Exciting News for Future Medical Students in Ellsworth County!!

๐Ÿฉบ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ โ€ผ๏ธ

Many of you have heard about the incredible $15 million gift from Drs. David and Katrina Seitz to the University of Kansas (KU).

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ:

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ?

Drs. David and Katrina Seitz have included KU in their will (called a bequest) that will provide $15 million after their lifetimes. That money will build on a scholarship they started back in 1993 to help rural Kansas students with preference given to those from Ellsworth and those planning to practice family medicine.

This bequest is so large that it will become the largest single scholarship fund at the KU School of Medicine, providing the equivalent of 17 full-tuition scholarships for Kansas medical students.

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐:

๐๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€” a gift left in a will

๐ˆ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ โ€” these funds will support scholarships permanently

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก?

Dr. David Seitz grew up right here in Ellsworth, where his family roots run deep. Generations of the Seitz family served Ellsworth through pharmacy and medical care, from his great-great-grandfather George (who founded Seitz Pharmacy in 1867 and whose pharmacy still serves us today) to his parents, who dedicated their careers to health care in Ellsworth.

This gift honors their legacy and ensures that future doctors, potentially your kids or grandkids, can get help going to medical school. The scholarship will continue to give priority to students from Ellsworth and those interested in family medicine.

Dr. Seitz hopes these scholarships will encourage new doctors to return to rural towns like Ellsworth, keeping quality health care available here at home.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ?

KU Endowment manages the investment.

KU Medical Centerโ€™s Office of Financial Aid awards the scholarships.

โ„น๏ธ ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ: ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐@๐ค๐ฎ๐ฆ๐œ.๐ž๐๐ฎ

https://www.kumc.edu/…/scholarships-from-our-schools.html

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:

โœ” Kansas Medical Student Loan Program (KMSL)

Covers full tuition for KU medical students who plan to practice in rural Kansas in primary care or psychiatry.

https://www.kumc.edu/…/scholarships-from-our-schools.html

โœ” Scholars in Rural Health Program

For undergraduates who want to serve rural communities as doctors. This program guarantees a spot at KU Med School if requirements are met.

https://www.kumc.edu/…/premedic…/scholars-in-health.html

โœ” 3+4 Program (coming soon)

Will help rural Kansas students finish college in 3 years and medical school in 4, for a total of 7 years instead of 8.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ?

While our foundation is not managing these funds, we believe sharing opportunities like this helps build a stronger, healthier community. Supporting future doctors from Ellsworth is one of the best ways to keep rural health care vibrant.

If youโ€™d like, we can help connect you with resources or answer your questions. Just let me know.

โ€” Colby Richard

Executive Director, Smoky Hills Community Foundation

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ?

At SHCF, we are in the business of assisting you with your charitable endowment and estate giving plans. Your legacy too can have a substaintaile impact for generations to come. Give us a call and ask us how! Charitable endowments are not just something that someone else is doing. They are here for us all, to help us all!

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Smoky Hills Community Foundation is a proud affiliate of the Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation.