A New Name and A New
Direction for CSUF College
New name College of Health and Human
Development to reflect new programs offered.
May 5, 2005
By Valerie Orleans
The former College of Human Development
and Community Service has a new name to better reflect their
new mission.
Since March, members of the campus community
have been getting used to the renamed College
of Health and Human Development.
"Human Development and Community Service
was no longer a name that best represented the programs in
the college," said Roberta Rikli, dean of the college.
"The new name reflects some of the new
programs we’ve added over the years: a bachelor’s
in health science, a master’s of public health and several
new accredited graduate programs in nursing, including nursing
administration, family nurse practitioner, nurse anesthetist
and nurse midwifery.
"Including 'health' in our new name seems especially
appropriate considering that the college currently has more
than $5 million in external health-related funding," Rikli
continued.
Among the health-related grants are those focusing
on nursing education and practice, nurse midwifery and programs
to reduce the incidence of violence
against Asian-American women.
Still other grants have focused on family life
programs to help fourth- and fifth-grade students at a local
elementary school, tracking the incidence of cancer in Thai
women, reducing knee pain related to osteoarthritis and exploring
the smoking rates of Asia-Pacific Islander youth.
In addition to nursing and health science,
the college also houses counseling, kinesiology, human services,
child and adolescent development and military science.
Programs such as the Center for Community Collaboration,
the Center for Successful Aging, Fall Prevention Center of
Excellence, Sport and Movement Institute, Conectate Family
Life Center, Center for the Advancement of Responsible Youth
Sports and the Center for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity
also are under the purview of this college.
"The College of Health and Human Development
focuses on areas of broad human concerns – the health,
development and well-being of people of all ages from birth
to older adult years," Rikli said. "Our emphasis
is placed on putting theory into practice to serve the community."
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