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The COPH is pleased to announce an exciting preliminary schedule of events for National Public Health week 2008! This year the theme of NPHW is Climate Change and the Nation’s Health, as noted on the national site at http://www.nphw.org/nphw08/default.htm . A summary of the different events which the COPH is offering is listed below and the complete brochure is forthcoming.

The COPH is pleased to announce an exciting preliminary schedule of events for National Public Health week 2008! This year the theme of NPHW is Climate Change and the Nation’s Health, as noted on the national site at . A summary of the different events which the COPH is offering is listed below and the complete brochure is forthcoming.

(I) Recruitment Events

Tuesday, April 1, the COPH will offer open houses and tours of selected COPH laboratories to introduce other interested USF students, particularly undergraduates, to educational opportunities at the COPH.

Thursday, April 10th, the COPH will offer a recruitment networking fair to help match COPH students with potential employers.
(II) Educational Programs

Monday, April 7th, World Health Day, the COPH will offer a free showing and discussion of the movie documentary “Too Hot Not To Handle”

(III) Community Service and Outreach Education Events

The COPH will participate in a variety of exciting community service/outreach events, with a number of community partners and in collaboration with the USF Health Service Corps. (http://www.hsc.usf.edu/ahec/servicecorps.html), including:

Saturday, March 29th: COPH Students will participate in non-clinical health education and fitness events, at a community health fair in Pasco County.
Monday, March 31: COPH Students will lead middle school students in a variety of Health education activities for middle school students at Benito MS.
Tuesday, April 1st: Florida Blood Services will ‘park’ its bloodmobile at the COPH!
Tuesday, April 1st: PHSA and USF Health Service Corps will cosponsor the annual Hope Lodge picnic.
Saturday and Sunday, April 5 & 6th: COPH students can volunteer with other USF Health students at Camp Alegria for Latino cancer survivors.
Saturday, April 5th: COPH Students will participate in non-clinical health education and fitness events, at a community health fair in East Tampa.

(IV) Special Events at the COPH

Wednesday, April 2nd, the COPH will hold its annual awards ceremony and reception, including the Florida Public Health Woman of the Year award, Delta Omega inductees and numerous student awards.

Thursday, April 3rd, the annual COPH Ice Cream Social for COPH faculty staff and students.

Friday evening, April 4th, the COPH Student organizations will collaborate on a Fundraiser/Talent show to raise funds for a non-profit organization, Fundacion Familia Sana