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Montana Rural Health Initiative Newsletter
Like us on Facebook  VOLUME XVI: June 2013
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Phone: 406.994.5310
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Upcoming Staff Changes  

The Rural Health Initiative will enter a time of transition later this summer.  Julie Middleton, who has provided exceptional leadership to RHI over the past three years, has been accepted into the Montana WWAMI Medical Program in the Targeted Rural Underserved Track.  As a TRUST student, Julie will have an intensive rural/underserved experience throughout her medical education.  It is exciting to think of her future career as a physician, well grounded in concepts of community based prevention.

 

Julie's enthusiasm, scholarship, and positive outlook on life will be missed by all of us.  We are very proud of what Julie has accomplished, and will keep you informed as we transition RHI leadership over the next few months.

Program Spotlight

Nominations Open for Health Hero Award

 

 

Eat Right Montana (ERM) and Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) would like to recognize individuals and/or public and private organizations that go above and beyond their job duties to promote health in Montana through nutrition and physical activity. If you know someone deserving such recognition, please submit a nomination describing how the nominee has made a noteworthy contribution to their organization, local community, or the state as a whole. Letters of nomination should include specific activities that warrant the award.

 

Please consider the following when making a nomination:

  • Worked on a policy, program, project, or promotion to encourage healthy nutrition and physical activity choices and behaviors 
  • Went beyond the normal requirements of the job 
  • Employed a creative or innovative method to overcome a problem
  • Maximized limited resources

Deadline: Monday, July 10, 2013

 

ERM and AFHK will announce the awards in August and present the awards at Build a Stronger Montana: End Childhood Hunger Conference September 23-24 at Montana State University in Bozeman (www.montana.edu/cs/conferences/endchildhunger).

 

For more information and a nomination form,

  

 

Funding Opportunities
ITHS Small Pilot Project Grant

Agency: Institute of Translational Health Sciences  

Pre-Application Deadline: July 25, 2013

Deadline (by invitation): September 16, 2013  

 

   

MDT Transportation Alternatives

Agency: Montana Department of Transportation

Deadline: September 6, 2013

 

More information:  

http://www.mdt.mt.gov/mdt/ta_application.shtml  

 

Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13)  

Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Deadline: October 17, 2013

More information:

   

Upcoming Events
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June 5, Webinar
The Bakken: With Prosperity Comes Challenge
Presented by Anthony Preite, Eastern Montana Economic Development Coordinator. For more information, contact Janelle Booth at the MSU Extension Local Government Center.


Big Sky State Games logo

July 19-21, Billings  
 Montana's Big Sky State Games
An Olympic-style sports festival with over 40 sports.  
http://www.bigskygames.org/


September 23-24, Bozeman
 
Build a Stronger
Montana: End Childhood Hunger
Sponsored by the Montana Partnership to End Childhood Hunger.
https://tofu.msu.montana.edu/cs/childhunger2013/


September 25-26, Great Falls
Mobilizing Rural Communities Conference
The focus will be on developing capacity at the local community level and the efficacy of building regional partnerships for greater economic equality while collecting resources, contacts, and best practices to implement in their communities.
http://www.ruraldynamics.org/mobilizing-rural-communities-conference 
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