 Health
Education Goes Online and on CD
The
Department of Health and Community Services launched a
free online journal, Californian Journal of Health Promotion,
edited by professor Mark Tomita. The journal
focuses on health education, research, and issues of interest
to practitioners in the West. A team of professors, coordinated
by Tomita, created the Global Health Disparities and Mexican-USA
Border Health CDs, which contain thousands of health information
sources and are available free to public health educators.
Tomita is pictured right, with student Jérôme Heuzé,
who designed graphics for the CDs.
Outstanding Psychology Major
Senior psychology major Benjamin Seigler
received one of six 2003 William R. Hearst/California State
University Trustees' Awards for Outstanding Achievement. He
will receive $3,000 for his superior academic performance,
community service, and personal accomplishments. Seigler is
the seventh Chico recipient in eight years.
Museum-in-a-Box
Anthropology graduate student Melody Yeager
was awarded a 2003 summer internship at the California Academy
of Sciences in San Francisco. Yeager learned about the academy's
object loan program, which is similar to the CSU, Chico Museum
of Anthropology's Museum-in-a-Box, a lending library of artifacts
and hands-on activities for elementary schoolteachers.
Cartographers Put Chico on the Map
Geographic information systems technology seniors
Starla Smock and Kyley Cross placed
first and second, respectively, in the annual mapping competition
of the California Geographical Society in Sacramento.
Outstanding Adviser
Economics professor Mark Morlock, CSU,
Chico Outstanding Academic Adviser for 2002-2003, received
outstanding honors from the National Academic Advising Association.
Outstanding Professor
Psychology professor Eddie Vela is the
CSU, Chico Outstanding Professor for 2002-2003. Vela earned
a Ph.D. in psychology from Texas A&M University. His expertise
is in cognitive psychology and perception.
Professors Recognized
Laurie Wermuth,
sociology, received a Professional Achievements Honor
(PAH) for her research on the global inequity of health care,
gender stratification, and AIDS prevention. Andrea
Pantoja, psychology,
received a PAH for her research on early emotional development
and the inclusion of students in the development of the CSU,
Chico Infant Lab Web site.
Migrant
Farmworker Service-Learning Project
Health and community services professor Diana Flannery
and students in her environmental health classes, with assistance
from professor Mary Portis, HCSV,
created a service-learning project to educate local migrant
farmworkers and their children about pesticides. The classes
partnered with health aides from California's Migrant Education
Program to present a pesticide safety program to schoolchildren
throughout Butte County. “My students were very excited
about their efforts and contact with the migrant families,”
said Flannery. These projects help prepare students for the
health education profession. “I learned something, I
helped others, and I feel less helpless about issues that
affect me and the environment,” said student
Mary Schneider.
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