Impact of Giving

Student Stories

Romanian-born Scholarship Winner Hopes to Give Back
Ioana Peret, College of Medicine freshman

Ioana Peret has won numerous scholarships and awards for academic achievement. She hopes to practice medicine someday in disadvantaged communities. “Becoming a doctor is the best way for me to have positive impact on the underprivileged,” she says. “My parents also encouraged me to go into medicine. My father saw it as the fulfillment of the American dream.” Read More...


Freshman Medical Student Benefits from the Paul and Dorothy Reese Pelko Endowed Scholarship
Tiffany Shelton, College of Medicine freshman

Tiffany Shelton wonders what it must have been like for Dorothy Reese Pelko, who dreamed of going to medical school more than half a century ago but couldn’t afford it. The College of Medicine freshman is truly inspired by philanthropists like Pelko, who died in 2002 and made a generous contribution to UAMS for scholarships and research in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Read More...


Generosity of a 1964 Alumnus’ Family Enables College of Medicine Senior to Attend Medical School
Andrew Coble, College of Medicine senior

The generosity of a 1964 alumnus’ family enables College of Medicine senior Andrew Coble to afford lunch on campus during long days of clinical rotations and an occasional night out with his wife and two children.
Coble has received the Samuel L. Gaston, M.D., Memorial Scholarship for the past four years. Read More...