Eastern Shore Rural Health Initiative

UMB’s Four-Step Approach:

• Provide scholarships for public school students on the Eastern Shore to attend UMB and return to the Eastern Shore to practice.
• Create clinical rotations and professional training opportunities, allowing UMB students to spend significant time on the Shore.
• Support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) enrichment programs at public, middle, and high schools on the Eastern Shore
• Engage health providers on the Eastern Shore in educational opportunities and mentorship for students interested in pursuing a career in health care.

You Can Make a Student’s Dream Reality: UMB Eastern Shore Rural Health Scholars Program

Our goal is to enable more students from the Eastern Shore to pursue degrees in health care. In a rural region where many live below the poverty line, the cost of professional education can be a significant barrier. And the cost of education is rising.

UMB has created current use and endowed scholarship funds, ensuring that students from the Eastern Shore — now and for generations to come — will be able to attend UMB without worrying about the financial burden.

Your philanthropic gift can create a legacy and foster the promising futures of deserving and exceptional Eastern Shore students.

To make a gift, please visit umaryland.edu/ruralhealth/give. 

We invite you to learn more

For more information on UMB’s commitment to strengthening health care access and health science education on the Eastern Shore, please contact Greg Bowden at gbowden@umaryland.edu or download a copy of our Eastern Shore Workforce Development Initiative Case Study. Download Adobe Reader for free.