Wilson Medical Institute

Summer camps have become a part of life for many American teens, an opportunity to hone skills and pursue interests. Albion College’s first “Camp Med,” held last month, went one step further, giving campers a quarter-unit of college credit in the bargain. Camp Med “Cardiology 101” was three intensive days specifically designed for high school seniors and juniors interested in a medical career.

Mona Hanna-Attisha, a Flint pediatrician, never thought her job would entail convincing parents and their kids that the water they drink won’t kill them. “Parents tell me they turn on the water and their kids cry. Kids now fear water,” said Dr. Hanna-Attisha, the guest speaker Wednesday night for Albion College’s Anna Howard Shaw Lecture inside Towsley Lecture Hall. Speaking out, and educating, has become the new normal for Hanna-Attisha, who for nearly a year has been at the center of the Flint water crisis.