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UNCG Launches Fist Bump Challenge to Boost Campus Connections
We want everyone to feel like they belong here, which will help us all enjoy UNCG and be more connected.
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Summer Study Abroad Provides Eye-Opening Experience to Global Public Health
When 20-year-old A’myah Wilson traveled to the Dominican Republic in July as part of a UNCG study abroad trip, she knew it would open her eyes to public health in other nations. What she wasn’t expecting was for it to reshape her philosophy on patient treatment.
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Public Health Education Grad Has a Heart for Service
The staff at the School of Health and Human Sciences was so helpful, and I’ve never looked back.
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Public Health Education Grad Motivated by Her Dreams
Searat Khalid is a person who knows what she wants. She is graduating from the School of Health and Human Sciences with a degree in Public Health Education and a concentration in Health Studies at the age of 19. She started the program when she was 18. Khalid has maintained
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HHS Students Attend United Nations Session
It was very interesting and empowering. It was amazing to see experts from all across the world come together for these sessions. Nida Qamar, Public Health Education student
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Nostalgia
An Explosive Collection of scenes representing the rich colors, traditions, and culture of Ghana The University of North Carolina Greensboro Department of Public Health Education in collaboration with the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies will host Nostalgia: An Explosive Collection of Scenes Representing the Rich Colors, Traditions,
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HHS alumna focuses on conveying truth in sexual education
Sexuality educator and UNCG alumna Shemeka Thorpe has a strong desire to effect change in women’s healthcare.
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Public Health Education Professor Improving Kids’ Mental Health through Fist Bumps
A UNC Greensboro professor is launching a new initiative to promote the well-being of children – and it starts with a fist bump.
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Public Health Education faculty offers state training to support students
When faculty representatives from the UNC System met for the Faculty Assembly, hosted for the first time by UNC Greensboro on April 14, they learned about a program being offered to faculty and staff members in the System’s institutions across the state.
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Public Health Education Alumna Pioneered Harm Reduction
Louise Vincent knew she wanted to make an impact on public health, but she didn’t know what her calling would be in that field until she was a student obtaining her master’s degree at UNCG.
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Public Health Education Alum Receives National Awards
Public Health Education Alumna Dr. Shemeka Thorpe is the 2025 recipient of the American Public Health Association Sexual and Reproductive Health Section Early Career Professional Award.
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Public Health Education student receives leadership award from UNCG
Kennedy Strong, a Public Health Education student, is the 2025 student recipient of the Gladys Strawn Bullard award.
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Public Health Education Student Shows How he Found His Way at UNCG
I want to work in public health advocacy. Doing work in marginalized and underserved communities is my goal. With Dr. Michael Perko, he helped me to establish what I wanted to do, and that also led me to meeting other wonderful professors of the Public Health (Education) Department, like Professor (Suzanne) Hunt.
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Public Health Education Professor Promotes Positivity in Youth Athletics
Dr. Mike Perko’s 500 Fist Bumps initiative made more than 1,200 connections among youth athletes, coaches, and officials at a recent high school lacrosse tournament in Greensboro. The teams were challenged to connect with each other on the field for three minutes. Athletes held connection coins with their team’s logo on the front and a…
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Public Health Ed professor, alum, recognized
Public Health Education Professor Dr. Sharon Morrison and her former undergrad research assistant, Nathan Dang (’24) were recently recognized by the North Carolina Hmong Women Association.
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Uncg Dean Advocates For Jockey Health And Safety In Horse Racing
In October, Mattacola and some of his UNCG colleagues will participate in HISA’s International Jockey Concussion, Safety and Wellness Conference. Associate Professor Dr. Jeff Milroy and Professor Dr. David Wyrick who will speak about Strategies for Athlete Communications on Mental Health and Safety.
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Dr. Payton Foh selected as faculty fellow
As faculty fellow, Payton Foh will collaborate with the UNCG Center for Housing and Community Studies team on applied projects, mentor students, and help to develop community-based solutions to pressing issues in the areas of housing, health, and community safety.
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Professor Michelle Martin Romero Selected for Elite Fellowship
Department of Public Health Education Professor Dr. Michelle Martin Romero is one of three people selected nationally as a fellow for the Leadership and Education Advancement Program (LEAP) for diverse scholars.
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Public Health Education student awarded $10,000 grant
Public Health Education doctoral student Mohammed Jibriel is one of 43 national recipients of the 2024 BMe Vanguard Awards. Jibriel intends to use his grant to support a youth program at the Sudan House in Greensboro. The organization promotes cultural understanding and integration between Americans and Sudanese immigrant and refugee communities. Jibriel was nominated for…
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Double Alum Selected for National Fellowship
Dr. Kunga Denzongpa, Public Health Education Alumna twice over, was selected as a Minority Serving Institution Fellow for the American Evaluation Association.
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Public Health Education Professor Shares Tips on New Covid Vaccine
It does look like (the new Covid strain) has similar enough features to the X variants that the updated fall 2023 vaccine should also provide some protection against that Dr. Jennifer Toller Erausquin, social epidemiologist and associate department chair for the Public Health Education Department (School of Health and Human