Gov. Tomblin proclaims February 'HSTA month'

February 7th, 2012

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has proclaimed February “HSTA Month,” celebrating the Health Sciences & Technology Academy, a math and science enrichment program that prepares talented minority and underrepresented youth for careers in the health sciences.

Click here to read about how NIH funding supports HSTA.

Proclamation

The program, founded by Ann Chester, assistant vice president with WVU’s Health Sciences Center, exposes high school students to research, training and educational activities on colleges campuses during the summer months. It’s a partnership with West Virginia communities that is supported by the National Institutes of Health and other public and private foundations.

Most of the Academy’s participants graduate from college and choose careers inside the state. Of the program’s more than 1,000 participants, 97 percent attend college, 94 percent graduate from college and 92 percent go on to work in the state.

President Jim Clements singled out HSTA as an example of WVU’s mission in his 2010 State of the University speech. Click here to read the story.
HSTA was featured in the Land-Grant 2.0 video produced for the 2010 Capital Classic luncheon. View it here.

“HSTA is a nationally recognized model created in West Virginia by West Virginians that networks globally to provide 21st-Century skills necessary for success while ensuring the well-being of future generations of West Virginians, our economic stability and our quality of life; making West Virginia a great place to live and work,” the proclamation reads.

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