The Office of Student Services provides students with academic support, introduces students to volunteer opportunities and social events on campus, assist students in their search for housing near campus and helps students in their assimilation into the school environment.

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School of Public Health 2012-2013 Graduate Student Handbook

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Student Poster Day
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The Office of Internship and Career Services works to provide students with opportunities that will prove useful in their professional careers. The office focuses on three main aspects of career development, Internships, Career Preparation and Fellowships. Each of these components plays a different role in supplying students with the tools they need to work competitively and maintain successful careers in the field of public health. 

 

Internships

Internships are the capstone experience of a graduate education at the School of Public Health, and our School remains the national model for practice-based public health education. The School offers a wide variety of internship sites for students in every concentration and as a requirement for the interdisciplinary degree program, students must rotate through diverse areas of the public health practice.

Career Preparation

Career Preparation prepares students for future careers in public health by offering seminars and workshops that focus on resume building, interview etiquette and public speaking. The office also provides students with helpful hints on how to improve their oral presentations, scientific writing and other important skill sets, in order to enhance the student’s ability to carry out such tasks when faced with these challenges in the workplace.

In partnership and support from the Public Health Leaders of Tomorrow (PHLOT) program, the Office of Internships and Career Services provides workshops, speaker series and events for students on a wide variety of topics related to professional and leadership development including but not limited to: resume/cover letter development, interviewing and networking skills, public health leadership, and professional etiquette in the workplace.  These programs are open to all University of Albany School of Public Health students to attend. 

Click here for the Spring 2013 Career Services Calendar

Fellowships

Fellowship opportunities give students a glimpse of the many opportunities they can pursue upon graduating from the University at Albany School of Public Health. They primarily consist of a broad curriculum of skill development such as leadership, community organization, public speaking, grant writing and media relations. Fellowship programs can be designed to support a range of activities to meet the fellow’s needs and interests.  Fellowships allow recent graduates to apply much of what is learned in the classroom to the field of public health, while providing credible work experience and allowing for networking opportunities. Through this department, we work hard to ensure that our students receive every opportunity possible to successfully transition into a public health career.

 

In 2006, the Public Health Leaders of Tomorrow (PHLOT) Program was established to revive the field of public health through initiatives aimed at both current public health professionals and students at the University at Albany's School of Public Health. 

With support from Senator Kemp Hannon, Chairman of the NYS Senate Standing Committee on Health and the NYS DOH, the PHLOT program provides numerous opportunities designed to strengthen the current public health infrastructure in New York State in addition to training the next generation of public health leaders. PHLOT provides funding for State and Local Health Department (LHD) employees to seek training opportunities through academic coursework, as well as offering leadership development activities, advanced training in public health practice and tuition assistance to current students at the University at Albany preparing for public health careers in NYS government.

Continued support of the PHLOT program from the NYS DOH, the New York State Senate, and the University at Albany helps ensure that the public health needs of NYS residents are addressed and protected by a highly trained and competent public health workforce.

Learn more about PHLOT