May 19, 2008

Dr. Marie J. Coreil presented with award. The Dean gave an overview of the accomplishments of the College of the last academic year. She also presented Dr. Jeannine Coreil with a plaque in appreciation of her many years of service as Chair of the Department of Community and Family Health. The event was a good time for everyone to catch up on what’s been going on over the past year.

Dr. Suzanne Perry-Casler (Retired) and Colleagues Publish Article. Drs. Suzanne Perry-Casler, Kay Perrin, Karen Liller and Ms. Sandhya Srinivasan recently had an article published. The article was published in the International Electronic Journal of Health Education. You can view the article “A Strategic Administrative and Technological Support Model for an Innovative Undergraduate Public Health Minor” at: http://www.aahperd.org/iejhe/2008/Supplemental/08_sup_S_Perry-Casler.pdf.

Ms. Teri Malo, MPH selected to represent COPH. We would like to congratulate Ms. Teri Malo, MPH doctoral student in the Department of Community & Family Health, who was selected by the national Delta Omega office to represent our COPH at the annual Delta Omega poster session at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, for her poster 'Using Structural Equation Modeling to Test the Theory of Reasoned Action: Predicting Sexual Behavior. ' Teri will be able to participate in the Monday morning poster session with eighteen other student presenters from other schools of public health and will also receive a cash prize of $250 during the Delta Omega social hour Monday evening, October 27, 2008.