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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 06 March 2006 SUBJECT: Tre Hansen, Good Hope 7th Grade Student, Accepted to Temple University Physician Scientist Training Program
Tre Hansen, a seventh grade Honor Roll student at The Good Hope School, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Hansen of St. Croix , has been accepted into the prestigious Temple University School of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) for summer 2006. MARC is a longitudinal program established in 1985 as a vehicle for increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in the biomedical arena. The goal is to create a cadre of physicians with the MD/PhD combined degrees. Selection of participants occurs at the 7th grade through 10th grade level and is made on the basis of demonstrated academic achievements (A- or better grades), high SSAT scores, motivation, maturity, perceived academic potential, and a stated commitment to complete the rigorous program activities each summer during the pre-college years. Mr. Hansen is one of only 35 7th grade students from throughout the United States and Territories accepted into this prestigious program for 2006. He will join the veteran participants in Philadelphia, PA for the start of the summer residential program, and for his first two summers will be primarily engaged in a six-week classroom and research regimen at Temple University. Continuing with the program for the next several summers, Mr. Hansen will have opportunities to study and work at the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, at the National Institutes of Health, and engage in twelve-week externships with major pharmaceutical research centers both in the United States and Europe. Mr. Hansen, also a participant in the UVI Math and Science Saturday Academies, joins an elite corps of Good Hope students who have been selected over the years to participate in Temple University 's program. Ninth grader Lauren Lewis and tenth grader Leah Guthrie have both been multi-year participants in the MARC program. Mrs. Jane Coles, Chair of the Good Hope School Science Department, explained that "these students seize the many chances at Good Hope to pursue active careers in the sciences. From our Intel-affiliated international science fair, to the Temple University program, these students daily make the most out of their opportunities." Mr. Hansen, a member of both the volleyball and basketball teams at Good Hope, is very excited about this potentially life-changing summer as well as the commitment that Temple University is making to him. "I don't know what will happen this summer," he said, "but I can't wait to find out!"
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