Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Camp Program
A Summer Camp for 11th grade students Tentative date for the program: June 27-July2, 2010
Program description:
- Biomedical sciences are multidisciplinary fields providing an understanding of the scientific basis of animal and human health and diseases, infection and immunity, mechanisms of drug actions, and environmental toxicants.
- Spend time in state-of-the-art laboratories guided by veterinary and biomedical sciences department faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students.
- Learn more about the veterinary and biomedical professions through laboratory exercises, lectures, and a tour of a local veterinary practice.
- Student participants will have an opportunity to interact with veterinarians, immunologists, and toxicologists.
Who is eligible? If you are going to be in the 11th or 12th grade in the fall of 2010, you are eligible to apply.
Program deadline: June 11, 2010
Program cost:
Day-Camp Option price: TBA
Residential Option price: TBA
Price includes room and board for the residential campers and daily lunch for the day-campers, laboratory fees, T-shirt, transportation on/off campus, and program materials and is payable to “Penn State” along with your registration information.
Program content--2009
1. Hands-on Laboratories:
a. Surgical Suturing
b. Microbiology Lab
c. Veterinary diagnostics and animal skills
d. Imaging, Ultrasound, and X-Ray lab
e. Dissection/Anatomy lab
f. Feeds and Feeding 101
g. Pathobiology of cancer
i. Eggs'ploration of Eggs
2. Lectures:
a. Zoonotic Diseases
b. Introduction to Animal Research
c. Student Panel
d. Faculty/Professional Panel
3. Field Trips:
a. Myers Stables—Mustang Training
b. Centre Wildlife Care
c. Metzger’s Animal Hospital
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Summer CAMP-09
Questions about the Camp Program:
Dr. Nüket Acar
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
115 Henning Building
University Park , PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-5938
Fax: 814-863-6140
