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As the result of a rigorous application process coordinated by Director of Pre-Professional Studies Kirsten Peterson ’78, three Allegheny students were among a select group accepted into the Penn State College of Medicine Primary Care Scholars’ Program, which took place May 18-28. Students chosen to participate were judged on academic excellence, well-rounded life experiences, clinical exposure and service orientation. Liana Leja ’17, Clara Moller ’16 and Kent Sabatose ’17 met with medical faculty and students in discussion groups, seminar presentations and informal gatherings on the Penn State College of Medicine’s Hershey campus to learn about health-care delivery and primary care, medical school admissions, financial aid and the medical school curriculum process. Programs on the philosophy and practice of primary care within the disciplines of family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics were followed by weeklong shadowing experiences in primary care physicians’ offices. Students interested in careers in the health professions and in this and other experiential learning programs may contact Kirsten Peterson at kpeterson@allegheny.edu.