College of Health News

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s smoke- and tobacco-free initiative inspired Valeria Delgado to take the cause nationwide

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

In 2012, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student Asian Pacific Islander Community Wellness Club (APICWC), Master of Public Health (MPH) students and students from the School of Nursing gathered to make a historic change on the university's campus. They wanted Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to go smoke- and tobacco-free. For the next two years, collaborative efforts from many groups across campus came together to petition USÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to place a smoke- and tobacco-free referendum on the student January 2014 ballot.

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A career in community service: School of Social Work professor Tracey Burke tackles food security in Anchorage

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

In Alaska, 102,670 residents, or 1 in 7 people, struggle with hunger. Of the 102,670, about 20 percent of those struggling to obtain a healthy meal each day are children, according to data collected from a 2016 Feeding America, Map the Meal Gap Report. Tracey Burke, a professor in the School of Social Work at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, has collaborated with Food Bank of Alaska and its partners for more than 10 years.

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Life is a highway

 |  Joey  | 

Think your commute is rough? Meet the Truesdells, Pat and Patti. For years, Pat drove from Soldotna to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. Patti earned her education degree at Kenai Peninsula College (KPC), but now teaches 98 miles away at Hope School. It hasn't been easy. But neither would change a thing.

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How Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Justice Information Center is using data to help policymakers

 |  Catalina Myers  |  ,

Former Governor Sean Parnell was launching his Choose Respect Initiative, a campaign to end the epidemic of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse in the state. His administration tapped the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Justice Center to help provide research and data to measure the effectiveness of the campaign.

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Associate to bachelor’s: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s School of Nursing is answering Kodiak’s health care needs

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s School of Nursing is undergoing a two-year expansion project, with the Kodiak Outreach Site next on the list. Associate Professor Margie Mete has been charged with transitioning the site’s associate program to a bachelor's program.