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UPCOMING EVENTS ...... 1
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT ...... 1
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CHES
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS .. 2
DECEMBER
2013
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HPEnews
KEEPING UC HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION
STUDENTS UP TO DATE.
Enhancing your education at UC with volunteer experiences and involvement in
health-related organizations can drastically increase the likelihood of landing the
job you want after graduation!
Upcoming Events
Health Hut: Stress Less
Thursday, Jan. 9th, 10:30-12:30
TUC Atrium
Depression on College Campuses
Conference: FREE for Students
Mar. 12-13; Univ. of Michigan
ESG partners with the Student Wellness
Center to bring health and wellness information to the student body through Health
Huts. If you’re interested in volunteering
for this event, please email Blake at
bramerbm@mail.uc.edu
This two-day conference focuses on mental
illness and promoting mental health on a
college campus. Students must pay for
travel and lodging, but registration is free.
Contact Amanda Lynch for more
information: amanda.lynch@uc.edu
Eta Sigma Gamma
Monday, January 13th, 7pm
Location: TBD
Heart Mini Marathon & Walk
Sunday, March 16th
Eta Sigma Gamma is a student organization focused on Health Promotion and
Education. The group volunteers at events
and plans health programs for the UC and
greater Cincinnati area. Contact Jaclyn for
more info: carpenj6@mail.uc.edu
Downtown Cincinnati
ESG is hoping to raise $500 for the American Heart Association. Students are encouraged to participate in the walk or run.
Click here to join the Eta Sigma Gamma
team or to donate. For more info, email
Aubrey Culp at culpag@mail.uc.edu
Happy
Holidays!
The HPE faculty would like to
wish you and your family a
safe and happy holiday
season! We look forward to
seeing you all in 2014!
Alumni Spotlight: DaNelle Jenkins
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Focus: Community Health
DaNelle Jenkins is the Senior Health Educator for Coordinated School Health at the Northern Kentucky Health Department. She has over 10 years of experience in health promotion, specializing in women’s and children’s health, and health
disparities. She serves as the project coordinator for the Health Department’s school health incentive funds program, which
was recognized by the Public Health Foundation for leading improvements in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, unintentional injury, and tobacco prevention. She collaborates with school personnel and with school- and district-level wellness teams to help create positive change in school health environments. She also serves as a liaison between the Health
Da’Nelle Jenkins Department and numerous youth-serving community coalitions. Ms. Jenkins earned a master’s degree from UC’s Health
Promotion and Education program in 2005 and is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, as well as certificates in Women’s Studies and Domestic Violence Counseling. In her spare time, Ms. Jenkins is a successful jewelry designer and entrepreneur, a foodie and an avid mud athlete. She enjoys creating art, volunteering in the community, and traveling.
Becoming a Certified
Health Education Specialist
Adding the CHES credential next to your name can set you apart
from other graduates and individuals applying for positions in the
field of health education!
The Certified Health Education Specialist
(CHES) credential is designed for individuals
working in the field of health promotion and
education to indicate their professional competency and commitment to continued education.
Employers frequently look for applicants who
have this credential as it supports their professional knowledge and abilities.
The CHES exam, facilitated by the National
Commission for Health Education Credential,
Inc. (NCHEC), is made up of 165 multiple
choice questions regarding the seven areas of
responsibility for health educators. Graduating
students and professionals with 25 semester
hours of formal instruction in health education
are eligible to take the exam to become a CHES.
Certified Health Education Specialists are required to earn 75 hours of continuing education
every five years. After five years of holding the
CHES credential, professionals are eligible to sit
for the MCHES exam to become a Master Certi-
fied Health Education Specialist. Individuals
with a masters degree in health education and
five years of experience in the field are also eligible to take the MCHES exam.
The exam is offered twice a year, in April and
October, at college campuses across the country.
Students are eligible to take it for a discounted
rate if they take it within 90 days of graduation.
To apply to take the exam, individuals must submit the formal application, official transcripts, an
advisor letter (if doing the 90 day option), and an
application fee. The deadline to apply for the
April exam is February 1st; the deadline to apply
for the October exam is August 1st.
Study guide materials, including a sample test,
are available on the NCHEC website. Additionally, UC will be hosting a study group this spring
semester for anyone interested in taking the exam in April or October of 2014. If you are interested in participating in the group, please contact
Amanda Lynch at amanda.lynch@uc.edu.
D ID YOU KNOW
There are new
HPE electives
being offered!
Two new electives are being
offered from the HPE program! At the undergraduate
level, HPE 2049: Introductory
Undergraduate Research
Experience is being offered
online for 1, 2, or 3 credit
hours. This is a great course
for students with a busy
schedule who want to explore
the basics of research and
get involved with a study.
The other course, HPE 6072:
Field Study: Services and
Applied Research for
Children, is an elective available to undergraduate and
masters students with an
interest in community-based
research and service.
Contact Dr. Nabors for more
information!
Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Caitlin Richman
Hometown: West Chester, Ohio
Focus: Community Health
Caitlin Richman is a 3rd year Public and Community Health Education major. She transferred to UC from Ohio University during
her sophomore year, where she was studying Speech-Language Pathology. After transferring, Caitlin found her passion to be health
education and quickly dove in to many groups and organizations associated with HPE. She traveled with the HPE program to Belize
last spring, and during that trip she found a passion for studying International Health. Caitlin has also had many volunteer and professional experiences through being a member of Eta Sigma Gamma, the National Health Education Honorary. This past fall, Caitlin
attended the Health Educators Institute and realized very quickly that program planning and evaluation was something she really
hopes to work with in the future. Although Caitlin is a Junior, she is only a 2nd year in the program and she is still figuring out
exactly what she wants to focus on in her career, but she uses the opportunities provided through organizations in HPE to help her
see all the possibilities! Caitlin will graduate spring of 2015 and hopes to further her education with a Masters degree in the HPE
program. In her free time she loves doing community service with her sorority, Kappa Delta, and running (half) marathons!
Caitlin Richman
Graduate Student Spotlight: Rebecca Guerin
Rebecca Guerin, originally from Denver, Colorado, earned a BA in Italian literature from Columbia University in NYC. After college, she went to Rome and worked in the international development community for a
United Nations grantee organization for several years. She then went to back to grad school at Columbia
where she earned a Masters degree in international economic policy/international finance and business.
After a few years of working for the New York Federal Reserve Bank, she married a Cincinnati native and
moved to the area. When she was no longer interested in banking, Rebecca decided to get a Masters in
professional writing and rhetoric at UC, where she was exposed to health communication for the first time
and realized she loved it! That program led to an internship with NIOSH/CDC (The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), where she now works as a
health communication specialist. At NIOSH, she is the project officer for the Safe-Skilled-Ready Workforce Initiative. In that capacity, she conducts research to help to promote basic workplace safety and health
Rebecca Guerin
skills for young and new workers. Rebecca is now in UC’s Health Education PhD program, with a focus on
Health Communication. Her research interests center on young workers, migrant and Hispanic workers, and conceptualizations of
well-being in the workplace. Outside of working full time, raising three children, and working towards a PhD, Rebecca loves to read,
spend time with friends, cook, exercise, and travel to Guatemala to support her husband’s non-profit organization.
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