Spartans of Excellence of Award Winners 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Erica Payton Foh and graduate student, Naglaa Raswhan, who took home Spartans of Excellence Awards during the 2021 Virtual Ceremony that was held in April.
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Spartan prepares for Yale graduate school
This fall, Jacqueline Sandoval ’21, a public health education alumna, will begin a Master of Public Health at Yale University, one of the top research universities in the world.
Diana Karczmarczyk, M.P.H., CHES Hired by D.C. Police
D.C. police have hired a director for a new office to help officers and civilian staff members dealing with physical and emotional problems, in large part stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
UNCG’s Department of Public Health Education Gift to Graduates 2021
Given the powerful experiences of this past year, the Faculty and Staff of the Department of Public Health Education at UNCG offer this video as a graduation gift to you, our amazing students. We hope this time capsule of our moment in time honors you, your endurance, and your future success. Congratulations pandemic and social justice Graduates of the 2021!
Student interns support vaccination efforts
Masters of Public Health in Community Health Education students, Caroline Wells and Aaron Sturdivant, spent their final semester at UNCG providing community support for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
2021 Graduate Research & Creativity Expo Showcase of Scholarship
Congratulations to Fatima-Ezzahara Salmi for winning the 2021 Graduate Research & Creativity Expo – Showcase of Scholarship! Salmi, under the direction and mentorship of Dr. Sharon Morrison, submitted a narrated poster presentation about their COVID- 19 health education outreach and support for Bhutanese refugee families, Assessing the Natural Helper Approach to Greensboro’s Bhutanese Community COVID-19 Challenges.
Dean Supports Dr. Carrie Rosario
As you might know, a recently publicized Greensboro Zoning Board meeting included an exchange between Dr. Carrie Rosario, AP Associate Professor of Public Health Education, and an appointed member of the Zoning Commission.
Melina Ksor Pays Tribute to Her 109 Year Old Grandfather
The 109-year-old stroke survivor nodding off nearby only recently began talking about the missions in the dense jungles of Vietnam. Of crawling on the jungle floor, ahead of the Americans, on the lookout for booby traps. The American advisers, the name for soldiers there in an undeclared war against the… Continue reading…
This is What Resilience Looks Like: The Power of Art-Activism and Healing
The Voices of Reproductive Justice, in cooperation with UNCG’s She Can We Can, Beyond the Women’s Suffrage Centennial, presented This is What Resilience Looks Like: The Power of Art Activism and Healing Webinar, on Tuesday, April 13th. The panel was consisted of Karen Anderson, Justice Advocate, Dr. Zitty Nxumalo, Creative Artistic Director of Zodwa Dance Co., Xavier Carrington, Visual Artist, and Keisha McKane, Chief Organizer Artists4Justice.
Drexel Features PHE Alumnae Samuella Ware in Shining-a-Black-Light for Black History Month
Samuella Ware, Ph.D., M.P.H. is a postdoctoral researcher at Drexel University in the College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP). Her research focus is on race-based theories and social structural factors that impact sexual health ad HIV vulnerability among Black men and women.