Safe Haven - Regis College

Scholars Honored4REGIS TODAYIn 2008, a selective scholarship was createdwith the aim of strengthening Catholic identityacross the spectrum from Catholic secondaryeducation to Catholic higher education. CalledRegis College Presidential Catholic Scholars,this program has awarded scholarships tohigh-achieving students recommended by theirprincipals for their academic achievements andtheir public-service activities.Both current and incoming Regis CollegePresidential Catholic Scholars from Catholichigh schools in the Archdiocese and beyondwere recognized and celebrated this springat an event on campus.“The Catholic community can be proud ofthe Catholic school system and the way Catholiceducation has passed on the faith and givenpeople all over the world a way to move intothe mainstream,” said His Eminence CardinalSeán Patrick O’Malley, OFM Cap, who attendedthe event.Twenty-seven students have matriculatedin the program, and this year the College hasoffered another 22 scholarships.“You have been chosen primarily for academicexcellence but also for your community serviceand leadership,” said Regis President AntoinetteHays, PhD, RN. “This will be the learning communityin which you will most be able to fulfillyour human potential and find your intellectual,social, and spiritual path.”New Major in Public healthStarting this fall, Regis will offer an interdisciplinary public health major in which students can focuson public health management (linking to Regis’s master’s degree program in health administration),nutrition, women’s health, and biology.“In a world where infectious and chronic diseases, bioterrorism, health policy, and health disparitiesare of continuous concern,” said Professor Laura Burke, director of the new program, “the public healthmajor is ideal for students who want to be working at the forefront of emerging health and social issues.”The new major will combine a liberal arts orientation with a world view of service, which is a twin focus that is key tothe Regis experience. Today Regis faculty and students are actively involved with programs such as training nurses inHaiti, doing clinical work in Peru, and, this summer, working at an AIDS clinic in Kenya.Internships for the public health major are being developed in the Massachusetts Department of Health, Boston PublicHealth Commission, Harvard School of Public Health, and the World Health Organization.photos: Holly Redmond