MIAMI, FL —Hialeah Hospital CEO Ralph Aleman presented a check for $5,500 to St. Thomas University to promote the new Science and Mathematics Fellows Program housed in the University’s School of Science, Technology and Engineering Management.
Hialeah Hospital’s patient base is largely of Hispanic descent while St. Thomas University – with students from over 50 countries – has a 39% Hispanic segment within its student population.
In response to the shortage of Hispanics and other minorities who have completed baccalaureate degrees in science and math, St. Thomas University established the program in August 2008 under the leadership of Dr. John Carpenter, Dean of Academic Research Administration.
A public awareness campaign is being launched to inform Hispanic parents, high school students and those with an associate degree from Miami-Dade College of the affordability of a degree in science and math with qualifying students receiving academic scholarships and financial aid.
Details will be available to the public – both parents and students at a College Information Day and a Chat with the Deans, – February 28 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the Archdiocese of Miami’s Youth Center, 3333 South Miami Avenue, next to the La Salle High School and Ermita de la Caridad grounds.
The Fellows Program is research-based, something that makes St. Thomas University stand-out from other higher education institutions. In teaming up with Dean Edward Ajhar, an MIT graduate, and other prestigious faculty members who engage in spinal cord research, microbiology, plant growth and aquatic habitat laboratories, students now have an experience unlike anything else they encountered before in a science class. With first-hand discovery they start thinking like scientists.
Freshmen, juniors and community college students who transfer with an associate degree, study in cohorts in biology, chemistry and mathematics. Created to increase the number of minority students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the Science Fellows Program offers students who qualify affordable education, a personal academic advisor and the opportunity to work on publishable research along with faculty.
Degrees include BAs in Biology (both biological research and forensic science specializations), Chemistry and Mathematics. For additional information on the Science Fellows program, students may call 305-474-6853 or email the program.
About Hialeah Hospital
Hialeah Hospital, part of Tenet’s Florida region, is located at 651 East 25th Street in Hialeah. The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of central to north Miami-Dade County since 1951.
Hialeah Hospital offers a broad range of health care services, including 24-hour emergency care, cardiology, neurosurgery, obstetrics, a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, laboratory, a surgical weight loss program that has been designated a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, a sleep disorders program, and a complement of imaging services.
Hialeah Hospital has earned a five-star rating and is ranked among the top five percent of hospitals in the nation for maternity care by HealthGrades, a health care quality ratings company. Hialeah Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.