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Photos: Students learn about sonography during Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program

   Published Date: June 24, 2024

Sonography was one of the career paths high school juniors and seniors from around Minnesota learned about as part of the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in downtown Rochester.

Since the Career Immersion Program began in 2017, more than 250 Minnesota high school students have taken part in learning about some of the dozens of careers in health sciences.

Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program
Sara Ismail, who will be a junior at Maple Grove High School in the fall, uses a sonogram with the help of Vanessa McGee, lying down, and Nawal Ahmed, right, who are both sonography students, as part of the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in downtown Rochester. Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences offers training in over 50 health sciences professions.

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Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program
Adriana Garazutua, who will be a junior in the fall at Edina High School, learns about sonography as part of the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in downtown Rochester.

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Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program
Kelly Lang, who will be a senior at St. Paul Public School Online School in the fall, places a picture of an organ from a sonogram onto a cutout silhouette of a person as Lupita Sanchez, who will be a senior at Minneapolis South High School in the fall, looks on while learning about sonography during the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in downtown Rochester.

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Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program
Kaya Yang, right, a sonography student, helps Adriana Garazutua, who will be a junior in the fall at Edina High School, learn about sonography as part of the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in downtown Rochester.

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Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program
Kelly Lang, who will be a senior at St. Paul Public School Online School in the fall, places a picture of an organ from a sonogram onto a cutout silhouette of a person while learning about sonography during the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in downtown Rochester.

Joe Ahlquist / Post Bulletin

Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program
Lupita Sanchez, who will be a senior at Minneapolis South High School in the fall, uses a sonogram with the help of Jeffre Vaughan, left, and Hailey Gilbertson, lying down, who are both sonography students, as part of the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Career Immersion Program on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in downtown Rochester.

Joe Ahlquist / Post Bulletin

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By Joe Ahlquist
Joe Ahlquist is the photo editor at the Post Bulletin. Joe is a 2013 graduate of Winona State University and previously worked at the Winona (Minn.) Daily News and the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader before arriving at the Post Bulletin in July of 2017. Readers can reach Joe at 507-285-7624 or jahlquist@postbulletin.com.

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