Paul Joffrion
A Duke University Arts & Science graduate, and University of North Carolina Master of Social Work, Paul served as an SHC community worker in Tracy City, Tenn. in 1975. Related Content:
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Margaret Ecker
Contributed by Margaret Ecker, August 2019 I joined the Coalition as a community organizer after graduating from Vanderbilt in Philosophy in 1970. I stayed on with the Coalition through the next school year to help with year end reports and preparation for the next summer. Inspired by the work of the Coalition, I eventually put …
Article: “Students initiate rural health program”
Pacosa, Frank. “Students initiate rural health program.” Circa 1975. Written for the University of Colorado Medical Center’s newspaper. Click image to enlarge.
Article from Rural Awakenings by Frank Pacosa
Pacosa, Frank. “Jobs in Rural Tennessee and the Vanderbilt Student Health Coalition.” Rural Awakenings column. March 1975. Written by Frank when he was a pediatric physician assistant in training at the University of Colorado Child Health Associate Program. Click images to enlarge.
Tish Crane Rainey
Contributed by Tish Crane Rainey, March 2017. I participated in the Student Health Coalition the summer of 1975. I had just finished my first year in nursing school at Vanderbilt with an eye on becoming a nurse midwife. That fall I was one of those senior students who participated in the Primex program, Vanderbilt’s first …
Virginia Munford
Contributed by Virginia “Ginnie” Munford. My experience with the Student Health Coalition (SHC) was working as the first “Staff Assistant” at the Center for Health Services (CHS), from approximately 1974 – 1976. The staff of the Center included Bill Dow as Director, a secretary, and me. I was hired by Bill primarily to work on …
Cathy Barrow Heck and Jeff Heck
Contributed by Cathy Barrow Heck I was absolutely sold on the Appalachian Student Health Coalition upon seeing the video as a nursing student in the fall of 1973. The idea of a team of students working in partnership with rural communities to accomplish something truly transformational was irresistible to me. If I remember correctly, I …
Rebecca Joffrion Ingle
Contributed by Rebecca (Becca) Joffrion Ingle. I was born in Starkeville, Miss. in 1952, but grew up from age 5 in Huntsville, Ala. This small, sleepy Alabama town exploded in growth and diversity during those years with the coming of Werner von Braun and the Marshall Space Flight Center. There was a degree of international …
Cindy Lutenbacher
Contributed by Cindy Lutenbacher, September 2015 I was born in Shreveport, La. in 1953, but I lived in cities all over the South. New Orleans is my family home, even though only one cousin still lives there now. I think of two experiences that set me on the path toward the Student Health Coalition. At …
Annual Report: 1975
Full Title: Appalachian Project, Rural Student Health Coalition: 1975 The Student Health Coalition Annual Reports summarize the goals, outcomes and activities for each summer’s health fairs and special projects. Some reports include rosters of volunteers and participants, as well as lists and descriptions of the towns served by the students. These were digitized from original volumes held at …