[Note: the Minority Student Caucus has several other webpages, including a Student Organizations page and a Facebook page. The current page (www.minority.unc.edu/sph/caucus/) serves as a historical archive, having been maintained continuously (though minimally) since about 2003.


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Minority Student Caucus

 

Annual Minority Health Conference and William T. Small Jr. Keynote Lecture

About William T. Small, Jr.

MSC @ Student Affairs website

MSC Sakai website (requires login)

History of the Caucus and Conference, in video

Minority Student Caucus Alumni Network

To join the Minority Student Caucus listserv send a one-line email to (listserv@unc.edu) with the text:

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  At the Minority Student Caucus alumni reunion

The Minority Student Caucus consists of students of color in the School who wish to join. The Caucus was founded in the early 1970's as a vehicle for bringing the concerns of minority students to the attention of the School's Administration and for working to attract more students of color to the School. The Caucus founded Minority Health Conference in 1977 and has conducted it annually since then. The Caucus also works with the School administration on initiatives to link to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, especially in North Carolina, and to institutions serving other minority groups.

Leadership

The Minority Student Caucus is led by an Executive Board elected annually by all Caucus members. Officers - Co-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer - and other E-Board members serve one-year terms.

For its first quarter century, the Caucus received support and advice from William T. Small, Jr. (the Caucus actually played a role in Dean Small's coming to the School as a minority student recruiter in 1971). Following Dean Small's retirement in 1999, Aundra Shields became Assistant Dean for Students and worked with the Caucus. Felicia Mebane and Charletta Sims-Evans, Victor Schoenbach, Chandra Caldwell.[years?]

Elected officers for 2015-2016


Co-Presidents:

  • Jasmine Dailey, Master’s Student, Department of Nutrition

  • Lorenzo Hopper, Doctoral Student, Department of Maternal and Child Health

Co-chairs for the 37th Annual Minority Health Conference:

  • Anna Dardick, Master’s Student, Department of Health Behavior

  • Giuliana Morales, Master’s Student, Department of Health Behavior

Treasurer:

  • Michael Harley, BSPH Student, Department of Nutrition

Secretary:

  • Jessica Himmelstein, Master's Student, Public Health Leadership

TRIAD Chair:

  • April Aviles, Master's Student, Department of Maternal and Child Health

Education/Community Service Chair:

  • Eboneé Butler, Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology

Social/Publicity Chair:

  • Molina Shah, BSPH Student, Department of Health Policy and Management

Historian:

  • Kyle Nisbeth, Master's Student, Department of Health Behavior

Fundraising:

  • TBA

Faculty advisor:

  • Vic Schoenbach, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology


Links

Minority Student Caucus home page
2014-2015 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2013-2014 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2012-2013 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2011-2012 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2010-2011 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2009-2010 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2008-2009 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2007-2008 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2006-2007 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2005-2006 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2004-2005 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2003-2004 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
2002-2003 Officers of the Minority Student Caucus
Previous officers of the Minority Student Caucus
Annual Minority Health Conference
About Dean William T. Small, Jr.
Minority health-related links at UNC and elsewhere
Minority Health Project

Last updated 11/19/2015, 2/4/2016, 8/31/2016 by Vic