The Weekly SPHere Nov. 3, 2008
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The Student Senate SPH Wellness Committee invites students to join them in the Turkey Run on Sunday, Nov. 23. It is a USATF-certified 5K course that follows a loop around Como Lake. If the senate has at least five runners a School of Public Health team will be formed. The team registration fee would be $14 a person and all registrants will receive cotton running gloves. If interested, please contact Jenna Carter (carte440@umn.edu) or Amanda Atkinson (atki0094@umn.edu) by Wednesday, Nov. 19. The run will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23 at Como Park Elementary School, 780 W. Wheelock Parkway in St. Paul.
• More about the run
Beginning Nov. 3, SPH students have the opportunity to officially register for community engagement activities. A zero credit/zero tuition course number has been developed to meet the liability insurance needs provided that students register under PubH 0020. The zero-credit course requires a contract approved by the participating community organization and the student¿s academic faculty advisor. Integrating community engagement supports the University¿s mission of public engagement and enhances the educational goals of the student as well as making a difference in the community.
• Access the Community Engagement Contract
“PUBLIC HEALTH is YOUR HEALTH!” is an national awareness campaign that runs Nov. 1 to Nov. 30. Organized by the Association of Schools of Public Health, the campaign provides provides a fun and easy way to raise awareness of public health and demonstrate how it impacts our daily lives. Students, faculty, and students may pick up campaign stickers in English and Spanish in the Dean’s office, Student Services Office, and SPHere Student Lounge. Please place stickers where appropriate to illustrate public health and take a picture. Post your pictures on the This is Public Health Flickr Group or send to Thuy Doan at doanx034@umn.edu.
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Student News
Calling all student filmmakers, producers, writers, actors and directors. The SPH film festival committee is interested in your work. The committee is beginning to select films for the 2009 National Public Health Week Film Festival and wants to hear from you. If you have been involved in any public health film projects that you want the committee to consider for viewing during the 2009 film festival, please submit them. Any student-produced short feature film or documentary is ideal. For more information or to submit a project, contact Wobo Bekwelem at bekwe001@umn.edu or Michelle Lian Anderson, director of alumni relations and special events, liana001@umn.edu, by Monday, Nov. 17.
The Student Senate is looking for SPH students to serve as a student senator. The senate acts on issues of importance to students, such as textbook costs and student evaluations of teaching. Interested students must be available for five meetings per year. These occur on Thursdays between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The application deadline is Nov. 6. Questions? Contact Becky Hippert at hippe003@umn.edu.
• Register online
Call for Papers. The Michigan Journal of Public Affairs is a student run publication of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. The submission deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 7. For more information contact Josh Brammer at brammer@umich.edu or Kevin Herms at Kherms@umich.edu.
Representatives from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will be on campus to conduct information sessions about their agency and the kinds of public health and public policy analyst and intern positions for which they hire, including in their Health Care Team. The GAO also offers a two-year professional development program for analysts to conduct work within one or several teams. The sessions will be held from 11:45 to 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, in room 114 at the Carlson School of Management and from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in room 205 at the Humphrey Center. The same information will be covered at both sessions. SPH students are encouraged to attend. Questions? Contact Sarah Lynch at lynchs@gao.gov.
• More about the GAO
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School News
The SPH Public Health & Cultures Monthly Series, “Celebrating American Indian Heritage Month,” will be held Wednesday Nov. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 3-125 Mayo. All SPH faculty, staff and students are invited to view presentations by SPH students Genelle Lamont and Yvonne Ortiz on public health issues and challenges in American Indian Health. Food will be served! For questions contact Thuy Doan at doanx034@umn.edu.
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The Office of Student Affairs is seeking student, faculty, and staff participation in decorating a new “Display of Diversity in Public Health,” a glass display case in the student SPHere. The goal is to make the SPHere more meaningful and representative of the students, faculty, and staff that use it. Those interested may loan artifacts, personal memorabilia, and artwork for display. For more information, contact Dinah Dafeamekpor at dafea001@umn.edu. Items can be dropped off in the student services office in Mayo D305 by Dec. 1. Suggested items include: pottery, glass wear, traditional cloth, relevant pictures to public health or multiculturalism, coin collections, stamp collections, and other items collected through public health experiences. Selected individuals will receive a SPH logo USB drive. The unveiling of the Display of Diversity in Public
Health is scheduled for Jan. 17.
The Safety of Our Food Supply will be the topic of discussion on Friday, Nov. 21, during a forum sponsored by the Minnesota Public Health Association. This is the second forum in a series entitled "Food and Public Health: A Sampler" and will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Minnesota Department of Education, 1500 Highway 36 East, room CC15, in Roseville. Join MPHA colleagues and guests in a discussion with Mike Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, and Kirk Smith, supervisor of the Foodborne Disease Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, regarding the safety of our food supply and the technologies and regulations available to insure the health of Minnesotans. Maureen Reed will moderate this forum. Seating is limited and registration is encouraged. A breakfast of locally produced and organic foods will begin at 7 a.m.
The suggested donation is $8 for MPHA members, $15 for non-members and $5 for students. Free parking is available.
• Register online
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SPH Events
“Case-parent Triad Analyses of Genes Related to Bone Growth in Osteosarcoma,” is the topic of the biostatistics seminar on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Logan Spector, an adjunct professor for the SPH, will lead the discussion that begins at 3:30 p.m. in 5-125 Moos T. Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common bone cancer of children under 20 years of age in the United States and Canada, with about 430 cases diagnosed annually. A social tea will be held at 3 p.m. in A434 Mayo. All are welcome to attend.
• More online or call 4-4655.
For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
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Other Events
Nov. 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m
The Paradigm Shift of Synthetic Biology: Tensions Between Innovation and Security
Nov. 6, 8:30 to 4 p.m.
Children in Nature: Healthy Development by Design conference. Learn more about how time spent in natural environments improves the health and well-being of children and families.
• Register online or contact Arboretum Education at 952-443-1422.
Nov. 10, 10 to 11 a.m.
The Backyard Initiative Working Together to Improve Health in our Communities
Nov. 11, 11:30 to 1 p.m.
Regents Professor Lecture Series featuring Steven Ruggles discussion of the Decline of the Extended Family
Nov. 18, 4 p.m.
The Presidential Glass Ceiling is Broken: The Path from Victoria to Hillary
Nov. 21, 7 to 9 p.m.
The Brain and the Science of Meditation
Nov. 22, 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Journey to Wholeness: How Spirituality Heals
For more events, go to the SPH Online Calendar
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