Graduation Present: MSM Class of 18 Receives $800,000 to Ease Education Debt
Summary
" So, when President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., announced during the schools 34 th Commencement on Saturday, May 19, that MSM would be providing more than $800,000 in additional scholarship funding, it came as a great surprise and relief to the newly minted graduates – not to mention their parents.The scholarship funding announced during commencement will help 2018 MSM graduates pay down their debts and free them to pursue practice where they desire, rather than focusing solely on how much they may earn.She shared the story of Dr. George Simkins, a dentist in segregated Greensboro, N.C. who took fight for justice and equal rights to the Supreme Court.Bowen Matthew encouraged the graduating class of doctors and medical professionals to follow in the footsteps of Dr. Simkins and fight for causes such as reducing maternal mortality."It is your responsibility to eliminate health inequities that are killing our babies, our mothers, our people in this country today," Bowen Matthew told the Class of 2018.