College of Health and Human Services

A daylong conference will bring top experts to UNC Charlotte’s campus to discuss strategies to serve veterans transitioning from active military to civilian lives.

“Military Culture: Have You Ever Served?” is free and open to the public and will be held Tuesday, March 1, at the UNC Charlotte Student Union.

National and state experts, students, faculty, service providers and members of the general public will join in a dialogue on military culture and the need to join forces to support veterans.

The UNC Charlotte School of Nursing’s national profile received a significant boost this month with the online graduate program’s 33-spot ascendance in the 2016 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

The program jumped to 54 in the national rankings, up from 87 last year. Department Chair Dee Baldwin attributed the improvement to multiple factors, including:

The UNC Charlotte Public Health program has received full seven-year reaccreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), a national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

The program consists of the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree options in the Department of Public Health Sciences.

A bigger, better Belk Gym was on display Monday as campus leaders, students, faculty and staff celebrated the re-opening of a facility built in 1970.

Nurses from across Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools recently attended a UNC Charlotte workshop on diagnosing and dealing with child maltreatment.

School of Nursing clinical professor Kathy Jordan led the half-day event, which provided a comprehensive overview of child maltreatment, focusing on prevention, early recognition, intervention and treatment. More than 150 area nurses attended.

Jordan, a certified emergency nurse practitioner who researches and presents nationally on the issue, describes child maltreatment as a deeply troubling public health problem.

Teenagers from across the region gathered recently at the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services to learn how to make informed decisions about their health and relationships, and how technology they may take for granted can help them along the way.

The Department of Public Health Sciences partnered with the outreach organization I Am My Sister to offer the “I Am Teen Empowerment Summit” for a third straight year.

Roy Fielding, a senior lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology, was recognized for an outstanding presentation at the 2015 World Conference on Drowning Prevention. Fielding’s presentation on the Lifeguard Rescue Reporting System he developed was one of four selected as outstanding by the conference committee. The conference was held in Malaysia, with more than 450 attendees representing 59 countries.

On an otherwise unremarkable afternoon, athletic trainer and UNC Charlotte alumna Heather Teague was making her rounds at Charlotte’s Providence Day School team practices, when a feeling in the pit of her stomach made her stop. She paused to scan her surroundings, and Teague’s eyes eventually came to rest on a nearby soccer field. She hadn’t been standing there for long when across the pitch, a JV soccer player broke stride while running and collapsed.

Due to technical difficulties, the Nov. 20 edition of “The Live Wire” featuring Susan McCarter was not shown as scheduled. The segment was taped and is now available to view.

Susan McCarter, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, will be the guest on the Nov. 20 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. Starting at noon, she will share her research on disproportionality across the justice system.

The blindfolded image of lady justice has long represented the ideals of America’s judicial system. Yet a mounting series of public incidents between police and African-Americans and data on the effects of socioeconomic status, race and education suggest that justice in America is far from blind.