A ResLife Gift to You...

End of Program Reminders...

As you finish your finals and start getting ready for the dance Friday, don't forget to get your plans for Saturday in order. All students flying home from BWI must fill out the shuttle form to reserve a space.

Students who live closer should remind parents that you absolutely need to be out of the dorms by noon.

Study hard and good luck with finals!

Pre-College Pre- Med Panel

The Pre-College Pre-Med panel was a success! Many of our students joined us in Mergenthaler Hall to hear Dr. Lynette Mark, MS/PhD candidate Kurt Herzer and adviser David Trabilsy EdM, EdS discuss their unique views of choosing a life in the medical field.

Dr. Mark shared her path to becoming an anesthesiologist- from her Greek-American upbringing to her time in Pre-Med at Duke, students were able to trace the history of this esteemed doctor. Dr Mark offered guidance as well, encouraging the group to see their fellow (and future) med school students as colleagues and not competition.

Kurt Herzer began his Hopkins career as a Pre-College student seven years ag(Biological Molecules with Dr Kethchum and Computer Integrated Surgery were his two courses!), and came back to join the panel this year as a PhD candidate. Because of his familiar and recent educational background, Kurt's discussion resonated with students as he was able to speak to their interests and concerns.

As an adviser at Hopkins, David Trabilsy has had the opportunity to counsel students in the undergraduate and post- bac levels. His insight rounded out the panel, speaking not from experience as a future or current med student, but from a career spent guiding future doctors toward their specific and most compatible roles in medicine.

We are very happy students experienced this panel, and we are of course grateful to our panelists for taking the time to counsel their future colleagues!

Pre-College Pre-Med Panel

Pre-College students- join us on Tuesday, July 27 from 4:30-6:30 in Mergenthaler 111 for a Pre-Med panel. We will be joined by three panelists: Dr. Lynette Mark, an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care medicine at Hopkins; Kurt Herzer, a recent JHU alumn who is currently under Dr. Mark's advisement and working towards his PhD; and David Trabilsy, EdM, EdS, who serves on the admissions committee for the School of Medicine and advises both Pre-Med and Post-Doc students in the Hopkins community.

Each presenter will speak for approximately 20 minutes, and a question/answer session will be held at the end.

In addition to this panel, The Department of Community Relations has extended an offer for a tour of the Respiratory, Emergency Medicine and Imagine departments at the hospital. This trip is planned for Tuesday, August 3 at noon. Space is limited, so the first 15 students to RSVP to summer@jhu.edu will reserve their space on this unique tour.

Discover Hopkins

Don't mistake this for oddly-applied blueberry jelly: The students in our Environmental Health and Justice class used bread and dyes to simulate groundwater flow. They have also created a blog to chronicle the exciting trips, experiments and field studies they have participated in during their time here.

Please visit The Believe: Enviromental Health & Justice blog to learn more about their class!

Film Series!

(July 9 film The Princess Bride)

The 2010 JHU Outdoor Film Series has been a blast so far! We have two more nights left in the series- Friday, July 16 and Friday, July 23.

This Friday The Deep Tree Mantra starts playing at 7:30, and our featured film- Wes Anderson's 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' begins at sunset.

See you on the lawn!

Finding a Balance

Understanding the importance of a well-rounded schedule, 2010 Summer University student Katherine Moncure shares her decision to enroll in both science and humanities-based courses.

'During the school year I'm in a science research class where my teacher provides internships for the summer in labs. By the time March came around I was getting pretty anxious because she still hadn't gotten anyone the jobs that she promised. So instead, I decided I would look for a place where I could do something else science- related.

I received a pamphlet about the summer university program in the mail and since Johns Hopkins is known for its research programs, I figured that this would be a good opportunity. After looking at the different class choices, I found that I was most interested in neuroscience, however I wanted my other class to balance it out. I've realized that I do best when I take courses that have different kinds of thinking involved because if I get exhausted with one, I can switch to the other and keep working. English and art are also two of my strongest academic areas, so naturally I looked for classes that incorporated both.

This is how I chose Analyzing Popular Culture. It's different not only in class size and teaching style, but also in the type of work that is assigned. Consequently, I've really liked both of my courses and all the other activities that we've had so far. It turned out that soon after I applied for this program, my research teacher back at home did find internships for the students that wanted them, but I actually think I made a better and more enjoyable choice by coming here.'