Paula Dickson, NC Public Health Academy, pre-Mother's Day with son Brody.
Adrienne Joines competing in the YMCA Corporate Cup Half Marathon - 3/8/2008 - Charlotte, NC
Congratulations to Molly and Charlie on the birth of their daughter, Lila Cannon Wiss. She arrived Sunday, January 13th -- 7 pounds, 13 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Here she is with her big sister Sophie!
Congratulations to Heather Keith Gates and husband, Michael on the birth of their son, Nash Malone Gates, December 6, 2007.
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Mary and Peter in Alaska!
Pam, Debbie and Becky pose before the Neptune statue on the Morehead City waterfront.
After a valiant fight with leukemia, our dear friend and valued colleague, Craig Michalak died Monday, August 20th, at his home in Chapel Hill. The loss of Craig will be felt by all who knew him and by many others who benefited from his selfless service to public health in North Carolina and across the nation. Through his work, he developed deep friendships throughout the state and the nation and he will be greatly missed. Craig creatively built and managed the North Carolina Local Health Agency Accreditation Program, the first such program in the United States. The program he helped to build will serve as a lasting legacy to his dedicated service, and it will stand as a model for others across the nation to emulate.
Sarah Michalak has asked that a library fund be created
in Craig's name so the Craig Michalak Memorial Library Fund has been
established.. If you would like to make a contribution to this
fund you may send your gifts to the Library Development Office at CB
3900 or you may deliver them in person to 239 Davis. Checks should
be made out to "UNC-Chapel Hill" with a note that it is for the Craig
Michalak Fund.
If you would prefer to make a gift by credit card, you can do so online at http://carolinafirst.unc.edu/ .
Click on "Make a Gift" in the upper right section of the page. The
first box will ask for a campaign code, type in RQA, select your gift option,
then select "proceed" at the bottom of the page. This will bring you
to a drop down menu, and you should select "Academic Affairs Library" in
the first box. In the second box scroll to the bottom and select "other," then
type in "5961 Craig Michalak Memorial Library Fund." Then follow the
additional instructions to complete your gift. If you prefer, you can let
the Library Development Office handle your credit card gift (following tight
security regulations). You may contact Sarah Poteete at 843-5660 to
do this.
The UNC library folks will send the list of donor names to the family.
Jen Horney and Meredith Anderson with contacts from WHO.
NCCPHP is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) Office for the South Pacific to provide basic field epidemiology training for public health practitioners in the South Pacific island nations. Curriculum development is underway on topics that include basic disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. Training materials are being developed to cover regionally-important diseases such as dengue, typhoid, leptospirosis, and measles.
On July 31, 2007, NCCPHP and WHO tested the training materials with 8 local public health practitioners in Suva , Fiji , to ensure that course materials were tailored to the specific public health challenges in the South Pacific. Participants included public health nurses, physicians, and officials from the Ministry of Health. Attendees listened to lectures, participated in interactive activities, and provided feedback on the training materials.
During their visit to Suva, NCCPHP staff members worked with WHO epidemiologists to review and revise the training materials. NCCPHP is currently making additional revisions to the training curriculum. The final project will be completed in the fall of 2007, and WHO will then implement the training in the South Pacific Islands .
Zannie wins 6th the Cagematch Title! Click here for article in the Chapel Hill Newspaper.
Baby and Dad napping above. Congratulations
to Diana and Jason on their new arrival June 29, 2007. And congratulations
to Gene's first grand child! Ella Caroline Matthews
June 29, 2007
Pia's newest arrival!
Mother's Day!
We are composing a slide show for the Institute. If you have a photo you want to share---you and your kids or you and your parents, please mail them to Zannie. Click here to see the slide show so far...
Karl Umble poses with his Balderson Leadership Support Award and National PHLI director Donna Dinkin.
Rachel Stevens receives Recognition Award from NALBOH
Welcome Ada Graham!
Click to find out more!
Check
out Pam Duncan's new book! 
The Institute in the Atrium, January, 2007
Christmas at the Institute
Congratulations to the happy newlyweds married on October 21, 2006!
HALLOWEEN
Pirate Zoe! Obi-cam Williams!
