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From the Military to Shellfish, EPH Alumni and Instructor Virginia Wheatley Shares Her Professional Journey and Some Sage Advice
Virginia Wheatley’s journey to the Rutgers Environment and Public Health (EPH) Program in 2005 was anything but conventional. Her experience led her to pursue a graduate degree in Public Health at Rutgers University and then enroll in the EPH program, a gateway to career opportunities in public health inspection.
GI Bill® Benefits + Rutgers Public Health Job Training = Career Boost for One Soldier
Meet Aysu Cesmebasi, certified health inspector and Army command food advisor, who used the Montgomery GI Bill® to put herself through Rutgers’ EPH program.
Rutgers Student Saves a Life, Then Plans a Career Dedicated to Helping Others
Meet Nick DeStefano, a Rutgers EPH alumnus who saved a patron from choking and was presented the ‘Spirit of the Hilton’ award.
From Rutgers to a remote Panamanian village to a graduate school in London, England: see the twisting and turning path to success taken by one EPH student.
Meet K.C. Murray, whose appreciation of nature and the environment led him to Rutgers EPH course, the Peace Corps, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Rutgers Environment and Public Health program graduate Ruchi Pancholy has landed her dream job with the Hawaii Department of Health.
Meet Ruchi Pancholy, a foodborne disease surveillance & response coordinator with the Hawaii Department of Health and graduate of the Rutgers EPH program.
