SAU Announces $490,000 in Federal Funding for Public Health Education Center to Advance Health & Wellness Initiatives

Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) President Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail joined Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and college officials to announce $490,000 in federal funding for the Public Overall health Education and learning Centre (PHEC), previously regarded as the Tuttle Community Overall health Center. Secured by Congresswoman Ross in the governing administration funding bundle, the funding will assistance open up the Public Well being Training Centre.

“We know there are chances to improve communities in this zip code. There are chances to rework lives. There are chances to do things we had not thought about prior to,” mentioned SAU President Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail. “With the assistance of Congresswoman Ross, this grant can make that vision probable with general public overall health, wellness disparities, and preventive well being, which are the sorts of points we will be capable to do with our general public schooling wellbeing center.”

“On behalf of our board of trustees at Saint Augustine’s College, our fearless leader, Dr. McPhail, and her employees, we recognize the continued assist and uplift that Congresswoman Ross and Congressman Nickel proceeds to supply for this university and our local community,” mentioned SAU alumnus and board of trustee Mr. Joseph Lynn, ’79. “I know that health care is pretty close to and pricey to Dr. McPhail’s heart, and I desire to thank our congressional leaders for the remarkable reward they have pushed and worked for to assist SAU.”

The Public Health Instruction Centre will aid health and fitness and wellness education and learning, university student study relating to the prolonged-phrase consequences of COVID-19, and linked plans that will gain Saint Augustine’s pupils and the encompassing community. Funding will also help school, build smart lecture rooms for pupils, and obtain investigation and lab tools.

“Saint Augustine’s University is a beacon of progress and enlightenment in Wake County and a testomony to the ability of schooling to rework life and complete communities. The funding we’re celebrating nowadays is just the most up-to-date initiative in Saint Augustine’s extended historical past of advancing top quality schooling for all,” explained Congresswoman Deborah Ross. “Nearly a calendar year back, I asked for funding for 15 local community tasks that were being made by the folks of Wake County, for the persons of Wake County. At the close of 2022, President Biden signed funding for these tasks into regulation, delivering a historic $26 million to our neighborhood. These days, I am so excited to emphasize just 1 of these remarkable initiatives, nearly $500,000 to help open up Saint Augustine’s Community Wellbeing Training Middle.”

“I’m psyched to be here to identify and rejoice the do the job accomplished by Congressman Ross and her group to safe this crucial funding for Saint Augustine’s College. The funding will be essential to enable bring the new public health and fitness training centre on the web for pupils, college, and the Saint Augustine’s College group,” claimed Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13). “This new public wellbeing education and learning middle will lengthen to the increased Raleigh spots and serve and benefit the persons of Wake County. In addition, this funding will support college students and college at Saint Augustine’s in studying COVID-19 and education North Carolina’s subsequent technology of wellbeing professionals.”

In addition, the PHEC will guidance health and wellness training, college student investigation with regards to the prolonged-expression effects of COVID-19, and linked plans that will profit SAU pupils and the bordering group. Funding will be utilised to guidance college, create wise classrooms for college students, and invest in research and lab machines.

“I want to thank Congresswoman Ross for spearheading this effort and hard work about the Omnibus funding for the General public Health Training Centre,” claimed Dr. Michael Brown, Associate Vice President for Wellness Initiatives and Chair of SAU’s Office of Public Health and fitness. “These money will be instrumental in expanding our capacity for public health and fitness at the university, on instruction and furnishing subsequent technology of general public health and fitness college students equipped with know-how.”

On behalf of college learners and the general public overall health software, I would like to say thank you for investing in us and helping us raise our general public wellness system so that we can improved serve the SAU community and oakwood group by creating healthcare much more equitable by minimizing health care disparities and raising well being literacy in our community,” claimed SAU College student Federal government Association President Zachary Barco. “As general public health college students, the PHEC will give us a place to apply our craft and help produce additional black and brown healthcare experts to put them out in the entire world to provide North Carolina and the United States.”