New funding will allow the college to increase the number of Native students

Wy'east Pathway Students with Leila Harrison

KXLY highlights federal funding that will allow the Wy’east Pathway Program to expand at the College of Medicine. In the piece, MD student Lexie Packham, Dr. Leila Harrison, and Christina VerHeul share what this means for the college.

The Wy’east Pathway Program is designed to help American Indian and Alaskan Native learners thrive in their journey through medicine. Wy’east was originally shared by the three schools, and program admittance was sparse; in previous years the college could only select four scholars annually.

Read the article here.