{"id":103,"date":"2020-10-08T20:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/institute-advancement-community-health\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:20:16","slug":"inaugural-leadership-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/institute-advancement-community-health\/inaugural-leadership-council\/","title":{"rendered":"IACH Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-none block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">What Champions Do<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-normal block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Community Health Champions actively engage in service, leadership, and community connection throughout the academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-none block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Champions:\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Participate in on- and off-campus service days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Support Cultural Life Program (CLP) planning and signature events<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Engage in community-building experiences with fellow student leaders<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Lead community health awareness initiatives across campus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-normal block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Students also benefit from enhanced programming such as:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">One-on-one mentoring and advising opportunities with IACH leadership<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Networking opportunities with guest speakers and alumni<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Informational interview with a community partner in their area of interest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Professional and leadership development<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1595\">\u00a0<strong>Follow their work\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/furman_iach\/\">here on Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-none block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Congratulations, 2026-2027 Champions!\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Amrithaa Balachandran, \u201928 Biology &amp; Music<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Meenakshi Balachandran\u201927 Biology<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Sadie Barongan \u201928 Biology<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Micah Bryant \u201927 Public Health<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Ethan Carroll \u201927 Health Sciences, Medicine, Health and Culture<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">*Paul Cosme \u201928 Psychology and Medicine, Health and Culture<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Ava Cresto \u201927<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Health Sciences<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Aj Cudnik, \u201929, Neuroscience<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Max Delia \u201927 Physics<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Eno Etuk \u201927 Mathematics-Economics and Data Analytics<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Cierra Friez \u201927 Biology and Medicine, Health and Culture<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Nora Horne \u201929 Health Sciences<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">*Lily Ivanov, \u201928 Neuroscience<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Ava King \u201927 Health Sciences<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Maddie Massie \u201927 Applied Mathematics<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Jacob Mijali, \u201927 Biology<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Rathna Reedy \u201927 Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Chemistry<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Addison Royal, \u201927 Biology<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">*Emerson Smith \u201927 Biology and Latin American Studies<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Rory Sullivan \u201928 Biology<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Abbey Vincent \u201927 Chemistry<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*not pictured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Champions Do Community Health Champions actively engage in service, leadership, and community connection throughout the academic year. 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