UT Alumni Association and UTHSC Create Legacy Scholarship for Each of UTHSC’s Six Colleges
Memphis, Tenn. (January 30, 2013) – Thanks to the generosity of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association (UTAA) and alumni of the University of
Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), a legacy scholarship has been created. In this context, a legacy is a UTHSC student, who is the
child/stepchild or grandchild/step-grandchild of a degree-holding graduate, from one of the UT campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin, or Memphis.
The first recipients of the six $1,000 scholarships will be announced in fall 2013.
The scholarships were originally funded by $2,000 from the UTAA’s Board of Governors and a campus match of $2,000. However, Steve J. Schwab, MD, UTHSC
chancellor, increased the campus match, making the overall total in funding $6,000.
Scholarship requirements are as follows:
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The scholarship will be available to both in-state and out-of-state students
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The award will be for first-year students only
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Recipients of the scholarship must maintain a 3.0 GPA in order to retain the scholarship for the second semester.
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Possible recipients will be identified using the application for the college and campus they wish to attend. As with the other UTAA
scholarships, the campuses will use the parameters listed above to select its recipients.
Each of UTHSC’s six colleges will be responsible for awarding this scholarship each year in partnership with the UTAA director of Alumni Programs and
Scholarships.
“We welcome the opportunity to offer these six, annual Legacy Scholarships to qualified, first-year students,” said Chancellor Schwab. “Our alumni play
a defining role in our shared institutional identity. These scholarships are another way to acknowledge and award our students, particularly those who
are continuing a tradition of excellence by enrolling at UTHSC like the generation or generations before them.”
Please contact Sarah Stair, director of Alumni Programs and Scholarships, with any questions regarding this award at sstair@utfi.org or (865)
974-2502.
As the flagship statewide academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is to bring
the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by
pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service. Offering a broad range of postgraduate and selected
baccalaureate training opportunities, the main UTHSC campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges: Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry,
Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. UTHSC also educates and trains cohorts of medicine, pharmacy and/or allied health students —
in addition to medical residents and fellows — at its major sites in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville. Founded in 1911, during its more than 100
years, UT Health Science Center has educated and trained more than 53,000 health care professionals in academic settings and health care facilities
across the state. For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu.
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