Through a major gift from a Flint couple, a new scholarship is now available to premedical students at Kettering University and the University of Michigan–Flint who are accepted into Michigan State University College of Human Medicine through MSU’s Early Assurance Program.

Mark Weiss, MD, and his wife Susan Thompson Weiss established the “Charles and Lois Thompson and Alexander and Irene Weiss Endowed Scholarship” in honor of their parents.

The endowed scholarship will provide one student a total of $10,000 ($2,500 per year) for a maximum of four years. The $10,000 scholarship will repeat with a different student awarded every four years.

It is the first scholarship of its kind dedicated to premedical students enrolled through MSU’s Early Assurance Program in Flint and is available only to University of Michigan-Flint and Kettering premedical students.

The number of awards will be based on available funds in the endowment. The donors hope to inspire others in the community to support more Flint medical students through this endowed scholarship.