Health Communication is a vibrant and important field of study concerned with the ways in which humans communicate in social and mediated contexts to advance health care delivery and health promotion. Health communication is conceptualized as the central source for exploration, delivery, and practice of communication messages and seeks to advance cultural processes that develop healthy individuals, relationships, communities, and global populations.
2020-2021 Officers
President: Brianna Avalos
Vice-President: Marco Dehnert
Recruitment Officer: Bridget Liddell
Treasurer: Florencia Durón
Historian: Haley Lucero
Records Officer: Kiki van Essen
2019-2020 Officers
President: Laura Martinez
Vice-President: Brianna Avalos
Recruitment Officer: Haley Lucero
Treasurer: Liahnna Stanley
Records Officer: Megan Stephenson
Crockett Elementary is an under-funded elementary school in downtown Phoenix that serves African refugees, homeless, and under-privileged children. Crockett has a student population of 485 with 100% receiving free breakfast and lunch.
Past Events:
The garden at the House of Tricks in Tempe was once again the setting for the spring reception to honor our scholarship, fellowship, and award recipients. Scholarship donors, Hugh and Ruth Downs, Mary Morrison, Christine Muldoon, and Kristin Bervig Valentine, were there to share in the celebration along with the award winners, their families, and faculty.
Director Angela Trethewey with faculty, (l-r) Steve Corman, Jennifer Linde, Belle Edson,and Kory Floyd
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship, fellowship, and award recipients in The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication were guests of honor on April 25 in the Heritage room of the University Club on the Tempe campus.