Science, Nursing & Math AQDay - Friday, November 15, 2013 (REGISTRATION COMING SOON)

If you are a high school student interested in pursuing a career in science (biology, chemistry, medicine, physics, geography, environmental science, environmental studies), nursing or math - this day is for you!

High school students are invited to the AQ campus for a fun-filled day of discovery in the fields of math and science. Explore our natural arboretum (our campus is 107 acres of trees, creeks and ponds), hear from current students, have lunch with potential classmates and meet and chat with faculty from your specific area of interest. To expand your analytical mind, we also have some great sessions prepared for you. All sessions will be led by Aquinas faculty and current students. Space is limited in most sessions. >>Read a description of the sessions

Lastly, you will be given a unique (and optional) opportunity to visit one of the leading cancer research institutes in the country -

the Van Andel Research Institute in downtown Grand Rapids. See below for description. Space for this tour is limited.

“The professors were so engaging and dynamic, and the students were very welcoming and informative. I felt I learned something from every event of the day.”

“Sessions were helpful and interesting with people helping us understand what was going on. They welcomed questions, kept me thinking and taught different things.”

• Downtown Grand Rapids is home to the “Medical Mile.”
• The author of Alice in Wonderland was a mathematician.
• Over 25 percent of this years incoming freshman class at Aquinas indicated an interest in Pre-Med, Nursing, Health, Pre-Engineering, Science or Math.
• 2012 marks our 9th annual Science, Nursing and Math AQDay - over 200 students attended our event last year.
• In Grand Rapids, a life-science building boom has added $1 billion in research facilities, hospital expansions and medical centers.

For the record, life sciences generally refers to all sciences dealing with organisms such as plants, animals and humans. This label could refer to anyone who works for hospitals, drug companies or research centers. In Kent County, that number is 30,000, making life sciences the biggest job sector in the county.

• "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were." -- John F. Kennedy
• “The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.” -- Havelock Ellis
• “Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.” -- John F. Kennedy