A.    Winter 2007 Student Corner

Welcome back to second semester! It was great to see so many students at the Annual Meeting in Boston. The poster sessions were a great success, and so many students were able to attend thanks to the generous travel scholarships awarded by the Environment Section. On behalf of all the award recipients, the students would like say thank you to the Environment Section as well as all the schools that matched donations.

After speaking with many students at the meeting, we sensed a desire for many of you to take on leadership within the Section. Therefore, we will soon be accepting applications for Student Ambassadors positions. Student Ambassadors will be in charge of representing the student community for the various committees within the Section. For more information on these positions, please e-mail me at rtg230@nyu.edu. We will be posting the position description and application on the Environment Section Web site in the next few weeks. This is a great opportunity to put your leadership skills to work.

We would also like some feedback from you so that we can find ways to improve the program for students. Please take a couple of minutes to take this quick online survey (www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=816923132901) and let us know your ideas.

Submitted by: Rebecca Tave Gluskin and Taylor Anderson, Student Liaisons

B.   APHA Student Assembly Alumni Database

This year, the APHA Student Assembly Opportunities Committee provided more resources to students regarding scholarships, conferences, job postings, potential employers, and fellowships/internships. In addition to these endeavors, the committee revamped the Student Assembly (SA) Alumni Database. The Alumni Database is meant to not only allow the SA to keep track of their past members, but it also provides current and potential students access to learn about possible careers in the public health field.

To access the Alumni Database, students can visit the www.aphastudents.org and click on the Opportunities Committee Web page. Here students can look at job positions that public health professionals currently in the field hold. Prospective public health students could access this database and view jobs that people with public health degrees have to gain a better understanding of the wide variety of career paths available to them. Alumni range from recent graduates working in fellowships or entry-level positions to seasoned health professionals with well-established research agendas.

The Student Assembly Opportunities Committee co-chairs are working to increase participation of alumni in the Alumni Database. Anyone who at one time was a member of the Student Assembly (previously entitled Public Health Student Caucus) can visit the Web site, complete the form available on the Opportunities Committee Web page (www.aphastudents.org/phso_alumni_db.php) and return it to jlcremeens@aol.com. This endeavor depends on the cooperation of Student Assembly alumni. With APHA-SA alumni support, the Database can become a wonderful resource for the next generation of public health students. We hope you will consider taking a few moments to add yourself to the Alumni Database. 

If you have any questions or want more information, please feel free to contact Jennifer Cremeens or Anna Pollack, the Opportunities Committee co-chairs, at opportunities@apahstudents.org.

Submitted by: Jennifer Cremeens, Opportunities Committee co-chair

C.   Solicitation for Future “Student Corner” contributions