GSGA Newsletter
February 17, 2022
Hello SPH students,
Happy Thursday and welcome to this issue of the GSGA newsletter!
We hope that you are having a fruitful semester. Please join us in welcoming the GSGA leaders for the Spring semester. A special welcome to our two new Senators, Colin DeVries and Doris Chiu! Please see below and make sure to check the GSGA leaders’ biographies on our page.
- President: Bradley Meacham
- Vice-President: Shawon Shahriar
- Treasurer: Afia Islam
- Communications Officer: Amena El-Harakeh
- Advanced Certificate Senator: Colin DeVries
- Masters Senators: Sherline Altidor, Doris Chiu, Ansu Abraham, and Natalia Surujnath
- Doctoral Senators: Claudia Calhoon and Shari Jardine
Please also make sure to take advantage of all that CUNY SPH offers you. We will continue to ensure that you have the information necessary to seek out resources, support services, and opportunities for engagement. Below is a listing of upcoming events and support services and resources available to you.
As we are dedicated to bringing a voice to the CUNY SPH student body, we are accessible to you and welcome the opportunity to hear from you. We encourage you to reach out to us to share your thoughts, ideas, or concerns by emailing us at: gsga@sphmail.cuny.edu.
Sincerely,
GSGA 2021-2022
Upcoming Opportunities
NYSPHA membership: register NOW!
The Graduate Student Government Association is delighted to share with the student body that we will be securing NYSPHA membership for 25 CUNY SPH students. Please fill out the short survey if you are interested in becoming a NYSPHA member by Thursday, February 24, 2022. Selection of members will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis. The membership will be for one year from date of purchase by the GSGA. You can access the survey here.
- Free registration for the NYSPHA’s Public Health Webinar series
- Discounted registration for the Public Health Partnership Conference
- Access to the NYSPHA’s public health job board and member directory for networking
- Members-only e-news and advocacy alerts
- Discounted (or free- TBD) registration for the NYSPHA’s Fall Workshops Series. 2022’s series will be focused on public health leadership development
- Ability to serve on various statewide committees, including policy and advocacy
- Preference for NYSPHA internships
CUNY CLASH: Cash Prizes for CUNY Students!
Enter your idea for a chance to win $35K in cash prizes. CUNY CLASH is a brand new competition where current CUNY students come together with ideas to tackle and solve all sorts of problems both big and small! It is open to all CUNY students from all majors. This is not a startup competition – it is an ideas competition. It’s very easy to enter. All you need to do is record a 60 sec – 90 sec video from your phone talking about your idea and fill out a form. That’s it. You should be able to do it all in less than 10 minutes. The deadline is March 9, 2022 and you can enter here.
Upcoming SPH Events
For a complete listing of all SPH events for the semester, please visit the CUNY SPH Events page.
Urban Food Policy Forum
Thursday, February 24 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | RSVP
The topic of this forum is Food Is Medicine, focusing on the policies to replicate, scale, and finance food as medicine programs, from medically-tailored meals to prescription produce programs. On February 24, join the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and guest practitioners and policy experts to learn more about the most recent developments in this rapidly growing field of research, policy, and practice.
Other Upcoming Events
I ❤️ Public Health Month
Each February, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) celebrates I ❤️ Public Health Month to highlight the variety of important, global roles of public health. Throughout the month, ASPPH will be posting pictures, videos, quotes, and stories from This is Public Health (TIPH) Ambassadors sharing why they are passionate about the field.
Join ASPPH February 1-28 to promote public health by participating in the I ❤️ Public Health Month. Visit the TIPH logo license page under “Download the TIPH logos” to access the I ❤️ Public Health frame and join in the discussion by sharing why public health is meaningful to you, what brought you to the field, or how your work impacts the health of others. ASPPH will be sharing some of the favorite posts throughout the month.
You can also take part in the conversation by using #I❤️PublicHealth on Instagram and #ThisIsPublicHealth on all social media platforms.
Afrofuturism by Carnegie Hall
This month, Carnegie Hall is kicking off a citywide festival on the theme of Afrofuturism, an ever-expansive aesthetic and practice—where music, visual arts, science fiction, and technology intersect to imagine alternate realities and a liberated future viewed through the lens of Black cultures.There are $10 student tickets available for many of the festival events. You can also take advantage of the student discounts available on the website. To take advantage of these student discounts, you can sign up for the Student Insider program on the website – registration is fast and free!
Crash Course on Black American History
Academic Support
Writing Assistance
CUNY SPH provides one-on-one consultation for all current CUNY SPH students, assisting with the various stages and strategies of the writing process. From brainstorm to final proof, from macrostructures to mechanics, from analysis to rhetoric, we’re here to help you craft intelligible, exhaustive, and compelling work. Book an appointment online now!
Quantitative Tutoring
CUNY SPH offers students access to quantitative tutoring services to provide students a more substantial basis for, and understanding applied statistical concepts, report generation, and interpretation of results. Such services cover but are not limited to R, SAS, and SPSS programming, model building, hypothesis testing, statistical regression, and data visualization. Book an appointment online now!
Student Resources
Career Services and Events
To view the SPH Career Services live calendar, click here.
To schedule a 1:1 Career Coaching appointment with the Office of Career Services, book an appointment online now!
ASPPH 2022 Annual Meeting
March 22-24 | Arlington, VA & online sessions available | Register
The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health is hosting their 2022 Annual Meeting March 22-24. This event convenes academic public health leaders, faculty, students, and members of the public health community from around the world for three days in March to engage in discussions and share new strategies and tools to strengthen education, practice, and research in public health. This year, we are excited to offer two attendance options, in-person (Arlington, VA) and online. Join us to learn the latest about every facet of academic public health and bring data-driven insights back to your campus.
Student Wellness Support Services and Events
The CUNY SPH Counseling and Wellness Services offers virtual spaces to provide support to students. To schedule a counseling appointment, e-mail: Sherry.Adams@sph.cuny.edu and learn about student wellness services and resources here. Recurring student support groups appear below.
- Navigating Our New Normal Support Group
Mondays through April 11 (except February 21) | 5:00pm - Drop-in Counseling Hours
Tuesdays 5pm – 6pm and Thursdays 3pm – 4pm through April 14
Upcoming events are also listed below:
Town Hall: Enhancing an LGBTQIA+ Affirming and Supportive Campus at CUNY SPH
Thursday, March 3 | 2:00 pm | RSVP
Counseling and Wellness Services is dedicated to offering LGBTQIA+ affirming counseling and promoting the growth of LGBTQIA+ services at CUNY SPH. Students, alumni, faculty and staff are invited to this town hall to engage in conversation about how to foster such growth at our campus. We are seeking your input to inform next steps. If you are interested, please contact Student Wellness Counselor/CUNY SPH LGBTQI Council Liaison Sherry Adams: sherry.adams@sph.cuny.edu.
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