{"id":12516,"date":"2012-09-15T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=12516"},"modified":"2012-09-14T22:56:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T03:56:17","slug":"apsu-opens-new-pre-professional-health-office-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/09\/15\/apsu-opens-new-pre-professional-health-office-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU opens new pre-professional health office on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – The room, on the first floor of the Austin Peay State University Sundquist Science Complex, is softly lit with lamps shining against beige walls. To the left is a plush leather couch, and in the back, beneath a white dry erase board, is a table for students to gather and study.<\/p>\n

The space feels almost like the living room of someone\u2019s home or an exclusive lounge in a private club. But this calming area is actually the new office of the Pre-Professional Health programs at APSU. \u201cWhy do we have this physical space?\u201d Dr. Cindy Taylor, associate dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, asked. She went on to explain the various reasons: for the officers of the student group, Pre-Professional Health Society, to have a place to meet; to provide students with a quiet space where they can research the professional health school materials; to allow advisers to meet with several students uninterrupted; and to have a place to meet with prospective students and their parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to recruit students in the same way the football team recruits, showing them our best,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a really nice room that we\u2019re very, very proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, APSU developed a new pre-professional health minor with the goal of providing guidance to students looking to specialize in the pre-professional areas such as pre-medicine, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, pre-occupational therapy, pre-physician\u2019s assistant and pre-veterinary. By discussing the minor with their academic adviser, students may also discover more information about other medical profession options they might not have previously considered.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many students come in and say I\u2019m pre-med, but there are so many other options that might fit more of the lifestyle they want or the time they want to dedicate to a professional health school,\u201d Taylor said last year. \u201cThere are a lot of different health career options they\u2019re just not aware of. Instead of just giving up and saying, \u2018I can\u2019t do anything,\u2019 we want to assist them in finding their best fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

A new student organization, the Pre-Health Professional Society, was also formed earlier last year to help provide a support network for these students. Members will be able to mingle with like-minded students in the new office and learn what they need to do to prepare for graduate programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just once more instance where APSU is going out of its way to take care of its students,\u201d Samantha Monk, APSU student and society president, said. \u201cI\u2019m very, very appreciative of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Information on the new minor or the new office space, including a planning guide instructing students on what courses to take, is available online at www.apsu.edu\/cosm\/preprofessional-health-minor.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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