Title: Scholarship Recipients Express Thanks
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Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety
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From Sarah Tran <sikola57@hotmail.com>:
Hi Andrea, It was really nice to finally meet you at APHA. I feel very lucky to have been selected for the scholarship and given the opportunity to be surrounded by OHS brilliant professionals, which was very inspiring. It reinforced my desire to enter medical school for occupational medicine. Thank you (and the rest of the selection committee) for offering this valuable opportunity.
Best regards,
Sarah Tran
From Rebecca Kershnar:
I wanted to thank you and the rest of the Occupational Health section for offering me the Jim Keogh Scholarship. I enjoyed my first APHA meeting very much! It was great to learn more about occupational health and meet some of the leaders in the field.
Thank you for the warm welcome and encouragement. I look forward to continued participation in years to come.
Rebecca Kershnar
From Dora Tovar:
These past weeks have been so hectic returning from the conference to work and school, then the short work week due to the Thanksgiving day holiday. I hope it is not too late to send you my thoughts.
I want to say thank to the committee for granting me the opportunity to attend the APHA [Annual Meeting] as a Jim Keogh scholarship recipient.
It was my first time attending the Occupational Health and Safety Section meeting. I met and saw many people whose papers and documents I have read. It was great to finally put a face to all those people who have dedicated their lives to improving the health and safety of so many workers here and aboard. It was also great to see the diverse group of those in the OHS Section from college interns to professionals in the field of health and safety.
As a student we read so much but never get to meet the people who are writing and living the experiences, for example Jordan Barab. My advisor has sent me many things that Jordan has written, and now I can say that I met him.
It may seem silly but it means a lot to me when I can meet the people who are bringing about change: "I can put a face to the words."
Thank you,
Dora