Media Advisory

WHAT: 

At Future Docs, children of Wayne State University School of Medicine alumni, friends, faculty and staff will explore the world of medicine through several hands-on stations designed to showcase science and medicine in a fun and fascinating learning environment. Workshops are taught by School of Medicine students and alumni. This popular annual event is sponsored by the School of Medicine Office of Alumni Affairs.

WHEN:

Saturday, March 29, 2014

9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE:

Wayne State University's Scott Hall (on the medical campus, adjacent to Detroit Receiving Hospital)

540 E. Canfield, Detroit

VISUALS:

Hundreds of children ages 6 to 12 participating in hands-on, kid-approved learning workshops throughout the school's main medical building, plus medical school students, faculty and staff teaching about science and medicine.

About Wayne State University School of Medicine

Founded in 1868, the Wayne State University School of Medicine is the largest single-campus medical school in the nation with more than 1,000 medical students. In addition to undergraduate medical education, the school offers master's degree, Ph.D. and M.D.-Ph.D. programs in 14 areas of basic science to about 400 students annually.  

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 29,000 students.