Photo Credit: Steve Kohls, Brainerd Dispatch

University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks visited a Garfield Elementary 3rd Grade Class in Brainerd, MN on 2/20/2009 to see the work of Brainerd Interprofessional Education Project(IPE). In this photo, President Bruininks is trying out one of the stability balls purchased by the Brainerd IPE team for the class and the school secretary as a part of their Childhood Obesity Prevention project.

The Brainerd IPE Project is one of 14 community based interprofessional education projects supported by funding from the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Office of Education and Minnesota AHEC.

The Brainerd Dispatch was on site to document the visit. Text from the article can be found here.

Southern MN AHEC has several opportunities for presentations on health careers for multiple age levels.

Download this informational flyer. and please contact Program Coordinator Wendy Foley if you have any questions or interest.