The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is home to a program like very few in the United States.
51ΑΤΖζ is one of just six undergraduate institutions in the country to receive a Maternal & Child Health Pipeline Training grant, which aims to boost the diversity of the health care workforce.
The program recruits and supports undergraduate students from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups who are pursuing degrees from the 51ΑΤΖζ College of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare and the College of Letters & Science.
51ΑΤΖζ nursing student Raven Wright raves about the program.
βIβve learned that Iβm really capable of excelling in areas that I never really would have considered otherwise, if I never would have joined MCH,β Wright said. βEveryone that I have met has always given me nothing but support, nothing but encouragement to become a better student and a better person. They always seem to have my back.β
The program provides support throughout the studentβs time at 51ΑΤΖζ, and teaches leadership and how to work together as a team.
Ninety-five percent of the programβs students successfully enroll in graduate school.
βThatβs a really high number and something weβre very proud of,β said Victoria Moerchen, director of 51ΑΤΖζβs Maternal and Child Health Pipeline Training program and an associate professor of kinesiology and physical therapyΒ in the College of Health Sciences.
The five-year grant was awarded by the Health Resources & Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
