For the last two years the Goldfarb Center has generously supported a variety of activities in Bi265j Human Anatomy and Physiology through their Civic Engagement Course Development Grant. These activities include:
- A tour of Maine General Augusta and a presentation of their Grand Rounds talks along side similar talks from Human A&P students at Kents Hill prepatory HS to the third year UNE medical students on clinical rotations.
- Metabolic Analysis Lab in conjunction with the Waterville HS cross country team.
- Development of an internship for a former Bi265j student shadowing a nurse pratitioner in the Inland Hospital system in conjunction with being a TA for the Bi265j class.
- Bringing high school students interested in human A&P from a variety of regional school districts to campus for a day of mentoring by Bi265 students in collaboration with the Maine Math and Science Alliance. Activities included touring the anatomy lab, a hands-on pig heart dissection, and a brain storming session for helping the students develop human A&P based projects for the 2015 Maine State Science Fair.
These activities were recently mentioned in the latest Goldfarb Center newsletter which you can read here.
From myself and all of the Bi265j students at Colby and high school students from across the state that have benefited from the Goldfarb Center’s support, we give you our thanks. A special thanks to Alice Elliot, the Goldfarb Center’s Associate Director for her considerable logistical support and Amanda Cooley, the Assistant Director, for the write up in the GC newsletter.