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Worcester Campus Hosts Kids to College Program
On February 26 and March 12, 15 MCPHS Worcester students participated in the Kids to College through the Library program, a college awareness and health information literacy program for sixth graders. The program was coordinated by Carolyn Friel, Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry; Irena Bond, Worcester Campus Librarian; and Monina Lahoz, Associate Professor of Social and Administrative Sciences.
On the first day of the program, students and faculty visited the sixth graders’ classroom and participated in discussions about college and college life. During the second field trip, 30 sixth grade students and their teachers came to MCPHS Worcester to experience a typical day on a college campus. They enjoyed interactive activities in one of the college's auditoriums, mixed paint in the pharmacy compounding lab, solved medical mystery cases about lead poisoning in the Blais Family Library, and toured the college facilities. All participants were later transported to the Worcester Art Museum where they toured the exhibits and completed an art project. The sixth grade students truly appreciated the opportunity to speak with MCPHS students and visit the campus. The Kids to College through the Library program was funded by a grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine-New England Region (NN/LM-NER).
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