Global Health Corps

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# Title Date Summary
1 A welcome from the Dean of the College of Education
Northern Iowan 110:55, p.
Dean Dwight Watson welcomes new students to the university and the College of Education.
2 UNI student accepted into prestigious U. N. summer internship program
Public Relations News Release 2009:385, p.1
Abubakarr Jalloh is one of approximately 200 individuals selected from around the world to participate in the U. N. Headquarters Secretariat Internship Programme this summer.
3 UNI will dedicate new addition to the Human Performance Center, Oct. 3
Public Relations News Release 2009:82, p.1
The Richard O. Jacobson Human Performance Complex will be dedicated on Saturday. Named for Des Moines businessman and philanthropist Dick Jacobson, the latest additions to the complex include a 9,136-square-foot training center, locker rooms and more.
4 Celebrating a gift
Northern Iowan 104:10, p.4
Richard Jacobson donates $3 million towards completion of a multipurpose facility for academic and sports relation programs; photo.
5 Human Performance Center named
Northern Iowan 104:9, p.17
Richard O. Jacobson gives $3 million to the Human Performance Center project; university must match gift with $2 million; center will be called the Jacobson Human Performance Complex.
6 Jacobson gives $3 million naming gift to University of Northern Iowa
Public Relations News Release 2007:165, p.1
Biographical profile of Richard Jacobson.
7 UNIPEP prepares pre-med students
Northern Iowan 104:7, p.6
Enhancing students' chances to get into medical school is the goal of a new club on campus; photo.
8 UNI showcases international resources on campus
Northern Iowan 103:5, p.1
Studying abroad provides for a new perspective for those in Camp Adventure, UNI Global Health Corps, the American Institute for Foreign Study, International Student Exchange, and other study abroad programs; photo.
9 UNI showcases international resources
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Students will get a chance to learn about the study abroad programs and talk with past participants.
10 UNI breaks ground on new Human Performance Center; Center's programs focus on community
partnerships, outreach

Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Building will be near the Wellness Recreation Center and will benefit the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services.
11 UNI-based Iowa EXPORT Center works to diversify state's health workers
Public Relations News Release 2005:0, p.1
Iowa EXPORT Center published a document about diversity among health workers that has been used by many training organizations.
12 Learning to make things better for others
Northern Iowa Today 89:2, p.
Tina Buhrman works in 2 + 2 program; Nancy Aossey works in Somalia; photo.
13 Motivated; making the transitions from student to qualified citizen
Northern Iowa Today 89:2, p.2
Profile of Kimberly Abram and her effort to obtain a degree in criminology; photo.
14 Koch attends UN conference, puts UNI on the map
Northern Iowan 101:6, p.1
Susan Koch attends United Nations conference on how universities can promote democracy worldwide; photo.
15 HPC receives major $500,000 grant
Northern Iowan 100:55, p.5
R. J. McElroy Trust pledges $500,000 toward construction of Human Performance Center.
16 Student proves activism helps
Northern Iowan 100:40, p.1
Descriptions of activist groups and their projects that junior political science major Lorelle Curry is active in; photo.
17 UNI secures six-figure grant to address health-care disparities within underserved populations
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
National Institute of Health provides $1 million grant to address health concerns in many of Iowa's rural and medically underserved regions.
18 UNI Global Health Corps to host speaker on HIV/AIDS
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
Josh Ruxin of Columbia University to speak on the global AIDS epidemic.
19 Malcolm Price Laboratory School urges students to walk to school
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
"Walk To School Day" is designed to promote regular physical activity among students.
20 UNI Native American Student Union presents first cultural fair/powwow
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
Event will take place during Family Weekend in the West Gym; description of activities provided.
21 Secretary general of social workers' federation at UNI to discuss human rights
Public Relations News Release 2002:364, p.1
Tom Johannesen will speak on "A Human Rights Profession in the Era of Globalization" on March 6.
22 Faculty profile: Michele Yehieli; the global face of Iowa
Northern Iowa Today 87:1, p.11
Profile of Professor Yehieli and the Global Health Corps; photo.
23 UNI Global Health Corps receives award
Public Relations News Release 2002:248, p.1
Family and Children's Council named UNI's Global Health Corps a Family Friendly Workplace.
24 UNI Global Health Corps' health symposium to focus on world hunger
Public Relations News Release 2002:121, p.1
Per Pinstrup-Andersen will speak on "World Hunger and Malnutrition" as a part of the International Health Symposium on Monday, Oct. 21.
25 Grants to UNI Global Health Corps fund innovative programming in Iowa and abroad
Public Relations News Release 2003:116, p.1
Description of grants received and programs launched.
26 Global Health Corps hosts annual symposium at UNI
Northern Iowan 98:49, p.13
The Global Health Corps will host their Annual Symposium on International Health in the Maucker Union Expansion; photo.
