Summer Fun and Games at the Wellness Center
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Thursday,ee August 4, 2005 Volume 15 I Number 16r Area teachers learn to be health recruiters Summer fun and games by Ellen Gladden Jones Augusta-area teachers and school counselors learned how to guide their at the Wellness Center students to health care careers July 19- 20 as part of the Foothills Area Health by Ellen Gladden Jones Education Center TEACH Academy held at the Medical College of Georgia. The Wellness Center staff has expanded in Teachers Exploring and Advocating hopes that more of the MCG community will get in Careers in Health is a statewide the game of personal fitness. program that pairs health care Program Coordinator Summer Talley joined the providers and educators with middle center July 1 as part of the center's goal to expand and high school counselors and programming, said Dale Hartenburg, Wellness teachers. Up to 30 teachers attend the Center director. Duties for the new position will three-day academies, held at include leading children's activities and working sponsoring medical centers, such as with the Student Government Association MCG Medical Center. Attendees learn intramural sports program. about regional, statewide and national "The continued growth and development of the health care provider shortages, Wellness Center has brought us to a point where we educational requirements for health can offer new opportunities to the MCG students professions and advising students in and employees," said, Mr. Hartenburg. health care career options. Teachers A new program Ms. Talley will coordinate for also shadow health professionals to children of members and non-members is Kids' learn health-related career skills. Night Out, which begins Sept. 9 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. "This is a great opportunity for Children ages 5-12 will be offered group activities, how to incorporate games, a craft project, movies, snacks and more. teachers to learn A.R. Johnson teacher Willa Mitchell (right), shadowed Lead health careers recruiting into their (See cost and registration details on p. 9.) Respiratory Therapist Mona Herrington. (Phil Jones photo) curriculum," said Denise Kornegay, "This is a unique opportunity for campus program director for Georgia Statewide AHEC. "The TEACH Academy builds a network of lay employees and students to send their kids recruiters across the state which will ultimately help fill shortages of certain professionals in somewhere for structured, safe play," said Ms. particular areas." Talley. "One of our long-term goals is to create a Over 250 teachers have attended the program administered by the Foothills AHEC office, the summer activity camp to get kids exposed to being branch of the statewide network that includes Columbia, Richmond and McDuffie counties, as active on a daily basis. We want to make this an See TEACH page 12 I Summer Talley (Phil Jones photo) See SUMMER page 9 Vital Signs^U Dawgs & Cocks meet to benefit kids Issue X-Ray Bits & Bytes 2 Bnzzles 12 Campus Beat II Life- Marketplace 15 changing Milestones * 7 gifts Newsbriefs * 3 The Pet Gazette(s) 8 The Learning Curve 11 .__ MEDICALIVICLMl»MI_ COLLEGE\~WI_1_CUQ OFUP GEORGIAla U.S. Postage PAI D beepe Permit No. 210 Augusta, GA Division of External Affairs Medical College of Georgia Non-Profit Org. Augusta, Georgia 30912 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA beeper THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2005 Planting seeds for tomorrow's workforce Ms. Goodwin Bits & Bytes by Ellen Gladden Jones for educational outreach and Editor's note: Information Technology Support and partnerships. "Between 1979 - honored for Services offers technology tips in this column. To submit Fifty of the state's top college 2005, 202 students, or 20 percent, questions or suggestions for topics, contact Becky Rogers, and pre-college students have of our previous college participants community manager of customer service for ITSS, atext. 1-3668. returned home after seven weeks have enrolled in one of our five of SEEPing in the health schools, with the largest number professions at the Medical College enrolling in the School of service of Georgia. Medicine." Wireless project update Pat Goodwin, Formally known as the Student business manager in SEEP participants awarded for the School of The MCG wireless project has implementation. Educational Enrichment Program, Medicine Department outstanding performance during an of Obstetrics reached another milestone. In The next phase of the project SEEP nurtures the seeds of and Gynecology has awards banquet held July 22 are: received the June, the infrastructure was will tighten security measures tomorrow's health care workforce 2005 Leadership Augusta Community Service Award. completed and over 200 wireless for wireless access. This process with specialized seminars in Pre-College Leadership access points were installed in will take several months and learning strategies, personal Voravut Tangpisuthipongsa - Augusta campus-owned buildings. involve many communications development, admissions and Biology is an affiliate of the Wireless access is now available and instructions for logging on library research. Held this year Tiffany Hobbs - Medical Writing I Augusta Metro in all campus-owned buildings, to the new wireless network. from, June 4-July 22, the program Tiffany Hobbs - Analytical Reading I Chamber of except for campus housing. Due During the migration to the targets students who are Prateek Bali - Problem Solving Commerce to the architecture of the campus secure wireless network, ITSS underrepresented in the health Mathematics that annually housing facilities, it is cost- will maintain the current professions or are from socially, Christopher Riley - Library recognizes two prohibitive to extend the campus wireless environment to ensure educationally or economically Research Seminar network to these buildings at a smooth transition. Frequently disadvantaged backgrounds. graduates of its Tiffany Hobbs - General Chemistry Ms. Goodwin this time. Asked Questions about the Participants received first-hand Leadership This process, funded by the Wireless Project are available at information about health Program who College exhibit exemplary community Student Technology Fee Award www.mcg.edu/wireless/faq.htm. professions from faculty, clinical Cynthia Mayo - Physiology service and/or leadership skills. and additional institutional For more information, contact practitioners and students and took Reja Kahn - Medical Writing II Ms. Goodwin is a 2001 graduate of funding, took several months of the ITSS Help Desk at ext. 1- classes in biology, physiology, cells Brooke Howard, Jennifer Iddings, Leadership Augusta. She has served design, cabling, testing and 4000. and tissues, analytical reading, Audrey Jajoksky - Health Science various local non-profit and civic medical writing and an intense Admissions Seminar agencies, including the American preparation for medical and dental Krystal Brinson - Kaplan Edge Business Women Association and aptitude tests. Courses the Columbia County Chamber IT PAYS TO BE A "The program has played had of an Jennifer Iddings - Kaplan MCAT/ Commerce important role in our recruitment Board of Directors. She of DAT Prep chairs the Business Development PACK RAT underrepresented and David Mederos - Survey of Cells & Committee for the Columbia County disadvantaged students," said Tissues DETAILS, PAGE 9 Growth Management Planning Wilma Sykes-Brown, assistant dean Angela Alien - Medical Writing III Committee and the Chairman's Counsel Committee. 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