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SPH Students Report on their Summer Field Experiences Every summer, School of Public Health students take skills learned in the classroom and bring them to real-world settings. They embark on summer field experiences and make important contributions to communities around the globe. Packing a thirst for adventure and a strong commitment to improving public health, more than a dozen SPH students took on projects abroad this summer. They left the comforts of home and dove into different cultures to focus on making the world a better place. From rural hospitals in Africa, urban clinics in Ukraine, classrooms in Thailand, and labs in Chile, many students are taking time to keep in touch. Through e-mails and blogs on the SPH Web site, they are sharing stories about global strife and the state of public health in the developing world. While taking steps to advance the health of communities worldwide, these students are also experiencing personal growth and professional development. Here's proof, summarized from the latest news from the field, starting on the west coast of Mexico and ending in the Far East. Browse the links at right and take a tour around the world.
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SPH students are blogging from abroad, sharing their strories about new friends, foreign food, exotic animals and unexpected adventures. Go to the "Notes From the Field" blog at http://blog.lib.umn.edu/sphpod/fieldnotes/.
You can read more about the inevitable challenges and plentiful rewards of international travel, and watch videos of students talking about their projects. |
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Tour Around the World
Dominique Lopez-Stickney
Mexico
Marie Quasius & Lauren Neils
Chile
Elizabeth Scherman & Jennifer Pierquet
Ghana
Katherine Harrison
Sarah O’Brien
Jose Suarez-Lopez
Switzerland
Ingrid Johansen
Ukraine
Mindy Rostal & Alina Evans
Kenya
Laura Miller
India
Allison Ishizaki
Thailand
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