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was hired, Jeremy Kinnard a recent graduate with a Health Science Education
bachelor’s degree was hired to assist Glassman, and to oversee the state funded
college student tobacco prevention program which included supervising two
student workers. When Kinnard left in 2002 to return to school, Maureen Miller
was hired and charged with increasing efforts in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug
programming. Melanie Brede, a Registered Dietician, was hired in 2002 to work
with Stahmer and Mena to continue to provide individual nutrition counseling
and health promotion outreach. In 2002 - 2003, the opportunity to collaborate
with Housing and Residence Education staff resulted in two GatorWell satellite
locations at Springs Complex and Jennings Hall to enhance the Healthy LivingLearning Communities among residents at both residence halls. In addition to
her other responsibilities, Baker was tasked with coordinating programming at
both satellite locations. Auth retired in 2003.
In the early 2000s, it was determined that, instead of continuing to report to
the Director of Nursing, the Health Education Department was in need of a
permanent director with formal training in health promotion. Interviews were
conducted and Dr. Jane Emmerée was hired Spring 2003 as the Director of the
Health Education Department. Fall 2003, Stahmer resigned and several new staff
members were hired including Vladimir Oge, Jamie Fisher, and Eunshil McKenna.
Oge and Fisher provided comprehensive sexual health programming; during
her two years with the Health Education Department McKenna, a Registered
Dietician, provided part-time nutritional counseling services. Fall 2005, Karin
Kratina, a Registered Dietician specializing in the treatment of those with eating
disorders and Lisa Roth, also a Registered Dietician, were both hired parttime to meet the demand for nutritional counseling. The professional staff of
the department now consisted of one director; five full-time health promotion
specialists; and one full-time and three part-time Registered Dieticians.
In 2004, the department began to engage in consistent and continuous strategic
planning and professional development sessions after a comprehensive
review from consultants at the American College Health Association. Paula
Swinford and Karen Moses, both seasoned college health promotion directors
and ACHA leaders, provided key recommendations that would guide the
department’s efforts for the next few years. In 2005, the Health Education
Department decided to re-brand all of the programming and services provided
by its professional staff as GatorWell Health Promotion Services to reflect the

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