NOV-A-4
THE JUNE TRIP TO CHINA FOR
NYLF
IS PUT ON HOLD AND MAY
INCLUDE PRE-MEDICAL
AS WELL AS MEDICAL STUDENTS
From: Glenn Geelhoed
To: "mcastrina@highachieving.net".IA4GW.Harper
Date: 10/31/02 4:23PM
Subject: Re: NYLF Greetings and update on China missions
Thanks, Matt!
While I was on the phone to Gina, I blocked the June dates to avoid any encroachment from a rapidly filling 2003. (02‑Sep‑A‑2) So, I will continue to hold those dates and the itinerary you had furnished despite the change in the constitution of the group form pure medical students to mixed medical and pre‑medical.
I remain interested in the other tours, such as the ones to Australia and South Africa, in each of which I have spent some considerable amounts of time, also, but I should be able to cement the schedule by your January 15 dates. On that occasion I will be abroad in Mindanao Philippines, but will try to monitor from whatever distant sites I can get into my email to find out what the NYLF decisions have been.
I will be near by at most times until the 2003 itineraries begin to emerge at Dec. 30 (see Nov‑A‑2 attached), so let me know any further updates you may have on the China mission.
Thanks!
GWG
>>> <mcastrina@highachieving.net> 10/25/02 04:04PM >>>
Dear Dr. Geelhoed:
I wanted to make sure I had the opportunity to welcome you as a faculty
advisor for the National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) International Mission
on Medicine in China. This is great news that you will be able to join us!
Gina Kirila may have already shared information with you about the Mission
in China, but let me recap for reference:
NYLF International Mission on Medicine on China and current scheduled
universities, clinics and cultural highlights:
Beijing:
Peking University ‑ Health Science Center
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
China Sports and Science Association (sports medicine)
Great Wall (Badaling Gate)
Summer Palace
Forbidden City
Tian'anmen Square
Xi'an:
Xi'an Provincial Hospital
Daming Gong Rural Hospital‑Community Medical Center
No. 4 Military Medicine University
Qin Shi Huang Terra Cotta Warriors
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Ancient City Walls
Ban Po Neolithic Village
Chengdu:
Huanglongxi Clinic visits
Chengdu TCM University
Mental Health Hospital
Children's Village of SOS
Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center
Sichuan Musical Theater
I keep wishing it was May so the programs can begin! Needless to say I am
excited you will be able to be a part of the NYLF Missions.
On a different note, I do have one update on International Missions. As I
recall your schedule is very busy, so I wanted to inform you that the
Mission in China which Gina and I had expressed interest in your serving
(China Medicine for Medical School students, Friday, May 30 ‑ Sunday, June
15) is on a tentative HOLD. What does this mean? The Mission is still on
schedule, but the enrollment projections are not as high as estimated. As
such, our admissions department is not scheduled to enroll students in this
mission. In addition, if/when our admissions department begins to enroll
for our China program, the decision was made to not enroll medical students
but to enroll undergraduates with an interest in medicine or pre‑meds as
like all our other medical missions.
With this news, and with your very busy schedule, I wanted to at least offer
you the opportunity to change programs if you wish. It is obviously our
goal to have a 3rd mission in China (students will remain as undergrads) but
our admissions department will not be enrolling this program until later in
the year (pending everything going well!)
So I have two questions then:
Would you be interested in serving on another Mission in Australia, China or
South Africa (which would mean different dates)?
Or, do you wish to remain on the 3rd Medical Mission to China with the
understanding that the program may not occur (but if it does, you are still
scheduled)? Note, I imagine by January 15 a final decision on the 3rd China
Medicine mission would be 100% final so you could make any plans/changes to
your schedule.
I apologize for such mixed news! If you have any questions about this as
well as if you would like to review the other Medicine Mission dates, please
just email or telephone me and I'd be happy to send them along. Hope this
email finds you well. It was great to meet you here at our office!
Best,
Matt Castrina
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Matt Castrina
Director of International Program Development and Expansion
National Youth Leadership Forum
Washington, D.C. 20005
202.777.4039
Mcastrina@highachieving.net <mailto:Mcastrina@highachieving.net>
Mcastrina@nylf.org <mailto:Mcastrina@nylf.org>