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Community grocery store opens in project championed by Roanoke professor, center
November 14, 2024
Category: Our Community
Market on Melrose is the result of nine years of research and development led by Professor Liz Ackley and Roanoke College’s Center for Community Health Innovation.
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Roanoke wins federal grant to expand network of regional partnerships
September 25, 2024
Category: Our Community
The funding will help the college build partnerships with STEM-H innovators and strengthen the skilled workforce pipeline.
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Roanoke hosts national retreat for public health education leaders
September 19, 2024
Professors, deans and program directors traveled from across the country to gather for the three-day event.
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The annual conference will bring together students, faculty and community leaders to explore important aspects of racial justice, AI ethics and more.
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Riya Patel ’24 is organizing the Days for Girls program to make reusable menstrual hygiene kits for women in need around the world.
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Center for Community Health Innovation joins grant-funded project
October 18, 2023
Category: Our Community
A collaborative grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth will allow the center, along with six community partners, to support breastfeeding education as a tool to reduce or prevent childhood obesity.
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Roanoke College student appointed to Virginia Rural Health Association board
July 14, 2023
Category: Real-World Learning
Andy Chitwood ’24, a native of Collinsville, Virginia, is pursuing a public health major at Roanoke College.
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Partnership will advance education and workforce development to improve community health and well-being in the Roanoke Valley.
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The seven valedictorians and salutatorians hail from five different states and earned degrees in 10 different majors. Six of the seven are members of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.
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A research report co-authored by Dr. Kristen Schorpp Rapp was published in the October issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
