Graduate students have contributed significantly to the Campaign since its inception. Publications such as SC Speaks, Population Left Behind, and even Teen Expressions were all the brainchildren of graduate students! Additionally, the Campaign hired many of the students - one in particular to highlight is our current executive director, Forrest Alton - who began their careers with the Campaign as a graduate student.  Join me in welcoming our Spring 2010 class: 

Jessica Cooper is a graduate assistant in the public awareness department. Jessica brings a wealth of real-world marketing and communications experience to the organization and is currently completing her Master of Public Health in Health Promotion, Education and Behavior at the University of South Carolina and is expected to graduate in May. She serves as the contest coordinator for Teen Expressions and produces the bi-weekly Friday Broadcast.  

Andrea Heyward is a Master of Health Sciences in Health Education and Health Communication student from Johns Hopkins University concentrating on Health Communication and Community-Based Participatory Research.  She is from Beaufort, SC and earned her undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina.  She is trained as a Making Proud Choices! facilitator and working in the Training and Technical Assistance department assisting with the development of curriculum fact sheets, the Online Learning Center and training and education events.   

Amy Mattison Faye is a second year MPH student at the Arnold School of Public Health in the Health Promotion, Education and Behavior department.  Her prior experiences include teaching Montessori school, assisting with medical records at a free clinic, assisting in various literature reviews for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and managing electronic medical records for a community health center. Amy's expanding portfolio at the Campaign includes helping local organizations to use evaluation to improve programming for youth, developing surveys and analyzing data, and a variety of tasks around the SC Campaign's initiatives targeting older youth. 

Rachel Hamby is a product of Lexington, SC and is a first-year student in the Masters in Health Administration program at USC, joined the Campaign in 2009. She completed her undergraduate degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management, also at USC. Rachel's assistantship at the Campaign allows her to combine the two. She is working with the deputy director on researching and crafting some new internal policies. Additionally, she is assisting with the planning of the Summer Institute.

Johnathan McGuirt comes to the SC Campaign via Rock Hill, SC.  He is currently enrolled at the USC Arnold School of Public Health (HPEB program).  His time is split between the Public Awareness Department where he works on the SC Campaign's website, and the Training and Technical Assistance department around the organization's initiatives targeting older youth.