Volunteer
Information
Individuals
who are interested in Health, Education, Social Work, or Psychology
and students with these related majors/backgrounds welcomed.
Graduate students are also welcome.
Individuals with experience as Residential Life staff and
working with youth are preferred.
Additionally, experience tutoring for both high school and
college students in math, science, and writing is preferable.
Volunteers
are needed for assistance in the following programs:
· The High
School Summer Program (4 weeks long).
Participating schools include Farrington, Nanakuli, Wai'anae,
and Waipahu
High Schools.
· The College
Summer Program (6 weeks long). Participating
schools include
Leeward
Community College, Kapi'olani Community College, and the University
of
Hawaii
at Manoa.
What is the HCOP?
The
University
of Hawai'i’s HCOP is an educational pipeline to health careers for high
school and college students from diverse ethnic, educationally
and/or economically disadvantaged backgrounds with the goal of
increasing the number of individuals from these backgrounds in the
health and allied health professions.
The
program is designed to increase students’ likelihood of college
successes through application of effective study skills, exploration
of diverse health professions and immersion in summer programs that
includes introduction to health care issues and careers through the
problem-based learning method, communication skills development, and
student and residential life on the UH Manoa campus.
Students
receive assistance applying to and completing a health degree within
the
University
of
Hawai'i
system and participate in career mentoring opportunities at
community clinics and hospitals.
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