Title: LSU's Lipham and Drexel Students to help staff CHPPD Booth #127

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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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Tom Piper and Toni Pickard at the CHPPD booth 
Tom Piper and Toni Pickard at the CHPPD booth
As a part of CHPPD’s ongoing commitment to bringing along the next generation of public health leaders, CHPPD decided early in 2005 to offer modest stipends to students who would be willing to help CHPPD veterans staff the CHPPD booth and also participate in several Section activities at APHA. Thanks go out to CHPPD member Dale Marioneaux of Louisiana who helped recruit a handful of Louisiana State University students and community health workers for the planned New Orleans conference. Katrina unfortunately disrupted these plans – but not entirely! Tom Piper and I are pleased to inform you that Aubrey Lipham of LSU, one of the four students recruited to join our Section, will be able to join us in Philadelphia!

Once we knew the meeting was moved to Philadelphia, we started to recruit help from young aspiring public health students at Drexel. What a wonderful and overwhelming response! Special thanks go out to Professor Toti Villanueva and Assistant Dean of Students Marcus M. Kolb for quickly getting the word out to their students. Please join Tom and me in welcoming Aubrey and nine Drexel public health students at the CHPPD social hour and also at the booth during the Annual Meeting. It is critical that we, as public health veterans, sincerely reach out to these fine young people who are searching to define their focus and build a foundation for success in the field. It was not that many years ago when somebody, a veteran like you or me, spent some time with us – gave us a break, a chance to prove ourselves – and what a difference it made for us.

Please be sure to make the effort to introduce yourself to one of these young professionals – join them at our booth for an hour or two – shake their hand at the social hour – even ask them for a resume! Again, many thanks to Dale and LSU; and to Toti and Dr. Kolb at Drexel. We are hopeful that everyone involved will feel a deep satisfaction knowing they are helping move our profession forward by being willing to mentor and learn. For more information, please contact Sue Myers at (412) 725-4619, or at <myers@telerama.com>.