Stretegic Planning Meeting scheduled for January 8 & 9

Event date: December 7th, 2009 at 2:37pm

The next meeting of the HGHC will be held at Honeycreek Resort, Lake Rathbun on Friday and Saturday, January 8 & 9. The main focus of the meeting will be strategic planning of the subcommittees. To register for the meeting, please contact Chris Catrenich at Chris.Catrenich@dmu.edu To make reservations for lodging, contact the Honeycreek Resort at 877-677-3344 or 641-724-9100.

Honeycreek Resort State Park and Lodge
Winslow Meeting Room
12633 Resort Drive
Moravia, IA

Agenda

Friday, January 8, 2010 – 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m

• Introduction – All Participants
• Strategic planning process – Mary
• Overview of Global Health Consortium – Yogi and Mary
• Discussion of the current organizational structure of the consortium – all Participants
• Overview of the 2009 Strategic Plan – Mary
• Subcommittee break-out sessions – All Participants
• Dinner – (6:00 – 8:00 p.m.)

Saturday, January 9, 2010 – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Breakfast – (8:00 – 9:00 a.m.) Review and revision of Strategic plan – All Participants (led by committee chairs and members)
  Discuss Next Steps – Mary
• Lunch – (12:00 – 1:00 p.m.)

Global Health Conference

Event date: July 24th, 2009 at 4:12pm

Explore the global connectivity between health and food with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Dr. William Foege, Senior Fellow with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, local experts and students in lively discussions on Wednesday, October 14, in Des Moines University’s Medical Education Center,
3200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines.

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