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Home » Academics » Majors, Minors & Programs » Public Health Degree » ‘Roos Care

‘Roos Care

Public Health Ambassadors Program

About the Program

The ’Roos Care Public Health Ambassador Program is a peer health initiative designed to provide students at Austin College with guidance around healthy behaviors and social norms related to COVID-19. Through the program, trained student employees are encouraged to safely engage with peers on topics such as mask-wearing, physical distancing, proper cough/hand hygiene, and to ensure that questions and expectations about health and safety at the College are addressed.

'Roos Care

’Roos Care Public Health Ambassadors

Program Goals

Support Expand

Support campus-wide COVID-19 health and safety guidelines and be an advocate for behavioral expectations

Peer Influence Expand

Utilize peer-to-peer influence to engage the campus in healthy behaviors including physical distancing, wearing face coverings, and practicing hand and cough hygiene

Education Expand

Provide the Austin College community with visible public health educators and representatives to assist and answer questions related to COVID-19 health and safety protocols

Sushma-Pai

Sushma Pai ’22

Hello my name is Sushma and I’m from McKinney, Texas. My major is Public Health and my minor is Accounting. I’m excited about the Public Health Ambassadors program because it gives the chance for students to initiate campus-wide safety and support the influence of practicing COVID-friendly practices. I want to support our campus and my… [Read More]

Abiel Cardenas Botello

Abiel Cardenas-Botello ’21

Hello my name is Abiel Cardenas-Botello and I’m from Brownsville, TX. I’m a Public Health major, and Spanish and NPOPS Minors. I’m excited to work on encouraging students to practice safe behaviors. I love learning about current trends of COVID-19 that may specifically impact our student population. I hope to help identify concerns from the… [Read More]

Harsha-Tamtam

Harsha Tamtam ’22

Hello! My name is Harsha Tamtam, graduating in May 2022. I came to Austin College from Seguin, TX, and have selected a Biochemistry major with Mathematics and Classics minors. I look forward to being a member of the Public Health Ambassador initiatives to be involved in communicating with the general public and members of the… [Read More]

Mariam-Abeje

Mariam Abeje ’22

Hello! My name is Mariam Abeje and my hometown is Murphy, Texas. I am a junior majoring in Healthcare Administration with a minor in Chemistry. I am excited about this program because I will be able to safely engage with my peers and be able to help keep people informed. This is important to me… [Read More]

Kathy-Tran

Kathy Tran ’22

Hi! My name is Kathy Tran and I am from Garland, Texas. I am a health care administration major with a minor with chemistry and biology here at AC. As a Public Health Ambassador, I am excited to be a resource for reassuring students and aiding them in this transition into hybrid learning. Public Health… [Read More]

Sarah-Joseph

Sarah Joseph ’22

Hey everyone! My name is Sarah Joseph, and I am a junior majoring in Healthcare Administration and double minoring in Chemistry and Biology. I am from Sunnyvale, TX. I am excited to be an ambassador because I can be an outlet for students who need guidance about healthy initiatives on campus. I hope to pursue a… [Read More]

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