Jina Park Wins 2012 Johnson Opportunity Grant at Washington and Lee University

LEXINGTON, VA (05/22/2012)(readMedia)-- Jina Park of Duluth, Ga., and a native of the Republic of South Korea, is a junior at Washington and lee University and has been selected for the spring/summer 2012 Johnson Opportunity Grant. The Johnson Program on Leadership and Integrity awards 25 to 30 grants each year.

A double major in biology and English and a pre-med student, she will serve as a volunteer at an underserved medical community in Costa Riica, coordinated by International Service Learning. Park will be part of a general medical team that travels to small towns and villages in "outback" areas to set up field clinics.

She will also have the opportunity to work in different hospital areas of interest such as assisting with pap smears, parasitic screenings and other basic health exams and tests. Park will attend tropical disease training and seminars in pharmacology and house clinic-community triage, medical Spanish seminars and basic training for anamnesis.

She has taken Spanish classes at W&L and has participated in English for Speakers for Other Languages' trip to the Dominican Republic to teach English and other subjects to elementary school children.

The grants cover living, travel and other costs associated with the students' proposed activities, which are designed to help them with their future careers and fields of study. The grants vary in amount from $1,000 to $4,500 and are funded as part of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity.