Irwin Venick

Diane Lauver Interviews by Student Health Coalition Members, 6-7 November 2019

Archival Collections at UNC, Resources/Links / By

This series consists of interviews conducted by Student Health Coalition members, 6-7 November 2019 in Oneida, Elgin, and Robbins, Scott County, Tenn. The interviews were conducted by Diane Lauver, Anne Dierdorff Thomas, and Irwin Venick, and the interviewees were James Lovett, Sharon Neal, June Burress Sharpe, Shelia J. Chambers, Debra Thompson, Donna Frogge, James Walker, …

Diane Lauver Interviews by Student Health Coalition Members, 6-7 November 2019 Read More »

Bill Corr reflects on the Coalition’s and Center’s roles in providing avenues to act on values

Memorable Characters, Origin Stories, Personal/Professional Growth, Philosophies/Evolving Concepts, Stories / By

Bill Corr recounts his introduction to the Student Health Coalition (SHC) and Center for Health Services (CHS) shortly after graduating from Vanderbilt Law School. He was working with the Tennessee Department of Public Health at the time Irwin Venick encouraged him to get involved. Having done so, Bill Corr now reflects back on the SHC’s …

Bill Corr reflects on the Coalition’s and Center’s roles in providing avenues to act on values Read More »

More on local opposition to the Petros Clinic

Health Fairs, Community Clinics & Councils, Power and Politics in Health Care, Pre-Existing Conditions, Stories / By

Kate Bradley expands on the issues she explains are often characteristic of small, rural communities and how such things as ignorance and jealousy impeded their efforts to build a community clinic in Petros, Tenn. She describes a few specific examples of local opposition and details their collaborative lobbying in response, featuring Irwin Venick, Bill Corr, …

More on local opposition to the Petros Clinic Read More »

An overview of Nancy Raybin’s SHC experience

Origin Stories, Stories / By

Nancy Raybin recaps her time with the Student Health Coalition, from initial introduction during the spring semester and subsequent participation as a community organizer in St. Charles, Va. during the summer of 1973 to serving as co-Director–alongside Randy Hodges and Polly McClanahan-McArthur–the following academic year. Follow this link for access to the full-length interview. Recorded …

An overview of Nancy Raybin’s SHC experience Read More »

On the Center’s multi-phasic identities and development over time

Impact of SHC, Origin Stories, Power and Politics in Health Care, Stories / By

Irwin Venick, Joe Little, and Bob Hartmann reflect on the birth and growth of the Center for Health Services (CHS) over time, tracing its stages of development from its initial Medical School partnership to its later social-science orientation and eventually, with Barbara Clinton as director in the late 1970s, to its relationship with the Nursing …

On the Center’s multi-phasic identities and development over time Read More »

On the role of institutional support in community-driven change

Constructive Criticism, Impact of SHC, Personal/Professional Growth, Philosophies/Evolving Concepts, Power and Politics in Health Care, Stories / By

Bob Hartmann and Irwin Venick respond to Gillian’s question about how they would approach or encourage others to approach similar student and/or community-led projects today. Bob provides insight into what the Coalition did right and what it could have done better, concluding that there’s value in and need for both community and institutional support. Irwin …

On the role of institutional support in community-driven change Read More »

Resistance to institutionalization: then and now

Origin Stories, Personal/Professional Growth, Philosophies/Evolving Concepts, Power and Politics in Health Care, Stories / By

Bob Hartmann, Irwin Venick, and Joe Little reflect on how the SHC process became institutionalized and the widespread (but split) resistance to it. Bob concludes that if they’d known more about how universities work or approached the formalization process retrospectively, student resistance may not have been (or wouldn’t now be) so vehement. Irwin and Joe …

Resistance to institutionalization: then and now Read More »

Competing visions and growing pains: on the Center’s origins

Impact of SHC, Origin Stories, Philosophies/Evolving Concepts, Power and Politics in Health Care, Stories / By

Irwin Venick expands on the competing visions between the SHC and the Center for Health Services (CHS), explaining that once the Center was established, Coalitioners faced the challenge of adjusting to a structure they hadn’t had to in previous installments of their work. As co-director at the time, Dick Couto faced considerable challenges. He sought …

Competing visions and growing pains: on the Center’s origins Read More »

Coalescing visionary spirit with stabilizing structure: on the Center’s origins

Origin Stories, Power and Politics in Health Care, Stories / By

Irwin Venick and Joe Little define the central conflict pertaining to the development of the Center for Health Services (CHS) as the challenge of retaining a Bill-like figure to keep the spirit, vision, and focus of the Coalition alive, yet also creating a stabilizing structure or institutional landing pad for transitioning projects between transient students–particularly …

Coalescing visionary spirit with stabilizing structure: on the Center’s origins Read More »