Recruitment & Retention of Underrepresented Students – Noon May 18

Learn about recruitment and retention of students from historically underrepresented groups in health career pathway programs at this RAPID-Illinois Lunch & Learn presentation.

Joining Chicago AHEC Director Ronisha Edwards-Elliott, MSW, LSW, on the panel will be past Health & Medicine award winner Sharon D. Gates, DSW, senior director of student diversity and community engagement at Rush University, and Paulina M. Guzman, director of undergraduate programming and advising at UIC’s Hispanic Center of Excellence in Medicine.

The panelists will share insights and best practices for recruitment, retention, and engagement of students along the education continuum.

Details:
When: Thursday, May 18, 12-1 pm CT
Location: Online
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For questions, contact Jabari Taylor (jtaylo72@uic.edu) or Michelle Hathaway (hathaway@uic.edu)

The Lunch & Learn series presented by RAPID-Illinois (Resources And Programs for Increasing Diversity in the health professions), a program established in 2021 with support from the Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute and based at the UIC School of Public Health.