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Our Stellar Students: Rhoda Moise, Biobehavioral Health
As a junior majoring in Biobehavioral Health with a double minor in Biology and Health Policy and Administration, I possess a passion for health promotion from proteins to people. As a HealthWorks Peer...
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Our Stellar Students: Caitlin Simpson, Human Development and Family Studies
It took a few years of exploration to get here but I think it’s safe to say that I found my home here at Penn State in the College of Health and Human Development—specifically as a Human Development...
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Our Stellar Students: Victoria Ulmer, Health Policy and Administration, Post #2
Updates from Vikki Ulmer on her internship at Swiss Re: Hello again! It seems like time is truly flying here in Armonk, NY. When I began my internship almost 2 months ago, I had little knowledge about...
View ArticleOur Stellar Students: Carly Clark, Nutritional Sciences, Dietetics
Hi everyone, I am Carly Clark, I am from Mars, Pa (Northern Pittsburgh) and will be a senior at Penn State this year. I am currently majoring in Nutritional Sciences, Dietetics Option and minoring in...
View ArticleOur Stellar Students: Sarah Kidder, Biobehavioral Health
Hello everyone! I am a rising junior pursuing a major in Biobehavioral Health with minors in Global Health, Spanish, and Biology. After completing my education at Penn State, I plan to work in the...
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Our Stellar Students: Christina Spohn, Recreation, Park and Tourism...
My time at the Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS) is sadly coming near its end- I will be back at Penn State in less than a month! What a whirlwind these past two months have been: every single day I...
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Our Stellar Students: Rhoda Moise, Biobehavioral Health Post #2
First and foremost, I must thank the Africana Research Center, Schreyer Honors College, Multicultural Resource Center, and the College of Health and Human Development for their support in my research...
View ArticleOur Stellar Students: Karlie Hudock, Post #2
Hello, my name is Karlie Hudock, and I am a senior majoring in Health Policy and Administration and minoring in Information Science and Technology in HPA. I am from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, located about...
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Our Stellar Students: Julia Dunnigan, Nutritional Sciences, Post #2
For the month of July I lived and worked in a rural farming town in West Africa. The word incredible doesn’t even start to describe my experiences in Frankadua, Ghana. The program I was lucky enough to...
View ArticleOur Stellar Students: Sarah Kidder, Biobehavioral Health, Post #2
Hello again! Summer has flown by and in just one week we will be starting classes again. As for the research I have been doing in Dr. Cavigelli’s lab, everything has been running smoothly! This past...
View Article“Worthy Objectives”
Since I was young, I have always collected quotes. It’s interesting to look back through them and see how my views have changed reflected in the words of others that I thought were important enough to...
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Our Stellar Students: Jenny Dang, Nutritional Sciences, Post #2
My internship at the YMCA Hilltop in Pittsburgh is coming to an end today and I have nothing but positive experiences to share. At the beginning of the summer, I was excited to help empower these...
View ArticleWelcome back to students!
WELCOME BACK! I want to welcome all new and returning Health and Human Development students back to Happy Valley. I hope you had a great summer and are ready for an outstanding academic year. I have a...
View ArticleWhat I’m reading about teaching and learning and higher education
A College President Goes Back to College and Learns a Few Lessons Wellesley College Takes on The Grading Curve Is It Possible to Get Students to Put Down Their Cell Phones? (Extra Credit if You Read...
View ArticleHHD Student News, Sept. 3, 2014
I hope all HHD students had a great Labor Day weekend. I had a chance to visit the Arboretum at Penn State–if you’ve never seen it, you should talk a walk across Park Avenue and check it out. As we...
View ArticleMaking a Muddle of Health Insurance for Students
I want to hesitate in coming down too hard on The Daily Collegian’s article on health insurance and students. Health journalism is tough. There are very complex issues, and I’ve seen people with a...
View ArticleHHD Student News, Sept. 10, 2014
Congratulations! You’ve survived the start of the semester. Below you’ll see a hint of a few upcoming events, and there’s more information on those and other activities on my Events blog for HHD...
View ArticleSelf-Confidence and Leadership
As Penn State students tackle our Career Fair this week, I am beginning another semester teaching my course on Health Care Leadership. As part of the first assignment in class, I ask students to look...
View ArticleGetting Your Money’s Worth Out of College
“It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know”, right? In many ways, we share this nugget of conventional wisdom with students often in the form of encouraging them to network, network, network. But, is...
View ArticlePreparing the Healthcare Workforce
A report by the Brookings Institution released this summer raises important questions about the need to look to the role of the pre-baccalaureate workforce in addressing the ongoing effort to achieve...
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