The Northern Michigan University Center for Rural Health will host an Upper Peninsula Future Health Leaders Camp this summer for regional students who will be freshmen and sophomores this coming fall. The camp is dedicated to health education and health career exploration. It is scheduled July 20-25, with options to either stay on campus for the duration or commute from home to camp each day. There will be a limit of 75 participants.
Educational topics will include basic physical health, including nutrition and cardiovascular, mental health and oral health. There will also be structured time to learn about surgical technology radiography, speech-language pathology, audiology, and clinical lab sciences. Participants will get hands-on patient simulation experience and complete CPR and first-aid certification by the end of the week. They will also interact with health professionals.
The U.P. Future Health Leaders Camp is designed to: educate youth about best practices for living a healthy life; provide an opportunity to explore a variety of health career options; create and develop new friendships in a fun-filled week of education and activities; and encourage youth to start thinking about how they can truly make an impact in the future.
Each day will begin with a health professional providing insight into their career and each night will end with social and recreational activities. Youth will also have an opportunity to meet with a variety of health professionals and learn about career path options at a health career fair.
In an effort to provide the camp at a minimal cost to students ($350 overnight camp/$250 day camp), the NMU Center for Rural Health is seeking sponsorships to cover a majority of the cost. For those facing financial hardship, there is also an option to apply for a scholarship to fund out-of-pocket registration expenses.
To learn more about the camp and sponsorship, scholarship and donation options, visit https://nmu.edu/ruralhealth/health-camp. Questions can be directed to Anna Christiansen (annchris@nmu.edu) or Elise Bur (ebur@nmu.edu).