For more information contact: Boonshoft School of Medicine, Marketing and Communications (937) 775-2951

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 7, 2008

Horizons in Medicine Program accepting applications for Summer 2008

DAYTON, OHIO--Wright State is now taking applications for the 2008 Horizons in Medicine program, scheduled for June 16 through July 23, 2008. This unique program offers high school students, mostly from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds, the opportunity to learn the science behind and see the delivery of health care that forms the foundation for having a career in medicine. The application deadline for this year’s program is March 14, 2008.

Few educational initiatives have stood the test of time as well as the Horizons in Medicine program. Since its beginning more than 90 percent of Horizons in Medicine’s past participants have entered college and 80 percent of them have graduated from college.

Horizons in Medicine is designed to give students a sense of the career possibilities in health care and to show them the kind of serious preparation needed to enter such careers. Students spend mornings in classrooms and laboratories at Wright State, where they are introduced to subjects such as anatomy, biochemistry and physiology. They spend afternoons working in hospitals, community clinics, and other clinical sites throughout the community where students earn stipends for their afternoon work assignments. All students who successfully complete the Horizons program receive one-year full scholarships to Wright State University.

“For 30 years the Horizons in Medicine program has provided invaluable real life experiences within Dayton’s medical community to young people who are interested in careers in medicine,” states Gary LeRoy, M.D., associate dean for Student Affairs and Admissions at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. “I am proud to participate in this opportunity to interact with and train these students during their preparatory years, and I wish that more students were given this golden opportunity to spend a few weeks learning what it is really like to be a medical student. It is a challenge that every young mind interested in medical science should be able to experience.”

To download an application and learn more about the program visit the website at www.med.wright.edu/him or contact, Ms. Charlotta Taylor in the Office of Student Affairs at (937) 775-2934.

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