Thanks to the generosity of the Sanders Family Foundation of Greenville, a Furman graduate will be able to attend the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville (USCSOMG) on a full scholarship throughout the student\u2019s time at the medical school.<\/p>\n
Dr. John Sanders, a Greenville physician and 1988 Furman graduate, said his family wanted to ensure that financial circumstances were not a deterrent for a deserving young Furman alumnus to attend medical school.\u00a0 \u201cProviding this scholarship is a great way for my family to support our interests in both education and the healthcare needs in this community,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cAnd we hope this award can help keep talented and aspiring medical professionals here in Greenville.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new Paladin Scholarship will be awarded annually to a Furman graduate attending the medical school.\u00a0 The first recipient of the Scholarship is Taylor Mitchell of Hephzibah, Ga., who graduated from Furman in 2015 with a B.S. degree in biology and will begin attending the Greenville medical school in July.<\/p>\n
USCSOMG is a four-year medical program developed as a partnership between USC and Greenville Health System (GHS).\u00a0 In 2013, GHS became a nationally-recognized academic health center through its partnership with Furman, University of South Carolina and Clemson University.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurman is proud of its partnership with GHS and the medical school, and this scholarship is particularly meaningful since so many of our students are interested in pursuing health-related careers,\u201d said Furman President Elizabeth Davis.\u00a0 \u201cWe are deeply grateful to the Sanders Family Foundation for providing such generous assistance.\u00a0 It will certainly make a difference in the lives of many Furman graduates who hope to attend medical school.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jerry R. Youkey, MD, dean of the USC School of Medicine Greenville, said the Paladin Scholarship furthers the partnership\u2019s mission by creating more opportunities between institutions to develop the next generation of highly-skilled health professionals.<\/p>\n
\u201cScholarship support is an investment in our community,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cThe Paladin Scholarship allows us to recruit and retain the best and brightest students in the Upstate and train them to serve the unique health care needs of our region.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to graduating Cum Laude<\/em> from Furman, Mitchell was a Dean\u2019s List student and a recipient of the James B. Duke Scholarship.\u00a0 She served as a Resident Assistant and Admissions Ambassador, and was a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Honor Society and Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society.<\/p>\n Mitchell also served on the executive boards of the Furman Gospel Ensemble and the Student League for Black Culture, and worked in the research lab of Furman biology professor Dr. Jason Rawlings during the summer of 2013. As a result of that research, her lab published a paper in the academic journal, Molecular Immunology<\/em>.<\/p>\n A graduate of John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School in Augusta, Ga., she is the daughter of Yule and Beverly Mitchell of Hephzibah.<\/p>\n For more information, contact Furman\u2019s News and Media Relations office at 864-294-3107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanks to the generosity of the Sanders Family Foundation of Greenville, a Furman graduate will be able to attend the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville on a full scholarship throughout the student\u2019s time at the medical school.\u00a0Dr. John Sanders, a Greenville physician and 1988 Furman graduate, said his family wanted to ensure that financial circumstances were not a deterrent for a deserving young Furman alumnus to attend medical school.\u00a0The first recipient of the Paladin Scholarship is Taylor Mitchell of Hephzibah, Ga., who graduated from Furman in 2015 with a degree in biology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":3879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,19,21,35,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-alumni","category-biology","category-health-sciences","category-parent-news","category-pre-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}