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Director, Health Careers and Workforce Diversity
Greensboro AHEC
1200 North Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401-1020
336-832-8266 (fax) 336-832-2851
Featured
programs and activities
PUPPET
BUNCH
Puppet Bunch targets children in grades kindergarten through second grade.
Program is design to introduce children to health careers while breaking down
perceived ethnic and gender barriers, through the use of puppets. Increase
awareness of healthy behaviors and the importance of calling emergency “911”
through participation in group games.
Please contact the Greensboro AHEC office to schedule program.
CATCH
(Catch a Totally Cool Health
Career)
Catch focuses on third through fifth grade students. The objective of this
program is to introduce children to health careers through the random selection
of pre-chosen healthcare careers and the use of medically oriented props (i.e.,
clothing and equipment). Please
contact the Greensboro AHEC office to schedule program.
Students Hot On
the Sciences (SHOTS)
Co-sponsored by North Carolina A&T State University, Department of Biology is a
six week residential enrichment program for high school juniors and seniors.
This program provides quality science instruction, “hands-on” discovery based
research training and career enrichment that will give students a competitive
edge for successfully matriculating through college.
Students are engaged in rigorous academic
courses and exposed to genetic research.
Science and
Technology Enrichment Program (STEP)
Co-sponsored by the North Carolina A&T State University, Department of
Chemistry, The program will give students an intensive six-week “minds-on” and
“hands-on” experience in a variety of science based subjects that include
Analytical, Organic, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Mathematics. This program
is for high school juniors and seniors.
Cultural
Diversity Workshop
These workshops are designed for educators, community volunteers,
and health and human service professionals working with minority populations.
Emphasis is placed on cross-cultural mentoring and communication.
Pharmacy
Technician Training Initiative
This is a semester-long program focusing on preparing high-school
juniors, seniors, and undergraduate students to become certified pharmacy
technicians and/or to become pharmacists. Students will take evening
classes and work with a preceptor at a retail and hospital pharmacy. Upon
completing the classes and clinical rotations, students take the national PTCB
Examination in the spring and fall to become certified pharmacy technicians.
Teen Health
Career Club
The health
career club is designed for middle and high school students whom are interested
in learning more about careers in healthcare.
Students will enjoy health science workshops, health career speakers,
site visits, games and more! The middle and high school program run
concurrently.
Health Careers
Information & Enrichment Workshops
Created and sponsored by the North Carolina Health Careers Access
Program (NC-HCAP). Interactive workshops for 5th - 12th grade students designed
to motivate and encourage targeted students to consider career opportunities in
the health professions. Each two-hour workshop also provides participants with
information about college preparation, admissions requirements, financial aid
resources and information on various health issues affecting today’s youth. All
HCIE workshops are held in collaboration with NC HCAP.
Many students
who have participated in Greensboro AHEC programs have gone on to attend
colleges and universities including:
·
Duke University
·
East Carolina University
·
Hampton University
·
High Point University
·
Howard University
·
Morehouse College
·
Winston-Salem State University
·
North Carolina A&T State University
·
North Carolina Central University
·
North Carolina State University
·
Old Dominion University
·
Shaw University
·
South Carolina State University
·
United States Military Academy
·
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
·
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
·
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
·
Wake Forest University
·
Xavier University
Health
Professions Schools
·
Brody School of Medicine, ECU
·
Campbell University School of
Pharmacy
·
Mayo Clinic Medical School
·
Meharry Medical College
Partners in
the Greensboro AHEC region include:
·
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
·
Bennett College for Women
·
Centro de Accion Lation (CAL)
·
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
·
Greensboro Human Relations Commission
·
Guilford County Public Health
Department
·
Guilford County Schools
·
Lianda Resource Solutions
·
Morgan Support Services
·
Moses Cone Health System
·
National Association of Medical
Minority Educators, Inc. (NAMME)
·
National Association of Negro
Business and Professional Women (NANBPW)
·
NC Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission
·
North Carolina A&T State University -
Departments of Biology,
·
Chemistry, Human Development and
Services, Institute for Public Health,
·
School of Nursing, College of Arts
and Sciences
·
North Carolina Future Business
Leaders of America (FBLA)
·
North Carolina Health Careers Access
Program
·
North Carolina Health Occupations
Students of America (HOSA)
·
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
·
Queens University of Charlotte
·
The Greensboro Health Disparities
Collaborative
·
The Life Skills Institute, Inc.
·
UNC Greensboro - School of Health &
Human Performance, Department of Public Health Education
·
UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture &
Health Outcomes
· Women's Outreach Mission Empowerment Network, Inc.