Page 3 - 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
future and I will represent you all the best way I know
Former Recipient
how. Thank you!
Do you volunteer with any organizations? Yes, I have
an organization called Yacht Club Collective and we go
into the community to spread love, creativity, and health.
We recently hosted a back to school drive as well as fed
the homeless on this past Thanksgiving. Beatrice Wilkinson Welters Scholarship
Share your experience so far at Morehouse School of Scholarship History
Medicine? My experience at Morehouse School of Medi-
cine has been great. I have learned more here than I have Year Amount Distrubted Recipient(s)
throughout any institution I have attended. I believe the FY15 $32,000.00 Brieanna Bivens
institution will definitely prepare me to be the best physi- FY16 $31,766.00 Brieanna Bivens
cian I can be. FY17 $18,011.00 Brieanna Bivens
If you could say one thing to thank your scholarship FY18 $24,842.00 Brieanna Bivens
supporters what would it be? This generous award not FY19 $18,350.00 Marshaun Hall
only contributes to my medical education, but it has also FY20 $36,623.99 Marshaun Hall &
helped relieve some of my daily stressors that impacted Artesse Conley
my ability to be a scholar. More specifically, I was with- FY21 $37,000.00 Marshaun Hall &
out a motor vehicle and it was a financial burden/struggle Artesse Conley
to find transportation to and from school. This award FY22 $18,500.00 Marshaun Hall
allowed me to be able to purchase a small affordable
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-

• Why did you choose ity forward, I hope to fund a portion of a student’s medi-
Morehouse School of Medicine? cal career just as mine was funded through scholarship.
I appreciate the focus More- Where did you complete your residency?
house School of Medicine plac-
es on primary care education I completed my residency at the University of Ten-
and research, and hope to take nessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
full advantage of its resources Where are you currently practicing? I am an internal
and partnerships. With a MSM medicine specialist at the Southern Regional Medical
medical degree, a physician assumes a position of trust
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 primarily caring physician. I
am extremely honored that someone saw me fit to receive