Outreach Partners

Many educational programs utilize our plastinate collection for teaching and outreach. Modern Human Anatomy graduate students are involved in all of these events, which showcases our program's dedication to outreach and community service.

WELCOME

WELCOME stands for WEllness, Learning, and Career Orientation Mentorship. It is an educational outreach program for urban middle and high school students that highlights opportunities in STEM and healthcare careers.

Who: We collaborate with Colorado UpLift to reach middle and high school students from Aurora and Denver Public Schools. Many come from disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds with limited access to STEM activities, resources, and opportunities.

Goal: To teach students about the brain and expose them to opportunities in STEM and healthcare careers.

How to get involved: If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Erika Alor (erika.alor@cuanschutz.edu), Program Manager or Dr. Maureen Stabio (maureen.stabio@cuanschutz.edu), Program Director.

For more information, check out these two articles from CUAnchutz Today featuring our middle school field trips and high school mental health workshops.

Aurora Science & Tech High School

Students using the virtual reality system

Goal: Provide high school students the opportunity to explore different modalities of learning human anatomy

Participants: High school students

Role of Plastinates: To interact and visualize the organs discussed in their Human Body Systems course

Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

Instructor talking about the central nervous system

Goal: Expose high school students to health professions careers and to healthy lifestyles

Participants: High school students from across the entire state of Colorado.

Visit the AHEC home page to learn more.

CU Pre-Scholars (CUPS) Program

Students paying attention to instructor

Goal: Engage students in different ways of learning about the human body.

Participants: Middle and high school students

Role of Plastinates: To provide an overview of the different roles of the organs alongside wet specimens.

Denver Public Schools (DPS) Xplore Program

Group photo of students

Goal: Expose students to different career opportunities.

Participants: High school students

Role of Plastinates: To allow students to visualize and interact with the plastinated organs.

Girls Inc. Eureka! Program

Pen pointing at a vessel in the brain

Goal: Support girls in their pursuit of STEM careers

Participants: Middle and high school students

Role of Plastinates: To provide students the opportunity to hold organs from various body systems.

Pre-Health Day

Students smiling

Goal: A host of multiple programs on campus providing booths and program overviews to students

Participants: High school students and undergraduate students

Role of Plastinates: To showcase our program and to allow potential students to visualize and interact with real human tissue.


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