“I loved my job because it was what I studied in school and it was very challenging – never a dull moment – and it was very humanitarian in nature,” says CPHHS alum Peter Okoye, who worked for the UN for 24 years.
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“My big dreams are to see Western culture and society start to view long-term care differently and put a higher value on the elders in our society and how they might be better respected, cared for and integrated into community,” she says.
As a child in the 80s with a dream to become a doctor – Health Management and Policy alum Mohamed Alyajouri knew from a young age he wanted to help people. Fast forward to 2014 – Mohamed is just getting his feet wet at his new job as a project manager at the Multnomah County Health Department.
Katherine Smith, a 1961 alumna from the college’s early days as a College of Home Economics, met with students and faculty at the Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families in December to share her story and offer sage advice on navigating college and career life.
Four CPHHS graduate students wrote two grants to help fund a new women’s winter shelter that is helping to warm up one of the most vulnerable populations in Corvallis – homeless women.
More than 50 volunteers gathered on Oregon State’s campus in October to complete extensive training to become a certified enrollment assister for Cover Oregon.