Page 10 - Welters Proposal and IMPACT Report

Scholarship Impact

Making Student Dreams A Reality

Artesse Conley and continue to lead by example. I am privileged to be
Atlanta, GA a Beatrice Welters Scholar and will hold that title with
3rd-year M.D. student pride. I am forever grateful for this investment into my
Former Recipient future and I will represent you all the best way I know
how. Thank you!
Do you volunteer with any organizations? Yes, I have
an organization called Yacht Club Collective and we go Scholarship History
into the community to spread love, creativity, and health.
We recently hosted a back to school drive as well as fed Year Amount Distrubted Recipient(s)
the homeless on this past thanksgiving. . FY12 $12,700.00 Paula Magee
Share your experience so far at Morehouse School of FY13 $15,277.00 Paula Magee &
Medicine? My experience at Morehouse School of Medi- Monique Merritt-Atkins
cine has been great. I have learned more here than I have FY14 $20,100.00 Paula Magee &
in any other institution I have attended. I believe the Bianca Waters
institution will definitely prepare me to be the best FY15 $32,000.00 Brieanna Bivens
physi-cian I can be. FY16 $31,766.00 Brieanna Bivens
If you could say one thing to thank your scholarship FY17 $18,011.00 Brieanna Bivens
supporters what would it be? This generous award not FY18 $24,842.00 Brieanna Bivens
only contributes to my medical education, but it has also FY19 $18,350.00 Marshaun Hall
helped relieve some of my daily stressors that impacted FY20 $36,850.00 Marshaun Hall &
my ability to be a scholar. More specifically, I was with- Artesse Conley
out a motor vehicle and it was a financial burden/struggle FY21 $37,000.00 Marshaun Hall &
to find transportation to and from school. This award Artesse Conley
allowed me to be able to purchase a small affordable FY22 $18,500.00 Marshaun Hall
vehicle, and now I can place more focus on my studies

Brieanna Bivens, M.D. financial support through medical school. This schol-

Alumna, Class of 2018 arship further reinforces the meaning of giving back to
Former Recipient those in my community. As a way of paying this
generos-ity forward, I hope to fund a portion of a
• Why did you choose student’s medi-cal career just as mine was funded
Morehouse School of Medicine? through this scholarship.
I appreciate the focus More-
house School of Medicine plac- Where did you complete your residency?
es on primary care education I completed my residency at the University of Ten-nessee
and research, and hope to take Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
full advantage of its resources
and partnerships. With a MSM Where are you currently practicing? I am an internal
medical degree, a physician assumes a position of trust medicine specialist at the Southern Regional Medical
and power that makes him or her an effective advocate Center in Riverdale, Georgia.
in the fight for health justice. MSM, with its commitment • 68% of MSM’s M.D.
to the advancement of health equity, is perfectly aligned
with my values. Alumni serve in Primary
Share how scholarship support helps you academical- Care.
ly, professionally and personally? I view the scholarship • 54% of M.D. Alumni
I received as a reward for the passion and dedication I serve Medically Underserved Areas.
have put into becoming a primary care physician. I am
extremely honored that someone saw me fit to receive