Dean's CORE Society Scholarship

The Dean's Core is comprised of individuals who contribute to the Dean's CORE Scholarship Fund. Members of the Dean's CORE Society provide vital funding to help alleviate the debt our medical students face. This funding meets a critical need faced by both our students and the institution that serves them, as the College of Medicine is evaluated based on its effort to minimize student debt.

Our Values
 

Compassion

The College of Medicine produces physicians who serve the Commonwealth with the best that is in them. They work tirelessly to bridge the gap in care for underserved communities; they show compassion. In turn, the Dean’s CORE exercises compassion by reducing the debt new physicians face.

Operational Readiness

We are the College of Medicine at the University for Kentucky. By reducing the student debt faced by College of Medicine Graduates, we bring the dream of being a physician into reach for more Kentuckians who choose to stay and serve in the Commonwealth. This helps address the physician shortage faced by our state, and directly improves the lives of people in need of care.

Resilience

Physicians help others every day, but many report facing their own challenges around mental health. Rates of stress, anxiety, and burnout among doctors are increasing, and this has a direct impact on the quality of care being provided to patients. Debt can create or compound existing financial stress, and the Dean’s Core is committed to doing something about it. Our mission is to ensure students can focus on their training and their patients instead of how to make ends meet. 

Excellence

The UK College of Medicine has an impressive track record of innovation and exploration; we are pioneers. The Dean’s CORE believes that Physicians provide higher-quality care because they were trained at the University of Kentucky. Providing a robust scholarship fund to deserving students helps the College of Medicine attract the best and brightest future physicians.

Join the Dean's CORE

Members of the Dean’s CORE have given $5,000 or more to the Dean’s CORE Scholarship Fund. Some members choose to make one-time donations, while others pledge recurring annual gifts. Dean’s CORE donors are recognized at the following levels of cumulative giving: 

 

Donating any amount entitles you to regular communication from the Dean’s CORE about the state of the Scholarship Fund and the impact we have had on students. Members will be invited to additional engagement and social opportunities with other donors, current students and scholarship recipients, and College of Medicine leadership. 
 

A Thank You to Our Current Donors from Recipients

"Thank you very much for your generous contribution. This scholarship allows me to focus on medicine and becoming the best future physician I can be without some of the financial stresses." 

- Aum Patel / Bardstown, KY

"Having this scholarship has relieved a lot of the stress that medical school brings, allowing me to focus more on studying and training to be a great physician and less on the financial aspect of becoming a physician." 

- Josh Karsner / Frankfort, KY

"Thank you so much for helping me with the financial obligation in medical school. People like you make such a difference in lives by direct investment, and I hope to do the same someday." 

- Joslyn Isaac / Hi Hat, KY

"Your donation not only lowered the barrier of entry for me to be the first physician in my immediate family, but it also enabled me to pursue clinical research and contribute to the science of medicine. Thank you!" 

- Andrew Welleford / Lexington, KY