Radford University's Roanoke campus will host the 2024 Summer Residential Governor's
School (SRGS) for Medicine and Health Science, which is relaunching after a 4-year
hiatus.
The program is open to rising high school juniors and seniors and will run four weeks,
from June 23 to July 20. Public, private and homeschooled students may apply and can
find instructions and additional information in the news release on the Virginia Department
of Education (VDOE) website.
The SRGS for Medicine and Health Sciences "provides an enhanced curriculum that explores
medicine and the health sciences as a foundation for integrated study," according
to the VDOE.
Participating students will live in Radford University dormitory housing in Roanoke
and will be engaged in hands-on classroom activities, complex analysis and critical
thinking exercises involving real-world scenarios. They’ll work alongside like-minded
students, faculty, professors and other mentors.
"The Medical and Health Sciences SRGS program is suited for students with a serious
interest in science, curiosity about the effects of science in the fields of medicine
and health care and motivation to spend a month in a rigorous, academically accelerated
setting during the summer," the VDOE said in its news release.
"We see this as a great opportunity for rising high school juniors and seniors," said
Radford Associate Vice President for Campus Life Nancy Loosle, director of the summer
program.
"For students who are interested in health sciences, they are going to see a broad
range of disciplines and make a lot of connections with partners throughout the valley
and Southwest Virginia," Loosle said.
"It's an exciting opportunity, not just for students but for Radford.”
This program – a collaboration between Radford University, the VDOE and the Blue Ridge
Partnership for Health Science Careers – was last held during the summer of 2019 and
has not reconvened since before the pandemic.
It is structured so that students can attend for free, with the VDOE and school divisions
splitting the cost of tuition. The final date for applications is Feb. 23, but students
should check with their guidance counselors or their local school systems to determine
their regional deadlines and eligibility.
Also from June 23 to July 20, Radford University will welcome to its main campus two
additional related programs – the Summer Residential Governor’s School for Humanities
and the Summer Residential Governor’s School for Visual and Performing Arts.
