Committees
Depending on your interests, there are several committees and sub-committees that need your participation within APHA-SA. Feel free to contact the current committee chairs to volunteer.
Committees
- Action Committee
- Promotes public health advocacy by keeping APHA-SA members informed about major public health policy issues as they arise and facilitating transmission of APHA-SA opinions to appropriate decision-makers/legislators.
- Advancement Committee
- Encourages development of leadership skills, promote networking opportunities with fellow students and public health practitioners, and facilitates transition into professional roles.
- Communications Committee
- Oversees and facilitates administrative functions, acting as APHA-SA secretary. It also disseminates information via the newsletter, Web pages, and listservers. The Communications Committee maintains an archive of all official Caucus minutes and correspondence.
- Development Committee
- Establishes and maintains a strong financial base, supporting administration of all fund raising activities within APHA-SA.
- Diversity Committee
- Coordinates and implements all efforts to promote the recruitment and maintenance of a diverse APHA-SA student membership and leadership.
- Finance Committee
- Acts as the treasurer and handles matters of monetary concern, including reimbursements, grants, etc.
- Membership Committee
- Maintains a current database of APHA-SA members; collaborates with and encourages campus liaisons and student associations in various activities to maintain member involvement with APHA-SA and to recruit new members; coordinates special mailings to new members.
- Mentoring (NMP) Committee
- Is a national mentoring program pairing Public Health Students with professionals currently in the field.
- Nominations and Voting Committee
- Organizes voting for new officers within APHA-SA.
- Opportunities Committee
- Facilitates student access to public health-related job, internship, award and scholarship opportunities.
- Programming Committee
- Works on APHA-SA's participation within the annual APHA conference.
Subcommittees
- Abstracts Subcommittee
- Facilitates the abstract submission and selection process for the annual APHA conference.
- Campus Liaison Program Subcommittee
- Newsletter Subcommittee
- Edits and produces the quarterly APHA-SA newsletter.
- Website Subcommittee
- Maintains and updates the website.
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Last Update 03/13/2006 21:35:27 -0500 (EST)