On January 25, 2013, Pre-health Recruiter, Christina Dickens, and AHEC-West Resident, Blake Bryant, M.D., participated in a Career Expo held at the Van Buren Freshman Academy (VBFA). Christina and Dr. Bryant spent the morning speaking to a rotating group of students about their careers and answering question. In the afternoon, Christina had a chance to speak one-on-one with students at the college fair portion of the Expo.

This is the first year that the VBFA has been in existence and it houses over 500 9th grade Freshman students. The school functions out of what used to be Coleman Junior Hi…

The girls and boys at Club Scrub at the Paris, AR Boys and Girls Club have been enjoying learning about polymers and other great information. In these pictures, Pre-health Professions Recruiter, Chris Dickens, is showing students how to make atomic slime.

This was some good fun for the students. They learned how the atomic slime can “light up” with a black light and how it can act as a liquid and a solid at the same time. This is why it is called a “Non-Newtonian Fluid.” The students learned all about monomer liquids, which can flow easily and are not sticky. They also lea…

We had a great day talking to kids and their parents about health careers, dressing up like doctors, and making healthy trail mix at the St. Bernards “Kids on the Mile” event.  For more information about the “Kids on the Mile” event, check out this website.

Also, look below to check out all of our future doctors!

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