The Community Medi-Corps Program

Changing Futures Campaign

Transforming Student Lives & Increasing Diversity in Health Care Workforce

The Changing Futures Campaign is the inaugural opportunity to support the Community Medi-Corps Program of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. We invite GW alumni and teachers, students, and community members to support our regional high school students and increase diversity in our future life and health sciences workforce.

Medi-Corps will transform how students study life and health sciences for in-demand careers. The program’s high-tech Immersive Learning Center (ILC) is a mobile STEM-H lab with both virtual and augmented reality to immerse students in real-life environments for hands-on collaborative learning.

The ILC will serve students studying life and health sciences at:

• The Governor’s Health Sciences Academy at Alexandria City High School (Alexandria City Public Schools)
• Governor's Career and Technical Academy in Arlington (Arlington Public Schools)
• Falls Church Governor’s Health Science Academy (Fairfax County Public Schools)
• Clifford S. Hardison Governor’s Health Sciences Academy (Fairfax County Public Schools)
• West Potomac Academy (Fairfax County Public Schools)
• Governor’s STEM Academy at Chantilly High School (Fairfax County Public Schools)

Your donation to the Changing Futures Campaign will directly benefit future life and health career leaders in our region’s most economically and socially diverse school systems. Gifts of all sizes will have a profound impact on students.

Suggested giving amounts:

$5 Student

Support your Academy

$25 Parent

Support your student’s hands-on experiential learning that features virtual and augmented reality scenarios, guided by instructors to provide critical thinking skills

$50 Community Member

Support our next generation of life and health science professionals. Your donation will fund one student’s mentorship experience with a leading expert in their field of study.

$100 Industry Partner

Support your future employees. Your donation will support one student’s internship, where they will be immersed in hands-on experiences with our local and regional workforce partners.

The Community Medi-Corps Program:

• Provides summer programs, job fairs, and community outreach
• Engages STEM-H professionals to serve as mentors
• Offers industry partnerships internships
• Promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in practice
• Champions life sciences, health sciences, and technology pathways for in-demand jobs
• Transforms the high school educational experience through innovative technology
• Attracts students from underserved populations to postsecondary education
• Contributes to Northern Virginia’s regional economic growth and resilience

Contact Us:

If you need assistance in making your gift or have an interest in learning about more ways to give back to the Community Medi-Corps Program, please reach out to Drew Flanagan via email at aflanagan@gwu.edu Learn more about Medi-Corps and how we’re changing futures here.

The Growth and Opportunities (GO) Virginia has provided GW with seed money to bring Community Medi-Corps to northern Virginia students.

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