Rockford, Illinois – The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford is looking for rural high school students interested in a future in the health professions to participate in a three-day summer camp at Northern Illinois University, June 11-13, 2009. Applications must be received by May 1, 2009.
The purpose of the camp is to provide rural high school students with a hands-on experience in different health careers and to show the different opportunities available in the health professions. Students will receive information about education and training, academic requirements, financial aid and campus life. The faculty for the camp is composed of health professionals currently in practice, school counselors and college students. Parents and high school students will also attend a session lead by guidance counselors about applying and obtaining financial aid for education following high school.
Campers will stay in a dormitory on the campus of NIU in DeKalb, Ill. Activities will include a hospital visit, anatomy lab, nursing lab, physical therapy lab, dietetic lab, and clinical science lab, and recreational activities. All meals and recreational activities are provided.
Current rural high school freshman, sophomores and juniors from the 14 counties of the Northern Illinois Area Health Education Center (AHEC) region are eligible to apply. These counties include Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Henry, JoDaviess, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago.
Student applications must be received on or before May 1, 2009. Please mail applications to Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper, MSW, at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, 1601 Parkview Avenue, Rockford, Ill., 61107. Applications can be obtained at
http://www.ilrhpguide.com/camp.cfm.
For more information on the summer Health Careers Camp, contact Vicki at 815.395.5854 or vweide1@uic.edu.