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Honolulu, HI – Jan. 3, 2005 --The public is invited to a free Community Health Fair at Chaminade University, on January 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Ching Conference Center. Undergraduate students will share information on health-education and career topics through poster presentations and brochures. For more information or to make reservations to attend the group luncheon, call Heidi Harakuni at 440-4204 or email her at hharakuni@chaminade.edu.
The fair is the culmination of the program Science, Service, Medicine and Mentoring (S2M2) provided through Chaminade University and its partnership with Dr. Cynthia Macri, program developer and Vice President for Recruitment and Diversity at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. The five-day program (January 3-7) is rich with nationally recognized speakers, professional development workshops and hands on activities including shadowing of physicians at Tripler Army Medical Center and the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit at Naval Station Pearl Harbor.
The vision of the S2M2 program is to cultivate the next generation of top quality, culturally competent, academic physicians and scientists. The program’s mission is to: 1) Encourage, nurture and enhance the commitment to science and medicine in welcoming and intellectually stimulating environment for groups of diverse college undergraduates; 2) Develop leadership, teaching and mentoring skills; and 3) Provide long term mentoring an learning opportunities to students interested in pursuing a career in science and service in the context of military medicine.
Celebrating 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University offers programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. The main campus is located in Kaimuki at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, with 10 satellite locations around Oahu military bases and Catholic parishes and schools. For more information, visit the Chaminade University website at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.
