Mentors are needed for the 10 new Student Fellows who were selected for the 2008-2009 Fellowship program.  They will begin their fellowships at the upcoming APHA Annual Meeting.

The Fellows are matched with a mentor from the Section and are involved in many Section activities, including assisting the chair, serving as Governing Council assistants, writing/editing for the Section newsletter, assisting with the Web site, working on projects within the committees of the Section, and assisting in the planning of the MCH program at the Annual Meeting.

If you are interested in serving as a mentor, please let me know what capacity they would serve in and how many Student Fellows you could use (some have mentored two Fellows in the past).

Although the new Fellows will not participate in a formal orientation until the Annual Meeting, we like to pair the mentors and the Fellows as soon as possible, to get the Fellows engaged early in the activities of the Section.

Finally, if you served as a mentor for a 2007-08 Student Fellow please continue to involve them in your committee and other activities.  We want to keep these new leaders and new graduates engaged in the work of the Section.  Thanks!

Karen VanLandeghem, Secretary-Elect