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For more information on HSTA, please visit the main HSTA website at: http://www.wv-hsta.org/

Don Coghlan
Don Coghlan
Eastern Panhandle Site Coordinator


Office: 304-264-9202 x. 6317
Mailing Address: 2500 Foundation Way Martinsburg, WV 25401
Email: Don Coghlan ( DCoghlan@hsc.wvu.edu )


What is HSTA? 


The Health Sciences and Technology Academy of West Virginia University (WVU) is a 9th-12th grade math and science program which through partnerships among the numerous units of the state's land grant university and many Appalachian communities, brings minority and underrepresented students and teachers to the Health Sciences campus each summer for clinic, laboratory, and classroom training and activities. The partnership then provides the infrastructure and support for community-based science projects mentored by teachers, health professions, students and volunteer community leaders during the school year.
Successful HSTA students will be eligible for a tuition and fee waiver to West Virginia Public Colleges and Universities.  HSTA is located in 26 counties throughout West Virginia. 


Program Goals & Activities

  • Providing Teacher Development
  • Improve Science, Math & Leadership Skills of High School Students
  • Increase the number of under-represented individuals who successfully pursue careers in Health Sciences
  • Improve collaboration to share resources and expertise

Teacher

Faculty from the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center and cooperating university departments provide a teacher professional development component which includes state-of-the-art math and science material, techniques and projects appropriate for 9th through 12th grade students. In addition, the workshop covers multicultural sensitivity and diversity training, self-esteem building, motivation enhancement, leadership development skills, and study skills in a multidisciplinary context with an emphasis on how to incorporate these skills in teaching math and science. These ideas are the foundation for projects in the Student Enrichment Program as well as in the Community-Based Programming.

Students

The one to two-week campus-based program provides intensive academic enrichment emphasizing science and math for each grade from 9th through 12th as well as laboratory experiences where students work with scientists/clinical practitioners. The students work on projects emphasizing science in ways to develop their knowledge and skills to observe, hypothesize, and develop methods to answer questions which generate knowledge. The hands-on project experiences promote the concept of biology as an experimental science. The students learn to collect, analyze and interpret data as well as communicate their results. Self-esteem building, motivation enhancement, leadership development skills, and study skills are incorporated into the experience. More information about individual HSTA club projects can be found at the HSTA Club Home Pages.
For more information on HSTA, please visit the website:  http://www.wv-hsta.org/

 

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