Generous donation to support senior medical laboratory students at UW
Thanks to an anonymous donor, UW's Medical Laboratory Science Program will eliminate tuition costs for senior students, supporting their education and addressing laboratory staffing shortages over the next 50 years.
All University of Washington Medical Laboratory Science Program undergraduate students in their senior-year clinical rotations will have their tuition covered thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor. UW shared the news on December 1.
According to UW, the gift will total more than $50 million and will be distributed every year for the next 50 years. Students and professors expressed their gratitude for the donor in a press release. One student emphasized how hard it is to work a job to pay tuition while doing clinical rotations for 40 hours a week and studying. Students will no longer have to worry about covering tuition during their senior-year clinical rotations. The university expects the gift to help them grow the program to 100 students. UW noted that there are only two baccalaureate-level medical science programs in the state of Washington. This gift will also help combat staffing shortages burdening laboratories.
