Students Awarded for Leadership of º£½Ç½ûÇøMED Program
Third-year medical students Joyce Achenjang, Nana Sarpong, and Samuel Crocker recently received the Spirit of Advocacy Award at the º£½Ç½ûÇø Health Colleges Student Diversity Office’s Inaugural Celebration of Excellence in Diversity Awards Reception. The Spirit of Advocacy Award is presented annually to a university group that has shown great leadership in the advancement of diversity and inclusion efforts. The student leaders accepted the award in recognition if their work with the º£½Ç½ûÇøMED Program.
º£½Ç½ûÇøMED is an annual recruitment program held in early August by the º£½Ç½ûÇø College of Medicine. The goal of º£½Ç½ûÇøMED is to attract pre-medical students from underrepresented populations to a career in medicine. The program helps students experience and learn about medical school first-hand, in preparation for the application season. Over a span of two days, participants have the unique opportunity to get a glimpse of life in medical school. They meet with current medical students, faculty, staff, and physicians and engage in a variety of activities.
