Noteworthy Events

Senior Farwell for Communication Disorders
May 17, 2009
Campus Center Auditorium

 

13 To Be Honored As 21st Century Leaders

Thirteen seniors were presented with 21st Century Leaders Awards during the 139th Commencement on Saturday, May 23 in McGuirk Alumni Stadium. Of the 13 to be honored, two were majors in the School of Public Health. We congratulate Abigail Lyn Harper, a Public Health Sciences major and Lauren Scheiper, a Communication Disorders Major with a minor in Psychology and Linguistics.

Lauren Scheiper from Communication Disorders with Abby Harper from Public Health Sciences

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Commencement May 2009

Public Health students pose together with Dan Gerber, the Undergraduate Program Director for the Public Health Sciences major before the Commonwealth College graduation ceremony.

We congratulate all our seniors on all their hard work and wish them well in their careers. They will be dearly missed!

Left to Right:Colleen McKiernan, Rachel Frank, Dan Gerber, Megan Griffin, Abby Harper, and Megan Cole

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Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference
Undergraduate students of diverse backgrounds from across the Massachusetts Public System of Higher Education gather to present the results of their original work. Fri May 1, 2009, 8:00 am Campus Center

Megan Griffin,
Public Health Sciences

Jean Whitney,
Public Health Sciences

 

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On Sunday, April 26, 2009 three Public Health Students were awarded University of Massachusessts Alumni Association Awards.

Melissa Clark, 2010 received an Alumni Merit-Based SAA Scholarship and Megan Cole, 2009 and Colleen McKiernan, 2009 won Senior Leadership Awards.  Here, Dr. Michael Begay, Chair of the Public Health Department, stands with Megan and Colleen.

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March 29th 2009

Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society inducts Dr. Dan Gerber, director of the undergraduate major in Public Health, into
their society.

On March 29th 2009 the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society made Dr. Dan Gerber an honorary member of the Society.  Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students who have achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher and are in the top 20% of their class during their first year or term of higher education. Present at the ceremony was Chancellor Robert Holub giving the keynote speech.

The below quote was what was said about Dr. Gerber:

“Our first honorary member (Dr. Dan Gerber) is a man who actively encourages students to follow the Alpha Lambda Delta pledge of using scholarship to benefit their community through his very popular course Public Health 160, My Body My Health. The course, which many students take within their first two years, provides an invaluable guide to help navigate the numerous health, societal, and mental challenges faced in the transition to college. Personally, I took this course a year ago and still rely on its lessons.

For both his selfless devotion to educating students about how to achieve a balanced and safe college experience and his encouragement of civic engagement, we are honored to induct Professor Dan Gerber into Alpha Lambda Delta.”