WELLSPAN INTERNSHIP

Rachel Rambler ’23, (York, PA) a Biology major with minors in Neuroscience and Psychology, and Erica Rinehart ’24 (Dover, PA) also majoring in Biology with a minor in Psychology, were selected for the eight-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (SURIP), a collaboration with WellSpan Research, who will be among the College’s inaugural Knowledge Park partners.

Working with WellSpan investigators and staffers, Rachel and Erica got an up-close look at what goes into clinical research, from patient interaction to Institutional Review Board meetings and budgeting. They even got to pursue a hypothetical research question of their choosing.

Both of the York College students selected for SURIP had prior research experience. They knew statistics and understood what goes into a research design. In fact, the research Rachel and Erica worked on in association with WellSpan physicians and Biology Department Chair Dr. Wendy Boehmler was recently published in Cureus, with the title “A Review of the Association of Blue Food Coloring With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Children.”

The WellSpan collaboration is one more way that York College expands education beyond the classroom. And it is representative of the type of learning and student experience that will be

Living Paintings

March 23, 2023, 7 p.m. Humanities Center 218 Lynn Tomlinson is known for clay-on-glass animation, which she uses to create short, environmentally themed films. Call 717-815-1354 for information.

emphasized upon completion of the Knowledge Park, says Jeff Vermeulen, York College’s Assistant Vice President for External Relations and Executive Director of the J.D. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and York College Knowledge Park. “We are learning much from this process and launch of our first SURIP cohort that will help us with future collaborative work with Knowledge Park partners. We’re just getting started.”

Finding The Right Fit

A summer internship with Arrow Counseling Services and winning the 2022 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) York-Adams Counties PA Internship Award gave Kayla Bergmann ’23 the opportunity to testdrive a potential career: psychology.

For Kayla, college has been an opportunity to try on various hats to see which fits best. “I’ve changed my mind with what exactly I want to do so many times,” she says.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

March 30-April 1, 2023, 7 p.m. Perko Blackbox

The 1948 Pulitzer Prize Drama will be performed by students in Theatre’s Scene Study course. Call 717-600-3868 or boxoffice@ycp.edu for tickets and information.

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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

April 2, 2023, 3 p.m. Waldner Performing Arts Center

This program will feature both major symphonic works and lighter classics. Call 717-815-1354 for information.

A month before the spring semester ended, Kayla brought the idea of a summer internship to one of her advisors, Dr. Carla Strassle, Professor of Psychology and Director of Experiential Learning, Internships, and Practica in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, who helped her apply for the award.

At the beginning of her internship, Kayla listened in during sessions between psychologists and their clients.

Later, she learned how to write case notes, a practice that isn’t common in the classroom. She also had training in a modality of therapy called Internal Family Systems, a type of therapy that believes we are all made up of several parts of sub-personalities.