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Join us for part 4 of our alumni event on March 31st. Learn from new grads! Link to register is in our bio.

It’s ! Celebrate with us and show your support at SLC.edu/givingday

Today is Rare Disease Day! Today we raise awareness for the 300 million people impacted by rare diseases worldwide. Join us in showing your stripes 🦓

Join us for part three of our series! Register with the link in our bio.

First snow fall and a pajama day! ❄️ ⛄️ 🧦 Good luck on finals to all of our brilliant students!

New summer internship opportunity. Check out the link in our bio for the application and the flyer with more information.

That’s a wrap on NSGC 2022 🧬 Our second year cohort just wrapped up a week of seminars, learning and a little fun in Nashville 🤠

That’s a wrap on NSGC!! 🧬

Such a great and educational week in Nashville.

We are excited to announce that this summer we will be holding a summer internship experience for undergraduate students! Check out the link in our bio for the flyer and application.

Happy Halloween! 🎃

Such fun celebrating halloween last night with a murder mystery involving both cohorts!

Shout out to APD Katie Gallagher for being the first to guess the murderer!

💭 One week ago 💭

*REGISTRATION IS OPEN* Thinking about a career in genetic counseling?! Visit the link in our bio to sign up for our 2022 Summer Series: Why Genetic Counseling Wednesdays! ☀️🧬💻

Receive a certificate of completion and have your SLC application fee waived when you attend all five sessions this summer! See you online!

🗓 SAVE THE DATES 🗓
We’re back with our Summer Series: Why Genetic Counseling Wednesdays!

Learn more about our field as we explore the many different settings GCs can work in. Registration link coming soon!

Today our 2nd year students had their very last medical genetics lecture and were taught by the one and only Dr. Marion! Thank you Dr. Marion for your support of our students and program- and for bringing us treats and chromosome socks! T-1 week to graduation!

Yesterday we celebrated our Impact program at our annual party! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Thank you to our students and families for celebrating with us and to our dedicated Impact program coordinator We can’t wait for next years program‼️

Yesterday our students shared their experiences participating in our Outreach project.

First years spent time with high school or college students- raising awareness about the profession and educating them about genetic counseling as a potential career option!

Second years made short clips to explain various roles or reasons to see a genetic counselor!

It’s !!To donate, visit https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/giving/fund/ and click on the 🟢 that says “Make your gift today!”

Today our students participated in activities in honor of by making origami zebras, learning about life with EDS, playing rare disease day trivia, watching Diagnosis on Netflix and of course, wearing stripes! 🦓

That’s a wrap on our mentor/mentee matches! Thanks for following along as we introduced you to all 53 of our students!

Today marks the end of a busy and amazing semester! Congratulations to all of our students on completing their finals!! Students: share your favorite memory from the semester in the comments ⬇️!

✨✨First years feeling festive ✨✨

📢Did you hear the news about the launch of a new genomics institute at SLC?!📢 HGP alumni are invited to join us in conversation on December 16th! To register for this event, visit https://alum.slc.edu/grad-reg To learn more about the institute, visit https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/genomics-institute/

Yesterday, our students met with the Intro to Genetics undergraduate course at SLC to conduct a needs assessment for our upcoming Outreach Project!

It is with tremendous excitement that we announce the Warren Alpert Foundation Genetic Counseling Scholarship. This full scholarship will be awarded to two students from underrepresented populations across five different genetic counseling programs, and we are so grateful to be one of those programs.
In order to apply for the scholarship at Sarah Lawrence College, you must submit your application by the application deadline, December 17th. Those who are invited to interview for our program and are interested in the scholarship, will be given the opportunity to write an essay. More details about this scholarship, and other scholarships that we offer, will be given at interviews!

SLC HGP Bookies is back on Thursday, December 2nd so now’s a good time for students, supervisors and alumni to get started on our next read!! Earn CEUs by joining! Sign up at https://alum.slc.edu/grad-reg

We have another introduction post for you today! Join us in giving a warm welcome to Zara Brown, our new office administrator, and member of the SLC HGP family! Zara has her Bachelors in Business Administration and Masters in International Business. She brings extensive administrative experience in the education field and we are so lucky to have her as an integral part of our program faculty!

We are excited to introduce you to Sam and Hallie!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month

Save the date for our first Open House Webinar! This Monday, September 20th at 5pm EST join us online to hear all about our program and have your admissions questions answered! Registration link coming soon!