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Welcome New Faculty Member Nancy Vargas
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Welcome New Faculty Member, Carlos Obed Texidor Maldonado
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HEXS leads poverty simulation
Some families are newly unemployed, some are recently deserted by the “breadwinner,” some are homeless, and others senior citizens receiving disability or retirement or grandparents raising their grandchildren…
HEXS kicks off the College of Ed’s first fireside chat
“We have to address the different determinants of health that are causing a gap in life expectancy or the type of life that you can live…”
Contact tracing project gives HEXS students first-hand experience in public health
HEXS students get to apply their learning to real-world problems while working as contact tracers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HEXS’ contact tracing project expands scope to include public outreach
In the months since the COVID-19 pandemic began, HEXS faculty and students have taken on a larger role in battling the pandemic and are now helping the county with both…
WOU students are training to be contact tracers
Community health students will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to serve as contact tracers in Polk County.
Division of Health & Exercise Science appoints Dr. Daniel Dowhower to faculty
Dr. Dowhower’s research focuses on understanding the effects of stigma and discrimination on safer sex practices and the challenges faced by long-term survivors of…
HEXS instructor to retire after 20 years
In more than 20 years as an instructor of both academic and movement arts classes within the Division of Health & Exercise Science, Warren Allen has tried to teach his students to follow their passions…
