(Left to right) Shown at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition (SALE) scholarship presentation at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio are SALE Board Chairman Tres Kleberg; physician assistant studies students Jennifer Barrera, Rose Broderick Hare, Landy Gurwell, Sarah Taff, Tiffany McDonald-Marsh and Lindsey Waymer; and Health Science Center President William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP.
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The San Antonio Livestock Exposition (SALE) presented $270,000 in scholarships to medical, nursing and health professions students at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The scholarships, presented on Oct. 13, make it possible for 46 students to begin or continue their educations at the Health Science Center.

“Today we celebrate the sixth consecutive year of student scholarship support from our loyal friends of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition,” said Health Science Center President William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP. “The mutual goal of our collaboration is to attract the best and brightest students to our campus, provide them with a first-class education and retain these professionals to practice within South Texas, where there is a shortage of health care in rural and medically underserved communities.”

SALE Board of Directors Chairman Tres Kleberg said, “The SALE volunteers who make this gift possible are committed to helping the exceptional students from the UT Health Science Center. We are proud of each of them and look forward to seeing the difference they will make in the future of health for the citizens of South Texas.”

The scholarships were presented to 20 medical students, 20 from the School of Nursing and six physician assistant studies students from the School of Health Professions. SALE began offering scholarships to Health Science Center medical and nursing students in 2004. In 2008, six physician assistant studies scholarships were added.

Last May, the first group of 20 SALE medical scholars from the Health Science Center graduated and enrolled in residency training programs. Fifteen of the 20 nursing scholars are scheduled to graduate in 2009 and the remaining five are on track to graduate later. This is the second year scholarships have been awarded to physician assistant students. They are enrolled in a three-year master’s degree program.

Since the SALE scholarship program began in 1984, more than $87 million has been awarded to students and more than $1.2 million has been presented to Health Science Center scholars.