27 UNI hosts Annual Symposium on International Health
Public Relations News Release 2001:403, p.1
The panel for the Annual Symposium on International Health will be made up of UNI and University of Iowa faculty members.
28 Keeping children safe requires more than rhetoric
Public Relations News Release 2001:308, p.1
Michele Yehieli claims that even though children know how to prevent injuries and accidents, they don't always use that knowledge to do so.
29 UNI Global Health Corps receives grant to help immigrants and refugees
Northern Iowa Today 86:1, p.18
$67,000 grant will fund New Iowan Health Youth Initiative.
30 UNI Global Health Corps plans events
Public Relations News Release 2001:196, p.1
The Global Health Corps has announced the dates of events to increase awareness on health issues.
31 Profile
Campus News Network 12:5, p.2
Profile of Linda Miller, Instructor and Mission Leader for UNI's Global Health Corps (previously Wellness Resource Coordinator); photo.
32 UNI Global Health Corps observes United Nations Day
Public Relations News Release 2001:170, p.1
Over 600 youths are expected to participate in the celebration of United Nations Day.
33 UNI Global Health Corps receives grant to help immigrants and refugees
Public Relations News Release 2001:38, p.1
A $67,000 grant has been receives from the Caring Foundation of Des Moines.
34 UNI Global Health Corps tackles lead poisoning
Public Relations News Release 2001:36, p.1
Students will be going door-to-door and making presentations to alert the residents of Waterloo of lead poisoning.
35 UNI Global health Corps conducts mission in Mexico
Public Relations News Release 2001:31, p.1
Three students from UNI served nearly 400 people in Cuernavaca, Mexico while on mission.
36 UNI Global Health Corps receives fellowship
Northern Iowan 97:61, p.2
A two-year grant of approximately $90,000 was received.
37 UNI Global Health Corps receives New Voices fellowship
Public Relations News Release 2001:14, p.1
Clementine Mukeshimana will serve as director of Refugee and Immigrant Outreach Projects.
38 "Wellness on Wheels"
Public Relations News Release 2000:391, p.1
Annie Vander Werff will speak about a new mobile health education center called "Wellness on Wheels."
39 UNI to host international opportunities fair Wednesday, Sept. 27
Public Relations News Release 2000:87, p.1
A look at the range of programs offered at the UNI International Opportunities Fair.
40 Murphy to present on East Timor
Northern Iowan 97:2, p.2
Dan Murphy will speak on his experience in East Timor.
41 UNI to host presentation on East Timor
Public Relations News Release 2000:46, p.1
Dan Murphy will discuss the crisis in East Timor in the Maucker Union.
42 Health Promotion and Education
Campus News Network 10:21, p.
Six fellowships have been awarded to UNI faculty.
43 UNI Global Health Corps promotes health education in Ghana
Public Relations News Release 1999:117, p.1
Three students and two professors from UNI traveled to Ghana to present health promotion seminars in villages.
44 UNI Global Health Corps wins governor's award
Public Relations News Release 1999:70, p.1
UNI's Global Health Corps will receive the 1999 Governor's Prism Award on October 6, 1999, for excellence in diversity programming.
45 Global Health Corps travels with a message of well-being
Northern Iowan 96:8, p.10
UNI Global Health Corps travels to Estonia, Ghana, and many other locations to make educational presentations and establish exchange programs.
46 C. F. physician talks of experiences in East Timor; 'they need our help, and we are not giving it'
Northern Iowan 96:6, p.1
Cedar Falls physician Dan Murphy spoke at UNI Wednesday on "Chaos in East Timor: An Iowa Physician's Eyewitness Perspective"; sponsored by UNI Amnesty International and UNI Global Health Corps; Portuguese Club will sponsor a panel discussion; photo.
47 UNI students travel to Estonia
Northern Iowan 96:2, p.2
Five students and HPELS director Chris Edginton traveled to Estonia May 22, 1999 to May 28, 1999 to participate in the Fourth Annual Conference on Child Birth Education
48 The University of Northern Iowa Global Health Corps travels to Estonia
Public Relations News Release 1999:23, p.1
Five UNI Global Health Corps students traveled to Estonia May 22-28 for a Conference on Child Birth Education.
49 Research--not for graduate students
Northern Iowa Today 83:2, p.2
Faculty and students discuss the students' research and their reaction to it; photo.
50 University of Northern Iowa students thinking globally, acting locally; raise record funds, donations for human rights organization
Public Relations News Release 1998:417, p.1
UNI students organized 'Kits for Kosovo' as class project to send aid to Yugoslavia. UNI organizations Amnesty International, Global Health Corps, Susan Koch, Kent Sandstrom, and Michele Yehieli helped students.