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a career in medicine may not seem like a viable option. However, through the partnership���s mentoring and pipeline programs, more students can be exposed to healthcare careers and those with the academic potential can be identified. Through positive role models, including individuals from faith-based organizations, civic groups and local businesses, students are encouraged to remain part of the community as practicing physicians. By participating in a Neighborhood Clinic program while attending both CSU and NEOMED, these students gain first-hand experience treating the medically underserved, while also forming relationships with the professional community. The Partnership for Urban Health now has a physical presence on the CSU campus with the renovation of a historic building at 1836 Euclid Avenue. A grand opening event to celebrate its completion was held in November. ���The facility provides space for lectures and simulation labs, but the major advantage is that it brings our academic programs together on one campus,��� says Dr. Susman. Governor John Kasich and the Ohio General Assembly approved the biennial appropriations bill, Substitute House Bill 153, which provided funding for the creation of the NEOMED Academic Campus at CSU. An additional $4 million in philanthropic support was also raised. Pipeline Programs Among the programs intended to introduce potential students to careers in medicine is the Cleveland School District���s MC2 STEM high school for science, technology, engineering and math, which has classrooms on the CSU campus. NEOMED is also developing partnerships with middle and high schools throughout Cleveland to further the Education for Service initiative. While these programs provide access to students from urban Cleveland, the Bio-Med Science Academy, located on the NEOMED campus in Rootstown, provides access to potential students from northeast Ohio, including mostly rural communities. Bio-Med Science Academy is a yearround, public STEM+M (medicine) high school, which welcomed its first freshman class of 70 in August 2012. It���s the only STEM high school in the country located on a medical university campus. The school is open to all Ohio students entering high school, although most of the current students are from rural Portage County. Interested students are chosen by a lottery. PHOTO COURTESY OF NEOMED MEDCAMP is one of NEOMED���s pipeline programs designed to stimulate students��� interests in the basic sciences and medicine and to expose them to career opportunities and hands-on experiences in those fields. 32 | Cleveland/Akron/Canton MD News ��� MDNEWS.COM ��� JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2013