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Displaying Articles for News: CHHS News, Category: 2023
Nov 16th, 2023
WKU's Center for Environmental and Workplace Health, Lifeskills Center for Childwelfare Education & Research, and the Institute for Rural Health hosted an event, the Photovoice Project, to engage WKU students with community professionals.
View ArticleNov 1st, 2023
WKU has been ranked one of today’s best schools for online nursing degree programs by EduMed.org. WKU’s LPN to ASN program earned top honors for their overall quality, affordability, and commitment to student success.
View ArticleSep 19th, 2023
The WKU Institute for Rural Health (IRH) is excited to announce a collaboration with CASHA on a new Bingocize® workshop focusing on exercise, COVID-19, Influenza, Shingles, and Pneumonia education and wellness promotion.
View ArticleSep 14th, 2023
Close to 400 fourth-graders from Warren County will participate in the 27th annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Days® program on Sept. 28th at WKU’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center.
View ArticleSep 6th, 2023
The WKU Student Rural Health Association, in partnership with Remote Area Medical (RAM®), hosted a free, two-day clinic. RAM is a nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision, and medical care to those in need.
View ArticleSep 5th, 2023
Faculty in the Department of Social Work of the WKU College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) recently received a grant of $160,000 from the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB).
View ArticleAug 23rd, 2023
Jacqueline Basham, fellow in the WKU Center for Environmental and Workplace Health, and instructor in the Department of Public Health, recently presented research on "Female Leaders in Occupational Safety and Health."
View ArticleJun 14th, 2023
WKU CASHA receives grant as a partner in the Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative led by USAging. Over $152,000 will be used to create, provide, and assist in the delivery of a new Bingocize® COVID-19, Influenza, and Shingles education worksho
View ArticleMay 30th, 2023
Faculty and students from the Center for Environmental and Workplace Health and the Environmental and Occupational Health Science program are working with the Northern KY Emergency Planning Comm. to complete a hazardous materials commodity flow study.
View ArticleApr 26th, 2023
Bingocize® recently received an additional $259,900 to further expand an existing project with the Kentucky Department of Public Health (KDPH).
View ArticleApr 2nd, 2023
The WKU CHHS InterProfessional Education (IPE) workgroup will host a panel discussion about end of life, ethics, and the New York Times Bestseller book "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi.
View ArticleMar 23rd, 2023
WKU College of Health and Human Services Women’s History Month Tribute, Then and Now: Female Leaders in the School of Kinesiology, Recreation & Sport with a Spotlight on Dr. Paula Upright.
View ArticleMar 22nd, 2023
The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions announced 21 members selected to participate in its 2023 Leadership Development Program, including Dr. Kimberly Green of WKU College of Health and Human Services.
View ArticleMar 20th, 2023
Three faculty members from the WKU College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) were selected to attend the Research Capacity Building Workshop of the University of Cincinnati, Education and Research Center (UC ERC).
View ArticleMar 10th, 2023
WKU College of Health and Human Services faculty members Dr. Rachel Tinius, Dr. Maire Blankenship, and Dr. Heather Payne-Emerson are collaborating on a recently funded project through the Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence.
View ArticleMar 1st, 2023
Dr. Qingfang Song, Associate Professor of Child and Family Services at Western Kentucky University, was recently selected to receive a grant through the Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (KY INBRE).
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