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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