Axel and Lucian (MacDonald) Rodriguez
CONGRATULATIONS RYBKA FAMILY!!!!
Tara gave birth to Evelyn Marie Sept 9, 2006 at 2:35 a.m.
Above: Evelyn Marie Rybka, 15 minutes old!
Darlene and Ron Jammin' in Jamaica!
Cathy
Shoemaker at Cashew Garden in Nigeria. 
PhD.
Graduate Tausha Robertson! 
Congratulations to Heather
and Michael
married on March 25, 2006
at Eden Gardens State Park, Florida.
They spent their honeymoon in Arizona at the Grand Canyon and Sedona
Jen and her husband Alex spent 17 days in India, visiting the cities of New Delhi, Agra - home of the Taj Mahal - and Jaipur, as well as hiking and rafting on the Ganges River in the mountains of North India. It was an amazing place to visit.
Holiday Recipes Annette's
Banana Pudding Using a wire whip, mix condensed milk with the can of water until runny. Add vanilla pie filling, stirring with the wire whip as you go. Refrigerate until stiff. Remove from refrigerator, add Cool Whip and mix well. Layer the bottom of your dish with the cream mixture. Add a layer of vanilla wafers and bananas. Repeat twice. Save most of your cream mixture for the last layer on top. Sprinkle with vanilla crumbs and add vanilla wafers around the top of your bowl. *The original recipe calls for 2 x 8oz containers of Cool Whip and 3 bananas. You can vary the amounts of these ingredients and of the wafers.
Crystal's
Pecan Pie In a mixing bowl beat eggs slightly with a rotary beater or fork. Add sugar and salt; stir until dissolved. Stir in dark corn syrup and melted butter or margarine; mix well. Stir in the pecan pieces. Pour pecan mixture into pie crust and place on baking sheet. Cover edge of pie with foil. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil; bake about 25 more minutes or until a knife (or toothpick) inserted off-center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Makes 10 servings. Michele's
Cornbread Mix all ingredients together and bake in a greased iron skillet or pan at 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes. (I like to heat my cast iron skillet in the oven as it is preheating with a little bit of bacon grease. Remove the skillet, pour the batter in and then bake). Pasta
Salad Recipe
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Cathy
Shoemaker traveled to China, this past August, on behalf of CDC's Global
Disease Detection Initiative to assess their capacity and need for collaboration
on the training of the health care workforce and on providing health
communications to various populations during times of health emergencies. 
Above: The blue-eyed lemur from Duke Univ. Primate Center and Pia M's 19 m/o,Axel as a leopard!
Interested in seeing unusual primates
or large cats? There are two centers near by to visit.
The Duke
Univ. Primate Center in Durham and the Carnivore
Preservation Trust in Pittsboro.
The Back
Office Support Awardwas presented to our own Judy Beaver by the
Employee Forum in acknowledgement and appreciation for Judy's contribution to the work life and mission of UNC
Congratulations
Deborah Pickett!!Her grandson Kekoa was picked out of 150,000 other babies to be showcased in Parents' Magazine:
Adorable Babies Contest
At
the Stampin' Up! convention there were almost 4,000 demonstrators from
all over the US and Canada. They spent a lot of time catching up with
others that they only see once a year. Also a lot of time is spent card
swapping. Amy stamped a bunch of cards and then swapped with other people
so she came home with a variety of different cards. She swapped about
175 cards this year! Participants also go to business classes, seminars,
and of course stamp with new stamp sets and products. Stampin'
Up! is located just outside of Salt Lake, so they got to see their brand
new campus which was very cool.
100th grad completes distance learning public health certificate. Read more...
Pia's new arrival weighed 6 lbs, 6 ounces. Baby and family are doing great!
Dune-Jumping Steve O with father, daughters, and sister.
Becky and Daddy
Tavie's Ben with Dad
Amy Ward with Dad
Erin Sale's dad playing tribute to Hunter S. Thompson!
Janet
Place's husband Gerry Williams, running the Carrboro Music Festival, with
his trusty sidekick, Cam Williamsto Mekeisha, she gave birth to Chase Nicholas Williams on June 4th, and Claudia gave birth to Ethan Michael Fernandez on May 20th.
