Fiscal Year 2020-2021
I M PA C T O F P H I L A N T H R O P Y The old adage, “a little bit goes a long way” is absolutely true for our faculty and staff who are beneficiaries of investments made via the various endowments established in the College. We are extremely appreciative of the generosity exhibited by our donors, and we honor their commitment with wise distribution of resources to foster high-quality education, cutting-edge discovery, and second-to-none workforce development.
Steven P. Hooker, Ph.D., FACSM, FNAK Dean and Professor, College of Health and Human Services
C O L L E G E O F H E A LT H A N D H U M A N S E RV I C E S YEAR IN GIVING
$7M
HIGHLIGHTED GIFTS
Total Raised
The first endowed professorship in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences will support the scholarship and research of Dr. JoAnn Silkes, awarded the inaugural Sadanand Singh Endowed Professorship in Speech and Language Sciences.
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $524,794
Total Awarded in Scholarships
261
Scholarships Awarded
To honor his late wife and her caregivers, Dean Steven Hooker established the Cynthia J. Hooker Memorial Endowed Scholarship to support students in the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health.
Cynthia and Steven Hooker
Dr. JoAnn Silkes
POINTS OF PRIDE T H E SCHOOL OF SP EEC H, L A N G UAG E AND HEARI N G S C I E N C E S
7th
in the nation Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
1st
1,500
In Spring 2021, CHHS graduated over 1,500 students, including Master’s in Speech-Language 312 master’s students and 61 doctoral students Pathology and Doctor of Audiology programs
in California
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4th
Top 15%
The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences was recently reaccredited 4th in California
The School of Public Health celebrated its 40th anniversary, ranking in the top 15% of public health schools and programs nationwide
I M PA C T I N G O U R C O M M U N I T Y
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Faculty within the CHHS have generated over $130 million in external grants and awards over the past 3 years. These awards provide numerous opportunities for students at both the undergraduate and graduate level to gain valuable experience in research.
The School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences operates two on-campus clinics that provide highquality, free-or-low-cost services to children and adults throughout our greater region.
With over 600 students, the School of Social Work is one of the largest professional schools on campus and is dedicated to producing competent and effective practitioners, leaders, and scholars who are grounded in evidence-based practice and prepared to positively impact the diverse communities they will go on to serve in their careers.
The School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences was recognized in 2020 with the American Kinesiology Association Inclusive Excellence Award for its significant efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Within the School of Nursing, over 300 faculty and students were recently trained to administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. These individuals are working in clinical groups to help speed the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccinations in San Diego County and SDSU’s campuses.
CHHS, along with the College of Sciences, is home to HealthLink, which is supported by a $5-year, $20M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support health disparities research throughout San Diego and Imperial counties.
STUDENTS
Through the newly-established City Heights MSW Scholarship, the School of Social Work welcomed four new MSW candidates — Nyakoach Lam, Abdisalan Bulhan, Rose Le, and Rocio Hernandez — into its direct practice program. These four students intend to become Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) and to support the diverse needs of the City Heights community through their careers. Nyakoach Lam
Abdisalan Bulhan
Rose Le
Rocio Hernandez
I wish to acknowledge and thank both SDSU and UWEAST (the United Women of East Africa Support Team) for giving me a chance to grow academically and professionally. I am grateful to the donors who have sacrificed their resources to enable me with this opportunity. I hope the donors continue with the same spirit to assist more generations of social work students. - Abdisalan Bulhan, City Heights MSW scholarship recipient
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ENDOWMENTS P R O V I D I N G R E S O U R C E S F O R T O D AY ’ S S T U D E N T S A N D T O M O R R O W ’ S A Z T E C S
New Endowments
Hoffer-Riedman Endowed Scholarship
Alumni Endowed Scholarship for Nursing
J.E. Lindsay Carter Endowed Scholarship
Language, Learning, and Literacy Endowed Scholarship
Jane Beers School of Social Work Endowed Scholarship
Cynthia J. Hooker Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Jamie B. Geller Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Marilyn E. Newhoff Endowed Fellowship
Jeri and Elliot Hirshman Nursing Endowment
Endowments (Active)
Kala Singh Endowed Scholarship
John Anderson Bequest-Public Health Endowment
Alvarado Health Foundation Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Kasch-Boyer Endowment
AMN Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Kathleen Kopels Celebration Endowment
Baronofsky Memorial Endowment
Koch-Pollak Endowed Scholarship
Betty Broom Endowed Faculty Research Fund
Lori Lemas Memorial Endowment
Charles E. and Marie S. Curtright Endowed Scholarship for Nursing
M.Q. Hawkins Memorial Dietetic Program Endowment
David C. Pritchard Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Maria Sardinas Behavioral Health Institute Endowment
AMI Award Endowment
Katherine R. Foley Endowed Scholarship
Barbara K. Rosenblatt Endowment
Kathy Rahe Memorial Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Barry Jones Endowment
Lauretta S. Wenc Endowment
Center on Substance Abuse Endowment
Lorraine S. Bryant Endowed Scholarship
Charles E. and Marie S. Curtright School of Nursing Endowment
M.T. Sandways Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Dorothea Lambert Endowment
Mariana Churchill Endowment
Dr. Abram S. Benenson Endowment
Mary Cave Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Sue Earnest Endowed Scholarship
Michael and Nua Shores Endowed Scholarship
Emma Lora Johnson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Paul Pfaff Memorial Endowment
Ernest Witte Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Reet Howell Memorial Endowment
Fitness Clinic Endowment
Sadanand Singh Endowed Professorship in Speech
Florence Bacong Choe Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Sam Foshee Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Frank Parodi Endowment
Sharon Burt Memorial Endowed Scholarship
G. W. Ellis Memorial Endowment
Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky Language and Cognitive
Hanlon Endowed Chair
Social Work Endowment
Harriet Green Kopp Doctorial Dissertation Award
SPARK Endowment for Faculty Research
Hilda and Colonel Robert L. Dodge Endowed Scholarship for Nursing
William H. Schutte Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Lee Elliott Endowment
Dr. J’s Student Club Endowment
Eldred George Mugford in Memory of Clare Helen Mugford, RN Endowed Scholarship
Marlene Ruiz Endowed Nursing Scholarship Mary Quam Hawkins Endowed Scholarship Michele J. Crisafulli Endowed Scholarship NIH Health Disparities Endowment
ENS Emeritus Professorship Endowed Scholarship
Petra Steinhauser Endowment
Exercise & Nutritional Sciences Endowment
Robert Gamble Bowers, Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Fitness Clinic Operations Endowment
and Language Sciences
Frances Shimp Tidwell Endowment
School of Nursing Endowed Scholarship
Funderburk Center for Substance Abuse Endowment
Sharp HealthCare Endowed Scholarship
George and Ruth Warwick Endowment
Neuroscience Lab Endowment
Hanlon GSPH Award Endowment
SPARK Endowed Scholarship
Hebbel Gerontology Internship
Tom Carter Endowed Scholarship
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