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Two Health Careers Summer Camps: These camps are week long camps that allow the students to experience first-hand the challenges, opportunities and rewards of health professions. These camps are for any students entering 9th – 12th grades. Camp dates: Fox Valley Camp June 27- July 1 and Lakeshore Camp July 11 – July 15. Applications are due by May 4th 2010 for the Fox Valley Camp and May 11th 2010 for the Lakeshore Camp. The only cost to the student is a $40.00 nonrefundable confirmation fee, due upon acceptance to camp. Applications for the camps are available online at the NEWAHEC web site www.newahec.org or the AHEC state system website at www.ahec.wisc.edu. If you have any further questions please call or email Jill Niemczyk at the information below.
Marian University Criminal Justice Summer Camp.
Marian University in Fond du Lac is hosting their third annual Criminal Justice Summer Camp. The dates of this camp will be June 21 – 23, 2010. Campere stay in the dorms on campus to immerse themselves in numerous aspects of criminal justice. Students from Missouri and Iowa have attended this in the past. If you are interested in pursuing a career in one of the many exciting fields in criminal justice, you will want to make sure to consider this camp. For more information or for an application visitwww.marianuniversity.edu/cjcamp. The early bird deadline is May 1st, in which campers can save $20 on the registration fee. Otherwise, the final registration deadline is May 28th.
UW Madison School of Pharmacy Discovery Day.
Saturday, March 13, 2010. The day-long program is designed for high school juniors and seniors interested in learning more about the School of Pharmacy degree programs. Students may bring along one parent or guest to this event and . The Discovery Day highlights two of the School of Pharmacy’s degree programs: 1) The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program, and 2) the B.S. Pharmacology/Toxicology program. Advanced registration is required for all attending, and space is limited. You need to register online http://www.pharmacy.wisc.edu/discoveryhs/. There is a $15 per person registration fee that needs to made payable to the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and mailed to: Tina Rundle, Student and Academic Affairs, School of Pharmacy, UW-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison WI 53705-2222. The deadline for receipt of payment is March 8, 2010. Refunds will be given for cancellations made (by phone at (608) 262-6234 or by email to tmrundle@pharmacy.wisc.edu on or before March 1, 2010. No refunds will be given for cancellations after that date.
UW Stevens Point PreCollege Summer Program.
These are summer programs available to middle school or high school students. There are some scholarship programs availabe to cover the cost of these programs as well. Programs available at UWSP are English for College, Exploring Your Talents, TV-Film Production Camp, Camp COFAC (Studio Art and/or Music). For dates and more information pick up a brochure from Mrs. Schouten or call 1-877-354-UWSP or visit www.uwsp.edu/multicultural/precollege.htm.
Calvin Collge Summer Academy:
This is a one month summer immersion program to help students prepare for excelling in college for college credit. The dates for the 2010 program are June 20 - July 16, 2010. For more information visit www.calvin.edu/go/summeracademy.
Trinity Christian College: Criminal Justice
Trinity Christian College is excited to announce beginning August 2009 a new Bachelors of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. There are scholarships available for those interested in pursuing these degrees. For more information contact Dr. Brad Breems at 708.239.4752 or brad.breems@trnty.edu.
Job Shadowing at Beaver Dam Community Hospital
Beaver Dam Community Hospital, Inc provides individuals the opportunity to job shadow and observe various careers within our organization. Some community college and tech school programs really strongly recommend young people to obtain job shadow experience prior to apply for their programs. Here is a great opportunity for those interested in Health fields. Sing up for a Job Shadow experience right online. Personnel from the Hospital will contact you to schedule the day for this opportunity. They ask for 2 weeks to find a date. The website to sign up for this is http://bdch.com/jobs/employment/jobshadow.asp.
Architect Information
For those of you interested in exploring a career in architecture visit www.ARCHcareers.org. This is the official careers website for the architecture profession. This site shows you the three E’s that are needed to be an architect: Education, Experience, and Examination.
Career Information
Parents and Students interested in exploring careers and related skills, knowledge and training for those careers should look at www.CareerVoyages.gov
Health Careers Information
Massage Therapist Career Information
A good site for looking into the career of a massage therapist is http://www.amtamassage.org/becometherapist/starting.html
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