The WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has launched Medicine Multiplied, a matched fundraising campaign designed to expand scholarship support for students across the college and help meet Washington’s growing health care shortage.
The fall campaign, which concludes on Giving Tuesday, will raise funds for future health care professionals in Medicine, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, and Speech and Hearing Sciences. Thanks to the generosity of committed donors, every gift to MD student scholarships up to $2 million will be matched dollar-for-dollar, doubling its impact and helping Coug Doctors pursue their education with fewer financial barriers.
“Medicine Multiplied empowers everyone to help us meet the growing need for health care leaders in Washington,” said Libby Manthei, senior director of the development at the college. “As funding options become more limited for students, philanthropic investment makes a life-changing difference in each student’s life, and they in turn will go on to touch the lives of thousands of patients.”
The campaign highlights WSU College of Medicine students who have been positively impacted by scholarships, including first-year medical student Jessica Rohm, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology undergraduate Edward Sjoquist, and Speech and Hearing Sciences graduate student Diana Pham.
Their stories demonstrate how scholarship support enables students from all backgrounds, including first-generation and nontraditional students, to pursue health care careers in the communities they call home.