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July 7, 2005

Lake-Sumter Community College Earns Summer Grant for Second Year

LEESBURG - Lake-Sumter Community College was one of only nine Florida universities and community colleges to be awarded grants through the Governors 2005 Summer Program for Gifted and High-Achieving Students. This was the second year that LSCC was selected to participate in the program which provides an opportunity for outstanding students, entering the 9-12 grades, to utilize higher education resources not available in high schools.

Emerging Outbreaks and Public Health in the 21st Century...Battle with the Invisible Enemy was the program proposal submitted by LSCC and selected by the Governors office. This public-health-based science camp was developed by LSCCs Microbiology, Physiology and Anatomy Instructor Dr. Keti Venovski. When asked why this program interested her, Dr. Venovski replied, I wanted to apply for the state grant for several reasons.  In choosing the topic of the course, I am hoping to once again attract talented young students, who by participating in the summer course, would become interested in bioscience, study it further in college, and choose it as a career.  Coping with outbreaks requires a high level of skill and knowledge, and we can only have that by recruiting young talented students at an early stage of their education process.

The science camp started June 27 and continues through July 21, on LSCCs South Lake Campus, in Clermont. Last summers camp was a tremendous success and generated a lot of interest among high school students to participate in this years program. Eighteen area students qualified. Participants enter the world of science, public health and homeland security, added Dr. Venovski. Experiments, research, lectures, and a trip to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta will provide students with a broad foundation about pathogens, outbreaks and the social impact of public health issues.


 

2005 science program participants posed for a class photo during their June 11 orientation. The program is the brainchild of LSCC Instructor Dr. Keti Venovski (front row, center).