Sanford-Brown Campuses Nationwide to Participate in First-Ever "Give Back Day"
October 07 2010 - 11:00AM
Sanford-Brown, a leading provider of healthcare education,
announced that students from all of its affiliated campuses will
participate in a nationwide "Give Back Day" on October 20, 2010.
Sanford-Brown's Give Back Day, which coincides with National
Medical Assistant Recognition Day, will allow medical assistant
students at each of the campuses, as well as students in other
programs, faculty and staff, to demonstrate the positive impact
they can make as a team in their local communities.
Activities occurring on various campuses include blood and bone
marrow drives, general health screenings, vision screenings,
athletic screenings, and pet screenings. Activities that students
and faculty will participate in off-campus include volunteering at
nursing homes, shelters, food banks and clinics.
Sanford-Brown is also launching a Service Learning component to
each curriculum at each campus. This enhancement to curricula is
intended to provide an opportunity to engage students in the
educational process by requiring them to apply their classroom
learning to help solve real-life problems. The curriculum will
require each student to participate in Service Learning activities
as they progress in their programs. This will be initiated in
the Medical Assisting program in 2010 but it is expected to be part
of nearly every program at each campus nationwide as of 2011.
"The combination of experiential learning and community service
will help students see first-hand how their efforts benefit those
around them," said George Grayeb, senior vice president of the
Health Education Strategic Business Unit of Career Education
Corporation, parent company of Sanford-Brown schools. "This
will help students become active, contributing citizens and
community members even before they graduate from
Sanford-Brown."
Each Service Learning project will utilize skills learned in the
classroom based on the student's specific program. For example, a
student in the medical assistant program might work at a blood
drive, flu shot clinic and/or vision screening while a student in
the pharmacy technician program could provide poison prevention
education to local youth organizations and/or assistance in
disposing of expired prescriptions. Similarly, a student in
any of Sanford-Brown's veterinary technology programs would focus
his or her efforts on animals and pet owners while a student in a
dental assistant program would provide dental screenings or other
dental services to those who are disadvantaged.
At the end of any Service Learning activity, students will
reflect in writing and presentations how the activity related to
their program and benefitted the communities they serve.
For more information, please visit
http://sanfordbrowncares.com.
About Sanford-Brown
The Sanford-Brown name dates back to 1866 when Rufus C.
Crampton, a professor at Illinois College, established a school to
meet the growing educational demands of post-Civil War
America. Today, there are 19 campuses bearing the name
Sanford-Brown College (SBC) and there are 15 other affiliated
campuses operating under the names of Sanford-Brown Institute (SBI)
and SBI Campus-an affiliate of Sanford-Brown. Sanford-Brown is
a career training and non-degree and degree-granting institution.
Programs vary by location. Sanford-Brown Colleges and
Institutes are part of the Career Education Corporation
(Nasdaq:CECO) network of universities, colleges and schools.
Most Sanford-Brown Colleges and Institutes are accredited by
the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
(ACICS). SBI - Monroeville and Pittsburgh are accredited by
the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC).
Sanford-Brown does not guarantee employment or salary. For
more information about the Sanford-Brown schools please visit
http://www.sanfordbrown.edu/.
CONTACT: Andrea Meyer
(847)-585-3937
ameyer@careered.com
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