Prior Student Fellowships and Awards

The fellowship provides recipients with an opportunity to address the need for historical research and make connections between the work of Elena M. Sliepcevich, the landmark  School Health Education Study (SHES) that she directed, and contemporary Health Education issues.

 Recipients:

• Brandye D. Nobiling, Ph.D. 2008
• Adrian L. Lyde, Ph.D. 2010

Lyde, A.L. & Nobiling, B.D. (2014). The School Health Education Study: Illuminating the Past to Understand the Present. Poster session presented at the 65th Society for Public Health Education Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. March 19-21, 2014.

Nobiling, B.D. & Lyde, A.L. (2015). From the School Health Education Study to the National Health Education Standards: Concepts endure. Journal of School Health, 8(5), 309-317.

As partners, the ISU Department of Health Sciences and the Elena M. Sliepcevich Centre      for Health Education Studies provided financial support, resources, and mentoring for school health education and related fields undergraduate students with demonstrated interest in historical research to prepare a presentation at a national conference and/or a publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Recipient:

• Alex Simko, School Health major/FCS endorsement; minor in Psychology (2017-2018)

                Beginning September 15, 2018, a collaborative agreement between ESG and EMS-CHES       established two scholarships (one undergraduate award ($1,000.) and one graduate          award ($1,500.) providing opportunities to positively contribute to professional development of Health Education student members of the honorary. Recipients    completed a school health project that supports School Health-related historical                 research and/or curriculum development based on sound best practices. Working with a      University mentor, the award recipient’s project contributed to the profession through presentation and/or publication.

Professional Development Award Recipients:

2023 

• Graduate level, Ellie McCreesh, Primary Prevention Intern, College of New Jersey’s Anti-Violence Initiatives Cards for Connection:  Primary Prevention for the College of New Jersey’s Anti-Violence Initiatives, 2023

2022

• Graduate level, Veronica Howell, Delta Kappa Chapter, University of South Florida
  
  The association between adverse childhood experiences and oral health problems among children: A population-based study, American Public Health Association, 2022 https://apha.confex.com/apha/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/513654          

2021

• Undergraduate level, Valerie Garcia, Gamma Pi Chapter, Hofstra University

2020

• Graduate level, Cori Strahan Pape, Texas A&M University, Alpha Pi Chapter

2019 

• Graduate level, Caitlin Ballard Holden, Alpha Pi, Texas A&M University
  
  Title of Dissertation: Exploring Identity Formation and Identity Salience Among Sexuality Educators

1. Holden, C.B., Goodson, P., Wilson, K., Shipley, M., & McNeill, E.B. (2023, July 12-14). Exploring professional identity formation and identity salience among sexuality educators. A poster presentation at the American School Health Association annual conference, Minneapolis, MN.
2.  Holden, C.B., Shipley, M., & McNeill, E.B, Bin Radhyan, F., & Sidwell, A. (2022, July 25). Strategies to Increase Retention Among U.S. Public School Teachers. A (virtual) poster presentation at the American School Health Association’s Annual Conference96^thAnnual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. 
3.  Holden, C.B., Goodson, P., Wilson, K., Shipley, M., & McNeill, E.B. (2022, July 25). Rethinking the Focus of Sexuality Educator Training: From Building Skills to Forming Professional Identity. A (virtual) poster presentation at the American School Health Association’s Annual Conference 96^thAnnual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. 
4.  Holden, C.B., Goodson, P., Wilson, K., Shipley, M., & McNeill, E.B. (2022, March 22-25). Sexuality Educators and Identity Salience: A Conceptual Framework. A (virtual) poster presentation at the Society for Public Health Education’s 73^rdAnnual Conference, Washington, DC. 
5.  Holden, C.B., Goodson, P., Wilson, K., Shipley, M., & McNeill, E.B. (2021, July 19-21). Reframing Sexuality Education: From Building Skills to Shaping Identity.  A poster presentation at the 2021 Virtual Annual School Health Conference, Bloomington, IN. 
6.  Holden, C.B., Goodson, P., Wilson, K., Shipley, M., & McNeill, E.B. (2021, July 19-21). Factors Shaping Identity Salience Among Sexuality Educators: A Scoping Review.  A poster presentation at the 2021 Virtual Annual School Health Conference, Bloomington, IN.