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LAWRENCE -- Six University of Kansas students will be honored Oct. 8 for their summer health promotion work in various Kansas communities.
The Kansas Community Leadership Corps will recognize the students at a 7 p.m. dinner reception at the Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts in Lawrence. Parents and corps staff are invited to attend.
In the Kansas Community Leadership Corps two-month summer internships, the students supported the planning and implementation of communities' health promotion programs. This is the fifth year that KU students have participated.
Leadership Corps students received a $2,000 stipend for their living expenses from June 1 to July 30. In addition, the students took $500 grants to their community sites to help with local project expenses. The Kansas Office of Prevention, Topeka, funded the stipends with a grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Programs, a federal agency that supports drug abuse prevention projects.
Corps participation requires academic merit and training from KU staff. Some corps members enrolled in one of two KU courses -- Community Leadership or Community Health and Development. The students worked on programs administered by the health centers, churches and other local organizations.
Along with other health promotion and community project work groups at KU, the Kansas Community Leadership Corps provides research, training and health promotion service for Kansas communities.
The application deadline for the 2003 Leadership Corps is 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20. Applications are available online at the corps Web site, ctb.ku.edu/services/kclc. Graduating high school seniors who plan to attend KU are eligible to apply.
The KU students who participated in the 2002 Leadership Corps are:
BARTON COUNTY
From Great Bend
Rebekah Moses, senior
Hosted by El Centro Inc., Kansas City, Kan.
Moses developed a microeconomic database, encouraged voter registration in the Hispanic community and worked on a documentary of Hispanic immigrant life. She taught an English as a Second Language/Leadership class that focused on civic and economic empowerment among Spanish speakers. Regarding the arts, Moses assisted with children's afternoon programs by teaching ballet, poetry and drama. She also wrote an arts grant for the creation of community murals.
CLOUD COUNTY
From Miltonvale
Sonia Cote, junior
Hosted by KU's Watkins Health Center and the American Cancer Society
Cote worked with another KU student, Nicole Chiang of Olathe, to make the KU smoking policy more visible on campus. They created health-related summer orientation surveys for incoming freshmen and designed posters to help promote the Watkins Health Center smoking cessation program. Cote and Chiang made an anti-smoking commercial that will be broadcast at various KU events. They also assisted with ad awareness surveys at a local cinema.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
From Oskaloosa
Tara Ala, freshman
Hosted by Jefferson County Conservation District
Ala coordinated the installation of informational signs along Slough Creek Environmental Educational trails. She planted and cared for trees and helped organize S.W.A.P.A. Youth Walk, which supported the Slough Creek Point Environmental Education trails.
Matthew Marietta, freshman
Hosted by Oskaloosa School District
Marietta facilitated group weightlifting activities for youth. He focused on improving exercise and resisting drugs and alcohol. Marietta organized an overnight football mini-camp for Oskaloosa middle-school students.
JOHNSON COUNTY
From Olathe
Nicole Chiang, junior
Hosted by Watkins Health Center and the American Cancer Society
Chiang worked with another KU student, Sonia Cote, Miltonvale, to make the KU smoking policy more visible on campus. They created health-related summer orientation surveys for incoming freshmen and designed posters to help promote the Watkins Health Center smoking cessation program. Chiang and Cote made an anti-smoking commercial that will be broadcast at various KU events. They also assisted with ad awareness surveys at a local cinema.
SEDGWICK COUNTY
From Wichita
Andrea Chadwick, junior
Hosted by Holy Cross Church, Wichita
Chadwick recruited and trained youth to develop visions for their community and community service. She assisted children in linking their faith to community service.
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