October 18, 2010  |  8am - 2pm

Teacher & Student Information

Health Career Day is offered annually to high school youth in order to broaden students' knowledge about the healthcare industry and the variety of healthcare career opportunities available.

2007 marked the first annual Pierce County Health Career Day. Since then, over 2,100 high school students have attended the event, including home schooled students, public, private and tribal high schools. Students attend seminars covering a myriad of health careers, from Polysomnography to Naturopathy to Nurse Midwifery. College and career preparation seminars are also offered. For many students, this is their first exposure to health care careers beyond doctors and nurses.

Teacher Registration / Log-In
(Teacher Registration will be open on September 10)

Event Check-In

Health Career Day is held at the University of Puget Sound. The Exhibit Hall will be open from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. Exhibitors can arrive as early as 7:30 to begin setting up. The Exhibit Hall is located in the Wheelock Student Center, building number 23 on map below. There will not be a formal welcome, however there are packets for each student that the person checking-in for the group (group leader) needs to pick up and hand out to each student. Once the student receives his/her packet, she/he can go off to find their first workshop. It does get crowded in the check-in area, so students can wait outside if the weather permits.

Directions

The University of Puget Sound is located at 1500 North Warner in Tacoma, Washington, approximately 30 miles south of Seattle and 15 miles north of Olympia.

To the UPS Campus

From I-5, take exit 133, Interstate 705 north, City Center exit. Exit at Schuster Parkway. Continue for approximately one mile, and stay to the left. Exit to the left (Schuster Parkway), and follow Schuster along the water. Stay to the right and proceed approximately 1.5 miles. Exit right onto North 30th. Continue through the traffic signal in Old Town and up the hill.

Bus Information

Drop-Off: Approach from Union, right on 18th, right on Lawrence, then left on N 15 and drop the students off right in front of Wheelock Student Union (no street to cross) then turn right on Alder, and right again on N. 11 in order to proceed to the Fieldhouse parking lot or back to Union Avenue.

Pick up: The best place for the students to board their busses would be in the Fieldhouse parking lot. This is located at the corner of N. 11th and Union Avenue. The bus would turn east on N. 11th and proceed to the entrance of the parking lot which is near the corner of the Filedhouse. If parking all day, buses can park in the Fieldhouse parking lot.

Lunch/Refreshments

A networking lounge will be open to all sponsors, exhibitors, workshop presenters and high school teachers. The lounge is stocked with light refreshments throughout the day. In addition, UPS cafeteria serves a variety of foods and is located off the Exhibit Hall.

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