ECHO partnership in Rocky Mount second stop for Tar Heel Bus Tour
| May 15, 2006 | |
| Participants of the 2006 Tar Heel Bus Tour stopped at the Opportunities Industrialization Center in Rocky Mount Monday afternoon (May 15) to hear about the partnership between the center, the UNC Program of Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes (ECHO), and the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.Chancellor James Moeser and tour members heard about how UNC health affairs schools’ work with the center to provide provide HIV/AIDS awareness education, cancer screenings, health clinics and a mobile health center in five counties: Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Halifax and Northampton.
Dr. Anissa Vines
Dr. Anissa Vines , research assistant professor in the department of epidemiology in the UNC School of Public Health and ECHO associate director, was one of several experts leading the discussion. The Bus Tour is designed to teach participants about the state that UNC serves and from whence 82 percent of Carolina students hail. Thirty-six new faculty and administrators are participating in this year’s tour. The UNC group will travel more than 1,000 miles in a classroom on wheels, from Monday through Friday (May 15-19), to learn about distinctly North Carolina topics and visit some of the state’s historic and scenic sites. “We aim to help faculty gain a better understanding of North Carolina and the people we serve,” Moeser said. The privately funded tour, which began in 1997, aims to teach new faculty and administrators about North Carolina’s people, geography, economy, culture, history, education system and health and social issues. Participants learn about the university’s commitment to North Carolina and the people it serves. Many stops highlight UNC outreach projects. The participants also have opportunities to learn how their research, teaching and public service can serve the state’s needs. Later in the week, participants will learn about a state-of-the-art textile factories keeping North Carolina competitive in that fast-changing industry; a UNC-founded program that helps provide a support network to families of National Guard and National Reserve soldiers deployed overseas; the growth of the state’s Hispanic population; the state’s higher education system; and economic development efforts in small towns including Chimney Rock. # # # News Services contacts: Karen Moon, (919) 962-8595 or karen_moon@unc.edu LJ Toler, (919) 962-8589 or laura_toler@unc.edu. For further information please contact Ramona DuBose either by phone at 919-966-7467 or by e-mail at ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |
