The Della Keats Health Sciences Summer Program is a program offered to high school students in Alaska through the University of Alaska WWAMI School of Medical Education. The goal of the Della Keats Program is to foster, affirm, and encourage high school students’ interest in the medical professions by allowing them to explore health-care careers and to obtain a valuable introduction to college life.

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Current high school juniors and seniors in Alaska who meet one or more of the following criteria are eligible to apply for the program:

• Come from an ethnic minority background
• Live in rural Alaska (off the road system)
• Be a first-generation American
• Be the first in his/her family to go to college
• Speak English as a second language, and/or
• Be economically disadvantaged

Housing/Tuition-There is no cost to participants in the program and dormitory housing is provided at no charge. A small stipend is provided to help cover food and miscellaneous expenses of participating in this program.

Apply to the 2018 Della Keats Health Sciences & Summer Research Programs.

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