donors.”
Mezwa credited Claus Weimann, manager of Philanthropy, OUWB, for his efforts to drum up arsenic overmuch enactment arsenic possible.
Among different things, helium said Weimann has done “an bonzer job” successful spreading connection astir OUWB’s mission, vision, and values.
‘Immensely helpful’
According to Ashe, students use for scholarships utilizing a modular application. Depending connected which scholarships students use for, determination whitethorn beryllium further requirements, specified arsenic essays.
A assistance committee consisting of faculty, objective faculty, and unit makes the last determination connected whom volition beryllium awarded. Ashe said the members of the assistance committee are not identified publicly.
Students who person scholarships are notified successful December.
“I was overjoyed and called my household during the thrust location that day,” said Ryan Ko, M3.
“They knew I had been moving precise hard halfway crossed the state and they were precise excited for me,” helium added.
Ko, 1 of 5 to person The OUWB Scholarship, said helium is "immensely grateful."
“Receiving this grant means much than conscionable fiscal enactment to me," helium said. "This volition ever beryllium a reminder of what my peers and I accomplished during the COVID-19 pandemic and that we, arsenic aboriginal physicians, volition beryllium called upon to pb and advocator connected behalf of others during hard times."
Caroline Roberts, M2, was among 3 to person The James V. Huebner, M.D., Oakland University Alumni Scholarship.
When she was notified, Roberts said she felt emotions of "excitement, gratitude, and relief."
"I was excited to beryllium recognized for the accomplishments I wrote astir successful my essays and receiving this assistance encouraged maine to proceed investing successful those organizations portion balancing aesculapian studies," she said.
"I was grateful for the generosity of the Huebner household to put successful galore aesculapian students' education," she continued. "I felt alleviation due to the fact that aesculapian schoolhouse indebtedness is real, and receiving this assistance took disconnected a information of the fiscal value that I americium managing."
For much information, interaction Andrew Dietderich, selling writer, OUWB, astatine adietderich@oakland.edu.
To petition an interview, sojourn the OUWB Communications & Marketing webpage.
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