SEP Program applications being acceptedDo you know a student interested in becoming a health professional - one in need of an academic boost to become a competitive applicant?
We are currently accepting applications for the 2008 Science Enrichment Preparation (SEP) Program to be held May 17 - July 11, 2008. SEP is an eight-week, honors-level academic enrichment program for underrepresented minority and/or educationally/economically disadvantaged undergraduate students (rising sophomores and juniors) who plan to pursue health careers.
The application deadline is March 1. Interested students should apply online at the NC-HCAP Web site at
http://nchcap.unc.edu.
SEP Program hiring faculty and program assistantsWe are currently hiring faculty to teach organic chemistry and quantitative skills/biostatistics and program assistants to assist faculty in human physiology, organic chemistry, physics and quantitative skills/biostatistics for the 2008 SEP Program. The 8-week academic enrichment program will be held at UNC May 17 - July 11.
For more information about the open positions, go to
http://nc-hcap.unc.edu/sepnews.html.
View the faculty advertisement at
http://nc-hcap.unc.edu/pdfs/faculty_flyer.pdf.
View the program assistant advertisement at
http://nc-hcap.unc.edu/pdfs/pa_flyer_08.pdf.
Interested applicants should contact Paula Borden, college outreach coordinator, at 919/966-2274 or pborden@email.unc.edu.
Clinical Health Summer Program (CHSP): 2007 participants and placement sitesCongratulations to the following students and their placement sites for a successful 2007 CHSP program:
NC Central University:Naadeyah Haseeb - Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center, Center for Child and Family Policy
Eyram Ofori - Duke Inpatient Pharmacy
Domonique Jones - Partners in Caring, Duke University Medical Center
Freeman Booker - Durham Veterans' Medical Center
Candra Broadie - Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center
Kashif Hall - Duke Pediatric Dentistry
Erica Perry - Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Monica Ricks - Duke Children's Health Center Outpatient Pharmacy
University of North Carolina at Pembroke:David C. Amadi - Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, NC
Latoria Fulmer - Robeson Health Care Corp. (Maxton Medical Clinic), Maxton, NC
Hillary L. Helms - Scotland Memorial Hospital (Pembroke Clinic), Pembroke, NC
Aaron M. Locklear - Scotland Memorial Hospital (Maxton Family Practice Clinic), Maxton, NC
Elizabeth K. Locklear - Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, NC
Kimberly R. Locklear - Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, NC
Samantha N. Lowery - Pembroke Pediatrics Clinic, Pembroke, NC
Leigh A. Oxendine - Robeson Family Practice Association, Red Springs, NC
CHSP is a seven-week, full-time summer program for disadvantaged
students accepted to or enrolled in a health-related curriculum
at Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina Central University
or the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. CHSP consists of
full-time clinical experiences in health care agencies and academic
enrichment experiences in health care agencies as well as supplementary
coursework provided by NC-HCAP Careers Centers. Information provided by the respective NC-HCAP centers.
Koyah Rivera was recently hired as the pre-college coordinator/NC-AHEC liaison. Rivera is responsible for planning, developing and implementing all pre-college outreach initiatives. She recruits K-12 students to participate in NC-HCAP programs and activities, with particular emphasis on the Health Careers Information and Enrichment Workshops. She also advises pre-college students regarding career interests and college planning. In her role as the NC-AHEC liaison, she provides consultative support to the NC Area Health Education Centers program office and the nine AHEC centers across North Carolina. 
