New Milford resident attending Quinnipiac University named Connecticut SEARCH scholar

HAMDEN, CT (05/09/2012)(readMedia)-- Quinnipiac University student Jessie Dorne, of New Milford, has been named a Connecticut Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH) scholar.  Dorne is a physician assistant student in the School of Health Sciences.

SEARCH is designed to encourage students studying to become dentists, doctors, nurses and physician assistants to accept jobs in primary care and community health care settings where they will care for underserved patients. The program is made possible by a three-year, federally funded grant. 

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls more than 6,000 full-time undergraduate and more than 2,000 graduate students in 53 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges issue. The 2009 issue of U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master's programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review's "The Best 376 Colleges." For more information, please visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/quinnipiacuniversity and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.