SAU Students Receive Internships with NCDHHSâ Division of Public Health
Courtesy of Saint Augustine’s University Minority North Carolina residents will be more represented in the public health workforce this summer. Saint Augustineâs University (SAU) students Jeremiah Reese, Jennifer Hunt, Hannah Jackson, and Lee Sales have accepted internships with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) as part of the departmentâs Historically Black Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program. The American Rescue Plan Act Public Health Workforce Development Initiative funds these paid summer internships. According to the NCDHHS, the workforce in North Carolinaâs local health departments is 80% white, 90% female, with 60% over the age of