“I Can Do That!”
UIC Police: Catch a Crook
Be a star witness and help a police artist create a computerized composite sketch of a suspect. Other high tech equipment and police dispatching will be observed.
Beginning
Theater Workshop: movement and improvisation
Fundamentals of acting will be taught through acting and improve games that focus on concentration, imagination, trust, and having fun. Wear loose and comfortable clothes.
Physics: Let There Be Light!
Tour the Physics labs and learn what they’re all about. A laser light show will be included to demonstrate how lasers can be used to create 3-D images.
Librarians: Information Detectives
Go on an information scavenger hunt to find facts in more than 2 million books, thousands of maps, and reference works. See how university librarians are able to answer more than 97 million reference questions each year.
Describe your
hobbies, interests, school, family, dog –whatever you wish to share with the
rest of the World Wide Web. You will
upload a photograph of your smiling face too!
Nursing in
the ER
Tour the UIC Hospital and you will get first-hand experiences in the Emergency Room (ER) and in an ambulance. See and experience what nurses do everyday; apply bandages and casts in the ER and check out the inside of an ambulance. Sorry, no driving allowed!
Calling All
Future Nurses: To the UIC
Tour the nursing skills laboratory where nursing students begin to learn the skills needed to care for people. Talk with real nursing students about their experiences and different opportunities in nursing. Hands-on demonstrations with medical equipment will also be included.
Learning with Play: Early Childhood Education
Are you great with kids? Come and visit the campus child care program and discover how teachers, students and staff help pre-school children learn through discovery and play.
Bite into Dentistry!
Explore how teeth grow by exploring real teeth from sharks, alligators, humans, and more! Get hands-on with real dental tools and learn how to make impressions of teeth.
Pharmacy: The World of Pharmacy
What do Pharmacists and Pharmacy technicians do? Visit the Hospital Pharmacy and dress up to view the sterile product preparation in a “cleanroom”, robotic automated medication systems, and learn about poison prevention.
UIC Photo
Lab: Photographic Explorations
See a professional photo studio set up and shoot pictures with a digital camera. Learn about careers in photography and the role women have played.
UIC’s very own
comic book artist and author of the Circle Unleashed and Irresistible Force,
Donald McQuay will help you create your own comic book. He will also discuss how to break into the
comic book industry.