CBESS will be selecting up to 30 bilingual Northern ÁùºÏ±¦µä high school juniors to participate in the following programming:
- Career Exploration Events - Participants and parents will meet and interact with healthcare professionals.
- Summer Research Program - Participants will live the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno campus for one week and will participate in a virtual program for two or more weeks, attend daily classes (conducted in both English and Spanish) and created a student-led research project about a community health issue. SRs will learn to perform hypothesis-driven research, receive instruction and content in STEM and health care, toured a variety of research and health care facilities, and polish their communication and writing skills.
- Near-Peer Mentoring - Participants will be matched with a bilingual undergraduate (Leadership Trainee) to receive monthly mentoring during senior year.
- Outreach Internship - Participants will participate in a CBESS Outreach internship creating an initiative based on the summer research project.
CBESS will select an additional 64 Northern ÁùºÏ±¦µä high school juniors who will not receive the above programming, but will receive:
- A certificate of completion and access to career exploration event videos upon completing questionnaires throughout their junior and senior years.
