AGES - Area Geriatric Education Scholars Internship Program for UP Youth

AGES in Brief

The Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation (UPHEC) is pleased to announce that in Summer 2007 it will expand the successful AGES internship program to include student-interns and long-term care placement sites from throughout the UP.

AGES Eligibility Requirements:

  1. Age 16 or older as of June 19, 2007
  2. Completing junior or senior year at a UP high school as of June 19, 2007
  3. 2.75 overall GPA

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AGES Brochure (PDF)

AGES aims to: a) introduce UP youth to careers in geriatric health, b) to address regional health care workforce needs and c) to increase intergenerational interaction between youth and elderly residents in UP communities.

Piloted in 2006 with seven interns placed at three sites in Marquette and Alger Counties, AGES will host as many as 30 student-interns UP-wide from June to August 2007. Project partners with UPHEC include Northern Michigan University, Michigan State University Extension (UP Region), MichiganWorks!, UP community foundations, UP hospital foundations, Great Lakes Center for Youth Development, corporate supporters and association support.

Individuals eligible to apply for this program include UP students completing their junior or senior year of high school who have a 2.75 GPA and are potentially interested in pursuing a career in geriatric health care or health care in general.

The program covers all costs and includes a three-day, pre-internship orientation in Marquette, Michigan, for all accepted AGES interns (e.g. successful applicants) from June 19-21, 2007 and a seven-week internship with stipend at a long-term care health facility in the accepted intern's home community at partnering sites located throughout the UP.

Program updates will be posted to this site as they become available.

For more information about AGES, please contact Program Director Carolyn Weissbach at cweissbach@mgh.org or (906) 225-6920.

UP Long-term Care Sites Participating in AGES Summer 2007 Program:

  • Tendercare Munising, Munising (Alger County)
  • Bayside Village, L'Anse (Baraga County)
  • War Memorial Hospital LTC, Sault Ste. Marie (Chippewa County)
  • Pinecrest Nursing Home, Powers (Delta, Dickinson, Menominee Counties)
  • Houghton County Medical Care Facility, Hancock (Houghton County)
  • Portage Pointe, Hancock (Houghton County)
  • Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls (Iron County)
  • Helen Newberry Joy Hospital LTC, Newberry (Luce County)
  • Mackinac Straits Hospital LTC, St. Ignace (Mackinac County)
  • Jacobetti Home, Marquette (Marquette County)
  • Norlite, Marquette (Marquette County)

AGES Program partners/donors:

  • Baraga County Community Foundation
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
  • Community Foundation for Delta County
  • Dickinson County Community Foundation
  • Great Lakes Center for Youth Development
  • Marquette-Alger Medical Society
  • Marquette Breakfast Rotary
  • Marquette General Health System
  • Michigan State Extension
  • Michigan State Medical Society Foundation
  • Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Michigan Works!
  • Northern Area Health Education Center
  • Northern Michigan University
  • Portage Health Foundation
  • St. Ignace Community Foundation
  • Upper Peninsula Health Care Network
  • Upper Peninsula Healthcare Roundtable
  • Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation
  • Upper Peninsula Health Plan
  • Upper Peninsula Power Company
  • Upper Peninsula School Districts

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Northern Michigan University Seaborg Center

The mission of the Glenn T. Seaborg Center is to enrich the knowledge and understanding of the general public in the areas of science and mathematics; particularly that of students and teachers from preschool through college. NMU's Seaborg Center is a key partner in the AGES program.
UPHEC - Upper Peinsula Health Education Corporation Formed in 1974 to coordinate the training of physicians in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, UPHEC is governed by board members from Marquette General Health System and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. UPHEC's primary goal is to enhance the quality of life in the UP by providing health care career opportunities for our young people and training physicians interested in serving rural and underserved communities. AGES is an UPHEC program.

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