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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:
Faculty advisor:
- Vic Schoenbach, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
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