{"276101":{"#nid":"276101","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Honors Program Alumnus Pursues Public Health","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKevin Humphries, a remarkable Honors Program graduate of May 2011, is truly following his passions.\u0026nbsp; Initially a Biology major at Georgia Tech, Humphries quickly became disillusioned with the idea of pursuing a career in traditional laboratory research.\u0026nbsp; During his first year in college, the Honors Program helped him figure out what field would be the best fit for his particular skills and interests.\u0026nbsp; \u201cDuring my freshman year, Dr. Monica Halka organized a session with the pre-Health counselor for Honors Program students.\u0026nbsp; Due to typical\u0026nbsp;Tech busyness, I was the only student to show up and got the whole time to myself to talk about public health as a possible career.\u0026nbsp; The Honors Program also encouraged me to go on\u0026nbsp;my first public health related\u0026nbsp;trip, a medical relief trip in\u0026nbsp;Costa Rica, during\u0026nbsp;Spring Break\u0026nbsp;and also funded my flight ticket.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;I had a great experience in Costa Rica!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter a bright undergraduate career, Humphries decided to obtain a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.\u0026nbsp; From there, he earned an internship in Ghana to study ethnobiology through the Carter Center. \u0026nbsp;At present, he hopes to obtain a two-year fellowship from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and continue on to a Doctorate in Public Health.\u0026nbsp; Humphries has also found the time to serve as a GED tutor through Youth Enrichment Services in Atlanta.\u0026nbsp; \u201cI help students prepare for the GED and lend a helping hand, holistically, by inspiring them to maximize their potential.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen asked how he achieved the aforementioned accolades, he cites the Honors Program as an essential part of the process.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe Honors Program faculty and staff were always happy to help me with recommendation letters to numerous scholarship and internship applications.\u0026nbsp; These letters helped me get the internship in Ghana and accepted into the Rollins School of Public Health.\u0026nbsp; On top of all of this the Honors Program provided great camaraderie, extremely interesting classes, and a network of supportive people.\u201d\u0026nbsp; We\u2019re excited to hear how Humphries will continue to make his mark in the dynamic and inspiring field of public health.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Honors Program Alumnus Pursues Public Health"}],"uid":"27921","created_gmt":"2014-02-14 15:27:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:40","author":"Katie Geddes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"266001":{"id":"266001","type":"image","title":"Kevin Humphries","body":null,"created":"1449244039","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:47:19","changed":"1475894953","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:13","alt":"Kevin Humphries","file":{"fid":"198508","name":"kevinhumpphoto.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kevinhumpphoto_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kevinhumpphoto_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":34989,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kevinhumpphoto_0.jpg?itok=mR2FShgz"}}},"media_ids":["266001"],"groups":[{"id":"72437","name":"Honors Program"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4201","name":"honors program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Honors Program\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:honorsprogram@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehonorsprogram@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}