Ethan Michael Fernandez
Globetrotting
Series
While
our Institute marketing director has lots more photos from her March
trip to Thailand, here's one of Bev taking a backseat on an elephant
excursion through a rubber plantation to a view of Kata and Karon beaches
in Phuket.
Rich Volz, "My daughter
Megan is in Seville , Spain for three weeks taking an intensive language
course for college. Her professor leading the trip is originally from Spain
and all the students are staying with local families, so the trip will
be total immersion in the language. The group will also be making trips
to other cities in Spain. Her first e-mail home mentioned that Seville
was a “lively” place." 
This
week's Independent has a cover story on domestic violence as a public health
issue and features the work of the PREVENT project. Our own Steve Orton
is quoted. Great recognition for a great project! Go to article.
Tejinder K. Rakhra-Burris 's last day will be the 27th of May. She
has accepted a job at Alpha Gamma Technologies on June 6th. Alpha
Gamma Technologies is a small business located in North Raleigh (on Falls of
Neuse) that is involved in Information Technology and Telecommunications solution,
Environment & Life Sciences research and consulting services, and international
infrastructure development (technology transfer). Her position will be
as a Research Scientist and Project Manager, primarily managing an NIEHS feasibility
study to develop a national twin registry, and helping them grow their Life Sciences
division. Teji directed the Center for Genomics and Public Health here at the Institute for three years. The funding for all three such centers has been discontinued.
June 9th- July23rd
American Dance Festival
Ticket on sale May 9th More...
Come to the third annual MOMArt art, craft
and plant sale on April 29-30 at 1527 Pinecrest Rd. in Durham. It is hosted by Just
a Few Friends, a community spirit organization, to benefit the Exchange
Clubs' Family Center of Durham, an organization that supports families
and works to prevent child abuse. The Institute's Liz Mahanna is
a founding member of Just a Few Friends and creates many of the container
gardens and a few of the crafts.
Just a Few Friends and the MOMArt sale was begun by a group of Triangle
women's competitive frisbee players three years ago. After retiring from competitive
Ultimate, they started this art, craft and plant event every year to raise money
for local agencies who work hard for the Triangle's disadvantaged residents. Last
year's show raised $10,000 for Urban Ministries of Durham. The sale also
showcases and supports local artists, including several from Chapel Hill and
Carrboro. In some
cases it is the first opportunity they have to show their work to the
public. The show this year is Friday, April 29, from 7-10 pm (preview party
and artist reception) and Saturday, April 30, 9am-4pm. More details and
directions on the web site, www.justafewfriends.org .
Congratulations to Karl Umble, PhD, MPH, David Steffen, DrPH, MSN, Janet Porter, PhD, MBA, Delesha Miller, MSPH, Kelley Hummer-McLaughlin, MPH, Amy Lowman, MPH and Susan Zelt, MBA, MPH for their publication in the American Journal of Public Health.
Entitled The National Public Health Leadership Institute: Evaluation of a Team-Based Approach to Developing Collaborative Public Health Leaders , the article is in the April issue of AJPH. The National Public Health Leadership Institute grant was awarded to UNC in October, 2000. Click here to read article.
April 2005
The Priates of Penzance is coming to the Carolina Theatre in Durham , April 15-17 and 22-24! Our own Richard Dideriksen stars as the “very model of a modern Major General”. Richard returns for his 33rd season with The Durham Savoyards as the Major General and also set and graphics designer. The Savoyards have performed Gilbert and Sullivan musicals, complete with live orchestra, since 1963. Teme Levbarg is also in the show. See them for tickets, at a $5 discount!
The Pirates of Penzanze
FRIDAY- SUNDAY APRIL 15-17 & 22-24 *
8PM FRI-SAT; 3PM SUN
March 2005
Robert
Shelton, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, announced that the North
Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness is the recipient
of a 2005 Office of the Provost/Carolina Center for Public Service Award, specifically
for its work with Team
Epi Aid. Team Epi Aid helps the state with manpower during emergencies
such as infectious disease outbreaks and the aftermath of hurricanes. Not
only is it a public service to the state but helps public health students
with field experience.
NCCPHP will
formally receive its award at an April 1st awards luncheon.
Last year the Institute's Management Academy for Public Health received this
award.
February 2005 