DALLAS — Misericordia University’s Chemistry-Biochemistry Sciences Career Exploration Camp gave high school juniors and seniors a chance to explore careers in cosmetic and food chemistry, alternative energy, the pharmaceutical industries.
Students created nylon fibers, extracted essential oils from orange peels, designed and created batteries, made hand lotion, along with other exciting projects and experiments during the three-day residential camp.
Misericordia University also offered camps in biology, communications and media, literature, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology.
The camp programs provide high school students with an opportunity to explore career fields, experience on campus residential life and interact with faculty and current college students.
For more information about the 2017 Chemistry-Biochemistry Sciences Career Exploration Camp, call Anna Fedor, the assistant professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, at 570-674-6769 or at [email protected].
