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Interested in health and medicine? Gain an edge!
Pre-Collegiate Summer Institute hosted by the University of Georgia College of Public Health
July 8-14, 2018The University of Georgia Pre-Collegiate Summer Institute (PCSI) is an immersive, collaborative, transformative and FREE one-week residential experience for high-achieving high-school students from diverse backgrounds. Funded by UGA’s New Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion Grant, the program helps prepare college-bound rising seniors for success by giving them an exciting glimpse of college-level academics and residential life at the University of Georgia, as well as exposing them to areas in public health, health sciences,and technology.
Students will enjoy the beautiful UGA campus and its outstanding facilities, where they can live on-campus, get involved in UGA courses, enjoy extra-curricular
UGA instructors will teach hands-on, immersive public health courses in the mornings, while afternoons will focus on navigating student life through campus tours and workshops. Evenings will feature some of the activities UGA students enjoy, such as a movie at the Tate Student Center or swimming at the Ramsey Student Center.
Current UGA students will serve as counselors to guide, mentor, and answer questions about campus life, and participants will have the admission fees covered to apply for undergraduate admission to the University of Georgia.
The deadline to apply is May 11, 2018.The PSCI program is FREE of charge for accepted students.
www.publichealth.uga.edu/pcsi
What is Public Health?Infectious disease outbreaks, obesity, opioid addiction, air and water pollution, teen
health care are issues that not
challenge whole communities as well. If tackling problems like these intrigue you, perhaps seeking a degree in public health—the science of promoting and protecting the health of people and their communities—is the pathfor you.
About the Universityof Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA) is the state’s oldest, most comprehensive, and
of higher education. UGA
doctoral, and professional degrees in areas including biological sciences, law, pharmacy, public health, social work, veterinary medicine, and is also home to the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership.
Contact InformationDr. Brittani Harmon – [email protected]
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