Student Leader Boosts SPH Multicultural Recruitment Effort

By John R. Finnegan, Jr.
Dean and Professor
Oct. 15, 2007

Diversity and multiculturalism are alive and getting better every day in the School of Public Health. If you want to see it in action from a student's perspective, take a look at this semester's "My Life" episode (www.sph.umn.edu/sphere/thuy/).

It features Thuy Doan, one of our own students seeking an MPH in Environmental Health Sciences, with an emphasis in infectious diseases. Born in Vietnam, she understands well the issues of respect, dignity, understanding and support that are at the root of a healthy multicultural school climate. So we hired her to assist our Student Services staff in multicultural recruitment services and strategies for the School of Public Health.

"My Life" will give you a full sense of her energy and commitment. We are fortunate to have this emerging student leader's energy and vision working for an even stronger SPH for the next class of students. Thanks, Thuy, and welcome aboard. Thanks are also due A-Team staffer Mark Engebretson for producing and directing this episode.