WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Wichita’s Riverside Health Foundation has given more than $1 million to Kansas Health Science University through an endowed scholarship fund established to benefit medical students.
Kansas Health Science University (KHSU) said the $1.3 million gift “[ensures] that future generations of KHSU’s Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (KansasCOM) students can pursue their medical education and carry forward the Foundation’s mission of improving healthcare for all Kansans.”
In a news release on the first endowed scholarship for the university, KHSU said the gift’s timing “comes at a critical time for students needing financial assistance,” with fedearl legislation capping unsubsidized loans at $50,000 a year with a lifetime limit of $200,000…