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About Madison

Madison Becknell excelled in her studies in the Clinical Leadership and Management program at the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences. She made the Dean’s List multiple times, even while she was active in her community and with her church and sorority. She helped fellow students in their studies and was respected and appreciated by faculty.  

Madison was excited for the future of healthcare and her roll in it. Sarah Kercsmar, department chair and associate professor in the Clinical Leadership and Management program, said, “She was often the one sitting in the front row, eagerly engaged and, you know, put her hand up and was ready to go.” Madison was interested in integrative medicine after finishing her senior practicum, an extension of classroom experience, at UK. “She found her love and her passion,” Kercsmar said.

Karen Clancy, director of the Clinical Leadership and Management Program said, “Madison valued being a responsible, professional communicator in health care. She wrote in an assignment about the need for professionals in health care to be learners, inquirers, critical thinkers, and problem solvers. And she approached her studies and work in health care in that way.” 

About the Scholarship

The Madison Becknell Clinical Leadership and Management Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to two students in the Clinical Leadership and Management program in the UK College of Health Sciences. Each recipient will receive $2500 in scholarship support. Qualified applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher; be enrolled in the CLM program and entering their Junior or Senior year. To qualify students must also write a 500-word essay that describes how and why they possess any of the traits below:

• Demonstrates enthusiasm and excitement for the future of healthcare
• Radiates positive energy to faculty, students and brightens the room
• Reaches out to help and support other classmates
• Demonstrates compassion, creativity and innovation
• Is passionate about positive health outcomes and treating the whole person
• Is open to alternative forms of medical solutions
• Is resilient in the face of adversity
• Is responsible and professional, and strives to be a good communicator
• Is an active learner, inquirer, critical thinker, and problem solver

Ideas for Volunteering and Service Work

See below for a list of amazing ideas for service work available in our community: 

• UK’s amazing GivePulse site with volunteer opportunities from local nonprofits and service-based student organizations.
• Donate and deliver used books/coloring books to Little Free Libraries (even just one or two books as most of these libraries are quite little).
• Donate and distribute food to the Little Free Pantries in the community. Visit their facebook for more information.
• Volunteer for Seedleaf in Lexington in their gardens.
• Write letters for Operation Gratitude which works to say “thank you” to all who serve
• Help as a Citizen Archivist for the National Archives. You can sign up and volunteer right away tagging photos, transcribing documents, etc.

• Make and deliver friendship bracelets and cards for kids at:

  Arbor Youth Services
  323 South Upper Street
  Lexington, KY 40507
  859-254-2501

  Salvation Army
  736 West Main Street
  Lexington, KY 40508
  859-252-7706