Campus to gain Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy
Brooks College of Health will host center to promote global health discussion
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University of North Florida President John Delaney announced the creation of the Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy within the Brooks College of Health Feb. 13.
The center will be directed by Dr. Yank Coble, a local endocrinologist and former president of the World Medical Association, the American Medical Association and Florida Medical Association.
Coble said the center will strive to improve communication between the different entities involved in the Northeast Florida health care system and hopes it will serve as a catalyst for discussion about the challenges facing the healthcare system today.
"There are so many areas of expertise within our community," Coble said. The center aims to bring local entities, along with national and international experts together to discuss health care issues.
"What we're hoping to do is to identify the problems we believe are the most critical and to be solved in Jacksonville and come up with priorities," said Dr. Pamela Chally, dean of
the BCH.
Chally said Coble has 35 years of experience in medical diplomacy, and the center will bring in people from around the world that may have dealt with the same issues facing Northeast Florida, such as health care access, the uninsured, infant mortality and the disparities between the health outcomes of different ethnicities. Chally said the hope is that others who have dealt with these problems will talk and work with local leaders to find
a solution.
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Florida tuition least expensive in nation
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Average tuition by state for 2006-2007 (Source: The College Board) |
Tuition for in-state undergraduate students in Florida is the lowest in the country, according to information published by the College Board.
The board's 2006-2007 results, which ranked Florida $2,500 below the national average, calculated the cost of tuition and fees for all public four-year colleges within a given state. Undergraduate tuition is the same for every student at all 11 Florida state universities.
While Florida has a low cost of tuition compared to other states, a possible increase may be pursued by the Florida State Legislature.
Shari Shuman, the vice president of administrative affairs at the University of North Florida, said the state legislature controls tuition increases for undergraduate education. She said she is unsure as to whether the state legislature will raise tuition costs.
"I can't say what the legislature is going to do," Shuman said. "We will have to wait until the end of the legislative session to see what happens."
Although the legislature's future actions cannot be determined, Shuman said there was no tuition increase included in the governor's budget.
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Greek Life invites new sorority
The University of North Florida Panhellenic Council has extended an invitation to begin a new chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority on campus.
After recruiting the highest number of new sorority members across all Florida universities in fall 2006, and over three years without a new organization selection, the expanding UNF Greek community sought out new chapters to add.
"We were getting way too big. Each chapter is huge," said Tyler Young, Greek Life
coordinator.
Young said the extension process began by sending out an e-mail through the National Panhellenic Council, Inc., which regulates fraternity and sorority chapter extensions, to national sororities alerting them of the opportunity to apply for the 2007 extension of their organization.
Fifteen of 22 eligible chapters responded to the bid, which was one of the largest responses in the southeast, Young said. An extension committee for reviewing the application and organization material helped make the decision. After all the issues were considered, the pool was narrowed to three sororities: Chi Omega, Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta were all extended formal invitations, Young said.
Each current UNF sorority chapter voted on the organization they wished to add to campus, he said. Representatives from each voted at the Panhellenic Council meeting Feb. 6 and the Kappa Alpha Theta organization was chosen. It will join the four existing UNF sororities.
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