Anne Goetze’s interest in nutrition started in high school health class and has evolved into a career where she’s positioned to influence statewide programs supporting healthy communities. And in May, the senior director of nutrition affairs for the Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council was selected as this year’s Moore Family Center Red Plate Award recipient for her impact on the nutrition and health of Oregonians.
Category: Alumni
On May 3, the College of Public Health and Human Sciences gathered to celebrate and honor individuals who live out the college’s mission. To welcome attendees to the third annual Ovation event, CPHHS Dean Javier Nieto thanked alumni, preceptors, supporters, faculty and staff for creating an environment that drives student success.
Rebecca Chàvez graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Promotion and Health Behavior in Spring 2011. For the past three years, she’s worked for Polk County Public Health in Dallas, Oregon, and started in her current role of outreach specialist in 2017.
Kyle Haley graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Promotion and Health Behavior in Spring 2017. Since that time, he’s been interning with the Community Epidemiology Services (CES)team at the Multnomah County Health Department. We caught up with Kyle to learn more about his time at Oregon State and in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences.
Ranteg Sandhu, BS ’16, had a busy summer. As one of U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s legislative interns, Ranteg met people throughout the state and can now write the most concise one-pager around.
“One of the [asparagus] fields was right next to the house,” she recalls. “I can remember as a kid, I’d put the water on to boil, go out and pick as much asparagus as I thought we needed for dinner, wash it, and drop it in the pot.”