In the News

The UPEI Global Brigades Medical Chapter recently returned from a successful trip to Ghana where they volunteered their service to public health projects and mobile medical clinics in underserved communities from May 25 to June 4, 2024.

Twenty-eight UPEI students took part in the Global Medical Brigades this year. Faculty advisor Inge Dorsey supported the students throughout the planning and organizing phase, and clinical nursing instructor Kerie Murphy accompanied them to Ghana. The students shared their volunteering experiences abroad during a public presentation held June 17 in the UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building.

The UPEI Global Brigades Medical Chapter recently returned from a successful trip to Ghana where they volunteered their service to public health projects and mobile medical clinics in underserved communities from May 25 to June 4, 2024.

Twenty-eight UPEI students took part in the Global Medical Brigades this year. Faculty advisor Inge Dorsey supported the students throughout the planning and organizing phase, and clinical nursing instructor Kerie Murphy accompanied them to Ghana. The students shared their volunteering experiences abroad during a public presentation held June 17 in the UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building.

Marquette’s Global Brigades Medical Chapter is seeking gently vintage Marquette T-shirts that are blue, yellow, white or gray in sizes small through 3XL for its trip to Panama over winter break.

Global Medical Brigades is an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. The organization works in remote, rural and underresourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care.

Amador Valley High School teacher Tony Dennis recently shared this photo from last summer in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala for a service learning and cultural exchange trip with Global Brigades.

Avery Bourdonnay admits a part of her was a bit fearful before her recent visit to Meteti, Panama – she had never been outside of the United States before and wasn’t sure what to expect.

What she got, she says, was one of the best experiences of her life. The Destrehan native traveled as part of a medical mission trip via LSU’s Global Brigades program. The program sees volunteers with its medical school travel to help under-served countries. The student-led health initiative spends the year fundraising and collecting supplies for the seven to 10-day trip.

Students in STU Global Brigades recently travelled to Panama where they broadened their perspectives, gained cultural awareness, and developed real-world skills—while making a difference.

During the trip, STUdents visited a rural community where they collaborated with a community bank, teaching basic financial concepts like loans, interest calculation, and savings accounts, along with leadership skills to encourage bank usage in the community. They also hosted financial literacy workshops and one-on-one business training, which helped one woman start her own business.

In response to the rising costs of college tuition and the increasingly diverse and non-traditional student population, Hyejin Cho, PhD Icon, Jing Betty Feng, PhD, and Ebru Ulusoy, PhD explored a case study on a virtual service-learning project with Global Brigades, Inc.. This initiative connected undergraduate students in North America with small business owners in Central America, fostering cross-border interactions and practical learning experiences. We show that virtual service-learning proves to be an effective alternative teaching approach.

Marquette University’s 143rd Commencement was held Saturday, May 11, with 1,586 undergraduates, 758 master’s degree recipients, 437 professional studies graduates and 71 Ph.D. recipients celebrating at Fiserv Forum., featuring Global Brigades Co-Founder and CEO, Dr. Shital Vora as the commencement speaker.

Dear alumni and friends of the College of Health Sciences,

Welcome to the first digital issue of Marquette Health Sciences. This new way of storytelling will deliver outstanding, personal stories of the work students, faculty and staff perform in the college and be sent right to your email inbox multiple times each year. We hope you enjoy the new format!