Francisco Castelan, Assistant Director for Pre-Health Advising, hosted a talk with Pre-Health students in the BEST Lyon summer program during his travels this past June.

Francisco answered pre-health questions and had great conversations about pre-health resources, being pre-health at GT, and how their time abroad is relevant for their experiential learning and cultural competency. He also highlighted the importance of journaling and how through reflection students will continue to grow from their experience even after their time in France and their summer travels to other cities and countries.

The BEST-Lyon program combines study at Georgia Institute of Technology, the premier science and engineering institution in the southern U.S., with a summer experience at CPE-Lyon University, a university rich in history in the chemical sciences, engineering, and technology. Participants can explore the inventions of Louis Pasteur, Victor Grignard, Pierre and Marie Curie while studying in France's "second-city", Lyon.
 
Dr. Cam Tyson, Director and Assistant Dean in the College of Sciences, organized the event, and Dr. Jennifer Kraft Leavey, Assistant Dean for Faculty Mentoring for the College of Sciences and Principal Academic Professional in the School of Biological Sciences, also joined. About 27 of the 42 students on the program attended the visit!

More about the BEST-Lyon program:

Students visit cultural and scientific site visits in the region (e.g. Pasteur Institute, Pasteur Museum, and Curie Museum in Paris and CERN in Geneva, the Roman ruins of Old Lyon, the Beaujolais region of France). For a look at the BEST Lyon summer activities, check out the Georgia Tech BEST Lyon France facebook page. The detailed schedule of courses and program excursions is expected to be available in mid March. Course syllabi will be available in early/mid May. Information will be posted via canvas for program participants.