We would like to give a big senior shout out to our college scholar, Karen Hernandez! A member of the Incentive Awards Program at UMD, Karen will soon be graduating with her Bachelors of Science in Neurobiology and… instagram.com/p/B-7pk_rJPkI/…

Tomorrow at noon, Dr. Robert Drummond and a group of his colleagues will be holding a live COVID-19 Q and A on his Facebook page! For our scholars, Dr. Drummond similarly walked through the halls of Armstrong and… instagram.com/p/B--OCvUp2f4/…

Catch Baltimore City Public Schools Poly's Scholar of the Week, Shikei Morrison, today on CW Baltimore from 9 am-7 pm and this weekend on FOX Baltimore from 7-10 am! #bmorecollegebound

Today, we had the wonderful Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Dr. Aaryn Hammond, and Jawara Allen, MD/PhD, join us for our Saturday Session Speaker Series!! Thank you so much to our amazing speakers for taking the time to… instagram.com/p/B_asfyCJDmT/…

To lead up to College Decision Day, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with our beloved seniors. ❤️🎓 Monday’s Stop: the start of Cohort 2020 •••••••• #MERITfamMonday #seniorappreciation #collegebound #throwback… instagram.com/p/B_gAWgMpHyd/…

Five high school seniors from Baltimore City Public Schools were surprised over Zoom with news of their full-tuition McDaniel-CollegeBound Foundation Scholarships. Welcome to the Hill! 💚💛 Get to know these high-achieving students and watch their announcement videos: bit.ly/2VNEOBD

During the summer of 2019, our seniors took a huge step in their paths to becoming health professionals and change agents, exploring the worlds of biomedical research and public health 👨‍🔬🧬💐🍎 ••••••••••• #seniorszn… instagram.com/p/B_lKR9rJtmv/…

THE CLASS OF 2020!!!!! We love you guys SO much and you always make us prouder than you know! We’re so excited to see you all take the next steps of your journeys ❤️😭 ••••••••• #virtualhug #MERITfam… instagram.com/p/B_p2vWQJ5q6/…

In light of #COVID19 and the uncertainty it has brought along, today is a special #GivingTuesdayNow If you‘re in a position to donate, help support our scholars as they work to become the change agents and health leaders that this time has highlighted the need for. #LinkInBio

We are seeking Program and Community Engagement Coordinators for the next year and virtual Community Health Instructors for the summer!! Please share with anyone who would be interested in joining an amazing family ✨ #education #baltimore #hiring #healthequity #publichealth

Look at our lovely sophomore scholar Iyona!! Though Dent Education, Iyona has been making face-shields for our essential workers! 🥽❤️ ••••••••• #changeagent #maker #solutions #covid19 #PPE @ Dent Education instagram.com/p/B_8HNpFp9kM/…

Thank you so much to @CouncilPresBMS for opening up our Health Disparities Project Presentations! It was great to hear you talk about a bright vision for the city, and answer our scholars’ questions about education, public health, and all things Baltimore! #Equity #ANewWayForward

Recently, our sophomores have been researching conditions that have greatly affected vulnerable populations. Today, they presented their findings and ideas for solutions! Safe to say that they were AMAZING! (Did I mention that they’re sophomores? 🤯) #brightfuture #changeagents

For her Brancati Fellowship, our amazing senior Simonia worked at Baltimore’s Simple Cooking with Heart Kitchen, learning recipes for affordable and heart-healthy meals to share at home!! Swipe to see one of her… instagram.com/p/CAsu6zsp4Bd/…

Black Lives Matter Shirts created by our Rising Junior Scholar D’mond 🖤🖤 Check out his website funnevibezz.com! •••••••••• Repost from funnevibezz • Exclusive BLM T-shirts! Limited time only, pre-order yours now!!… instagram.com/p/CBlgO2eJ-_3/…

Congrats to Dr. Karla Kendrick Karla Kendrick, MD on her first author publication in the Journal of the National Medical Association, "Predictors of Satisfying and Impactful Clinical Shadowing Experiences for Underrepresented Minority High School Students Interested in Healthcare Careers." 1/

Racial/ethnic concordance of URM students and preceptors may provide for preferable role models. This suggests just another reason among many to diversify the healthcare workforce - the importance of URM learners to see racial/ethnic concordant role models in health care. 5/

Let’s give it up one time for SHY, the CollegeBound Scholar of the Year!!!!! ✨✨🥳 👑 Click the link in bio to see Shy’s amazing speech (someone started to cut onions I was so proud) ••••••••• #trailblazer #changeagent… instagram.com/p/CDPXsSfJ-gp/…

The MERIT community is thrilled to welcome Jimmy Tadlock as MERIT's new Executive Director. Jimmy comes to MERIT with a STEM education background and decades of experience leading college access programming at the @Collegeboundfnd. Welcome to the MERIT family, Jimmy!

MERIT's new ED, Jimmy Tadlock, was just recognized in the Daily Record thedailyrecord.com/2022/03/16/jim…