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Rural Health Program Receives Continued Funding
The Quentin
N. Burdick Rural Health Program, co-sponsored by the UHM School of Nursing
and Dental Hygiene, the Kaua‘i Rural Health Association and University
Health Group, received $734,101 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services. The program recently completed its initial three-year grant
period, and will now continue through June 2005 with the renewed funding.
Since the program’s first year, 58 students from the UHM Schools of Nursing
and Dental Hygiene, Medicine and Social Work, and the Departments of Psychology
and Medical Technology, have collaborated with community members to design and
carry out health-enhancing programs at six rural sites on the Big Island, Maui,
Kaua‘i and Moloka‘i.
"The success of the Quentin Burdick program depends on many things—the
federal funding support we are fortunate to have received, combined with the
dedication of our participating students, faculty, site coordinators and the
long list of community partners who continue to devote so much time and effort
to improving the health of rural and underserved communities in Hawai‘i,"
said program coordinator Jan Shoultz. Read
the press release
University Honors Finest
Convocation 2002, a ceremony
honoring the university’s teaching, research and service award winners
will be held on Monday, September 9 at 10 a.m., UHM Kennedy Theatre. A luncheon
will follow the ceremony at noon, Campus Center Ballroom. The luncheon is $18
per person and payment must be received in advance. For more information, please
call (808) 956-6934.
Englert Greets New Manoa Students
UH
Manoa Chancellor Peter Englert chatted with incoming freshman and their parents
at New Student Orientation on Tuesday, August 13. Pictured left to right: Nelson
Ian Lazaga, his parents Leah and David Seriguchi from Maui and Englert.
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