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The following are topics the Institute can provide education and/or consultation:

  • Health promotion programs
  • Policy analysis  
  • Public health education
  • Public health needs assessment  



For more information on any of these services contact: lisa.durham@wku.edu

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News

12/04/2008
Bowling Green, Ky – Charlie Harris, a student in WKU’s Nonprofit Administration (American Humanics) minor program, has been selected to receive a national “Next Generation” nonprofit internship award of $4,500. A panel of national nonprofit leaders selected Harris from among students at American Humanics affiliated colleges and universities nationwide.


11/19/2008

On October 20, 2008, 13 graduate students enrolled in Fall 2008 Air Quality Management class undertook a field trip to “Trace Die Cast” in Bowling Green. Dr. Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe, the course instructor, has incorporated field trips in the form of City as Text” or “Industry as Text” as pedagogical techniques for teaching air quality management and other environmental health sciences to both undergraduate and graduate students. Simply stated, City as Text or Industry as Text is based on the concept of “active learning” or “experiential learning” (Kolb 1984).