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3-1HE CAROLINA TMES SATURDAY; JUNE 19, KZt -'V Program 'Pfopares'StU CHAPEL HILL Attending classes seven C and one-half hours' a day for four days a week, grabbing lunch on the run, studying four to five hours every evening, and taking a two-hour exam every Friday and Satur day morning, may not seem to be the ideal way to spend a summer vaca tion. For 33 dedicated students enrolled in the' Summer Academic Ad vancement Program "(SAAP) at The Universi ty of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it is not only the way they will spend the rest of June and most of July, but it is also a glimpse of what lies ahead in their educa tional futures. SAAP is a residential science enrichment honors program spon sored by the North' Carolina Health Man power Development Pro gram. The participants are minority juniors, seniors, and graduates who have the potential,, interest, and commit ment needed to pursue professional health-, or graduate Ph.D. pro grams. ? The Summer program provides six major enrichment experiences; 192 contact hours of ad vanced academic course work f in' .' microbiology, . biochemistry, . quan ; titativc solutions ,- to biomedical"1; ; pro blemsstatistics, and: physics; 31 contact hours ! in a reading program to . improve spedand com prehension; a minimum 48 hours of test-taking skills to develop techni ques for handling profes sional , school' admis sions tests; clinical obser vations in health care agencies; health sciences and medical .issues seminars; and an jeduca tional field trip to Washington, D.C According to Ms. Alicia McCullough, ad ministrative assistant for SAAP, the rigorous t schedule of S AAP is pur posely designed to ssimulate , the intense j academic and study situations the students! will face in health profes sions schools. "The major purpose of the Summer Academic "Advancement , Program is to enhance the students' science know dge ' and backgi unds, and to provide enrichment in reading i'nd, test-taking skills, in order to in crease their, com petitiveness for" admis sion to and retention in health professional pro grams The enrichment experieoces afforded the scholars this summer will bring them crdser;' to;' realizing . their health career goals," Ms. ' Mc-, Cullough said, f ? - The Scholars selected for ; the program repre sent some of. the. msot, academically v talented ; students from 24 colleges and universities in North' Carolina and"ten othen states, ; , ; Washington, D.C., arid the' Virgin Islands. Twenty-three plan to go into programs Re-Elect William V. Bell Durham County Commissioner Vote June 29 Deloris Benton Evans, Realtor A Fulltime, Professionally Trained Real Estate Broker, , Invites you to contact her at ERA ACCENT REALTY, 489-6554 or at home, 494689 for your real estate needs. . trr MM unim TEaLciLcisrmni 1617 Uwn St., Durham. N C. 2730) AAEOi04M F in medicine four into ; ' dentistry, two , into the ' biomedical sciences, and v . one each " to complete careers in veterinary' medicine, , podiatry, v 4 pharmacy, ' and r public ' . health. ' 'w;;': SAAP, in itsTfouth . year of , operation, is, funded with a grant from ' ; " the Health Careers Op-; portunit "Program, Of fice of Health Resources Opportunity, Health Resources Administra tion, Department of,, Health and Human "Ser- Carcorst vices, since its beginning in 1978. v.. . , y Dr. E. : Lavonia Allison," director of. the N.C Health Manpower Development . Program, says that of the 140 par ticipants, more than 100 art presently, pursuing -their health career - in-, terests. Programs such as , SAAP, she says, 'will continue to be extremely; important in successfully: addressing the - serious underrepresentation . of minorities in all major, health fields. ; v s a DR. JERRY GORDON gives SAAP Scholars tips on improving test-taking skills. - ' -v,'' ' e mi IU. MYNOLM TOtACCO CO. j r i zrn nMn rz sziO. Share the spirit Share the refreshment Smooth mild Salem menthol. ....... . 1 ps -i . to sfa &fc3t$ tenor. -. , . , . o Whiiiiftiri Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health; KING: 15 mg. "tar", 1.1 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette by FTC method; 100's: 15 mg. "tar", 1.1 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette. FTC Repo' OEC. '81.
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