NEWS

Source: Advance CTE Posted December 15, 2017

As Congress wraps up its final weeks in session before the winter recess, there has been a flurry of activity. Read below to find out more about the postsecondary education legislation that advanced out of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, the next step in the appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) and an update on the tax reform legislation moving through Congress.

The HOSA-Future Health Professionals announced the election of its Board officers. The HOSA, Inc. Board of Directors conducted an election of the 2018 Chairman, Chair-Elect, and Board Secretary.

Peg Enslen, RN, Ed.D., State Advisor of Delaware HOSA, was elected Chairman, HOSA, Inc. Board of Directors. Peg has been the First State’s HOSA Advisor since 2011. She currently serves on the National Consortium for Health Science Education (NCHSE) Board. Prior to becoming the Delaware HOSA State Advisor, Peg was a registered nurse in multiple health systems in Delaware.

HOSA is excited to share that applications are now open for the 2018 CDC Science Ambassador Fellowship! We encourage all HOSA advisors to apply today!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recruiting teachers and educational leaders to bring public health into middle and high schools across the United States and beyond. Selected fellows tour CDC’s state-of-the-art facilities and work with CDC scientists to design innovative lessons using today’s emerging public health topics.

Olivia Datta, Eastern Region Vice President, and LeAna Truong, Postsecondary/Collegiate Board Representative, recently represented HOSA at the ACTE CareerTech Vision Conference in Nashville, Tennessee on December 6-9. ACTE CareerTech Vision conference is where educators, 

industry representatives, and business leaders connect, learn and grow. HOSA participated in the ACTE CareerTech Expo and sponsored a special luncheon hosted by ACTE Vice President for Health Science for HOSA Advisors and Health Science Educators.

I’m excited to again step back from sharing my views and experiences in this blog and let somebody else do the talking. This is my second entry in a series of interviews that I’m conducting with others pursuing health careers. I think that we (as ambitious Future Health Professionals) often get so entrenched in our chosen programs of study that we fail to understand the journeys of others. I hope that this series will allow you to discover not only new health professions (and the various paths that lead to them) but also the motivations of those students who pursue those careers.

David Kelly, 2012-2013 President, HOSA-Future Health Professionals

Medical Student, College of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma

Washington, D.C.  ♦ September 16-19, 2017

Adopt a Texas HOSA Chapter-Pay It Forward!

As you know, Hurricane Harvey has effected many HOSA members and over 400 HOSA chapters in Houston and the surrounding areas. While we know that all chapters and members will not need the same support, we would like to help relieve their burden in a way that only our HOSA family can. One way we can help other HOSA chapters is by paying for membership, fall conference registration fees, travel funds, or by replacing damaged supplies.