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Internship abroad confirms student’s passions, future aspirations

Whether it was shadowing medical professionals, visiting local non-profits or fulfilling his childhood dream of visiting the Taj Mahal, Nutrition student Charles Baugh’s internship abroad experience in India is one he’ll never forget.

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Greener neighborhoods lead to better birth outcomes, new research shows

Mothers who live in neighborhoods with plenty of grass, trees or other green vegetation are more likely to deliver at full term and their babies are born at higher weights, compared to mothers who live in urban areas that aren’t as green, a new study shows.

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Tera Stegner: Serving with purpose

Tera Stegner has a heart for the elderly in Corvallis, the college town she’s come to know and love since transferring to Oregon State her junior year to study gerontology, part of the Human Development and Family Sciences program in the CPHHS.

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The world at her fingertips; Home Ec alumna channels her roots

College of Home Economics (now College of Public Health and Human Sciences) alumna C. Joanne (Huffman) Grabinski, ’63, is taking a new direction in life, and channeling her Home Ec roots through needlepoint art.

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Jean Wells: The art of reinvention

As a home economics major at Oregon State in the ‘60s, sewing classes were her favorite. While her dream was to become a fashion designer, Wells enjoyed the diversity of her courses within the home economics department.

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Public Health

Public health students plan Latino community soccer tournament, health fair

¡Campeones de Salud! will feature a soccer tournament for all ages as well as a health resource fair, exercise classes, bike tour, scavenger hunt for kids and various other health-promoting activities.