FAMU biology/pre-med student Dyren
Brown,18, has been named the second of five students who will receive a Tom Joyner Foundation Hercules Scholarship during the month of January.
The scholarship is being awarded in
conjunction with the foundation’s School of the Month recognition program,
which highlights FAMU as its January “School of the Month.”
Joyner will announce the scholarship
recipients each Thursday of this month. Brown was recognized on today’s airing
of the “Tom Joyner Morning Show.”
Brown, a native of Orlando, Fla.,
holds a 4.0 GPA and hopes to attend the University of North Carolina School of
Medicine after completing his undergraduate studies at FAMU. He plans to become
a doctor and pursue a career in dermatology.
According to Brown, he chose to
pursue medicine after realizing that many minorities lack the proper care and
guidance needed to live healthy lives. He wants to use his role as a future
doctor to enlighten the community.
“I want to be involved in health care to help people who are not readily exposed to certain health information," said Brown, whose high academic standards and community focus garnered him the Hercules Scholarship.
Although he is only a freshman,
Brown is already making plans to make medical history. He is determined to be
an innovator.
“I want to find better and quicker
ways to treat stages of diseases that people have not found treatments for
yet,” he said. “I want to discover new ways to stop diseases early on.”
Brown says he is well aware that
accomplishing such a feat won't be easy, but he has already been taught to
never give up on his goals by his father, the most influential person in his
life.
“When the world says, ‘Give up,’
hope whispers ‘try it one more time.’ That way you can live life without any
regrets,” said Brown, reciting his motto.
The Hercules Scholarship is awarded
to male students who exhibit leadership skills, are active in the community and
maintain at least a 3.5 GPA. Additionally, scholarship recipients must plan to
embark in a career that will positively impact the quality of life of others.
As a part of the School of the Month
recognition, the Tom Joyner Foundation will partner with FAMU throughout the
year in a fundraiser that serves to challenge FAMU alumni and supporters to
make record-breaking donations toward providing more scholarships to deserving
students.