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Stephen Fawcett '65 To Be Honored By Providence College
La Salle Academy alumnus Dr. Stephen B. Fawcett ’65 will receive an honorary degree from his college alma mater, Providence College, at the school’s Ninety-Third Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 15, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence.
Fawcett is the Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Professor of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas, where he has served as a faculty member since 1975. He also is the director of the university's Work Group for Community Health and Development, a World Health Organization Collaborating Center and an affiliate of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at KU.
Fawcett is a leading voice nationally and internationally in community health and development. In his work, he uses behavioral science and community development methods to help understand and improve conditions that affect health and well-being, especially of people experiencing poverty and social injustice.
Fawcett was very active as a student at La Salle. He was a letterman in tennis and hockey, the newspaper sports editor for three years, a member of the Science Club, Yearbook Staff, Diocesan Honor Society, Biology Club and Chemistry Club. He was a member of the Student Council his senior year.
Fawcett is a leading voice nationally and internationally in community health and development. In his work, he uses behavioral science and community development methods to help understand and improve conditions that affect health and well-being, especially of people experiencing poverty and social injustice.
Fawcett was very active as a student at La Salle. He was a letterman in tennis and hockey, the newspaper sports editor for three years, a member of the Science Club, Yearbook Staff, Diocesan Honor Society, Biology Club and Chemistry Club. He was a member of the Student Council his senior year.
La Salle Academy alumnus Dr. Stephen B. Fawcett ’65 will receive an honorary degree from his college alma mater, Providence College, at the school’s Ninety-Third Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 15, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence.
Fawcett is the Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Professor of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas, where he has served as a faculty member since 1975. He also is the director of the university's Work Group for Community Health and Development, a World Health Organization Collaborating Center and an affiliate of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at KU.
Fawcett is a leading voice nationally and internationally in community health and development. In his work, he uses behavioral science and community development methods to help understand and improve conditions that affect health and well-being, especially of people experiencing poverty and social injustice.
Fawcett was very active as a student at La Salle. He was a letterman in tennis and hockey, the newspaper sports editor for three years, a member of the Science Club, Yearbook Staff, Diocesan Honor Society, Biology Club and Chemistry Club. He was a member of the Student Council his senior year.
According to the Providence College announcement, as director of the KU Work Group, Fawcett promotes community health and development through collaborative research, teaching, and public service. Its research projects have included local and national efforts to prevent chronic disease and childhood obesity, prevention of substance abuse and adolescent pregnancy, and community development with groups experiencing disparities.
Fawcett is the co-developer of the KU Work Group's Community Tool Box, a worldwide, Internet-based resource for building capacity for community health and development. The 7,000-page Community Tool Box is also available in Spanish, with other languages, including Arabic, forthcoming.
A former scholar-in-residence at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, he served as a member of the IOM's Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice. A former visiting scholar at the World Health Organization (WHO), he serves as a member of the WHO Expert Panel on Health Promotion.
A former VISTA volunteer who worked as a community organizer in public housing and low-income neighborhoods, Fawcett has been honored as a fellow in both community psychology and experimental analysis of behavior by the American Psychological Association.
He is co-author of nearly 200 articles and book chapters and several books in the areas of health promotion, participatory research, capacity building, and community-based research. The books include Learning Counseling and Problem-Solving Skills (Routledge, 1982) and Evaluating Community Efforts to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease (U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 2004).
Fawcett, who earned his bachelor's degree in biology from PC, has consulted with a number of private foundations and national organizations, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the
Fawcett is a leading voice nationally and internationally in community health and development. In his work, he uses behavioral science and community development methods to help understand and improve conditions that affect health and well-being, especially of people experiencing poverty and social injustice.
Fawcett was very active as a student at La Salle. He was a letterman in tennis and hockey, the newspaper sports editor for three years, a member of the Science Club, Yearbook Staff, Diocesan Honor Society, Biology Club and Chemistry Club. He was a member of the Student Council his senior year.
According to the Providence College announcement, as director of the KU Work Group, Fawcett promotes community health and development through collaborative research, teaching, and public service. Its research projects have included local and national efforts to prevent chronic disease and childhood obesity, prevention of substance abuse and adolescent pregnancy, and community development with groups experiencing disparities.
Fawcett is the co-developer of the KU Work Group's Community Tool Box, a worldwide, Internet-based resource for building capacity for community health and development. The 7,000-page Community Tool Box is also available in Spanish, with other languages, including Arabic, forthcoming.
A former scholar-in-residence at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, he served as a member of the IOM's Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice. A former visiting scholar at the World Health Organization (WHO), he serves as a member of the WHO Expert Panel on Health Promotion.
A former VISTA volunteer who worked as a community organizer in public housing and low-income neighborhoods, Fawcett has been honored as a fellow in both community psychology and experimental analysis of behavior by the American Psychological Association.
He is co-author of nearly 200 articles and book chapters and several books in the areas of health promotion, participatory research, capacity building, and community-based research. The books include Learning Counseling and Problem-Solving Skills (Routledge, 1982) and Evaluating Community Efforts to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease (U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 2004).
Fawcett, who earned his bachelor's degree in biology from PC, has consulted with a number of private foundations and national organizations, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the
California Wellness Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Pan American Health Organization. He also has served as a visiting scholar at the World Health Organization in Geneva.
Among several career honors, he received the Distinguished Practice Award of the Society for Community Research and Action and the Higuchi/Endowment Award for Applied Sciences.
Fawcett, who was a first-generation college student at PC, earned his master's degree in human development and his doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of Kansas.
Fawcett is married to Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, and they are the parents of four children: Jake Fawcett, John Paul Fawcett, John McCluskey, and Thomas Fawcett.
Among several career honors, he received the Distinguished Practice Award of the Society for Community Research and Action and the Higuchi/Endowment Award for Applied Sciences.
Fawcett, who was a first-generation college student at PC, earned his master's degree in human development and his doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of Kansas.
Fawcett is married to Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, and they are the parents of four children: Jake Fawcett, John Paul Fawcett, John McCluskey, and Thomas Fawcett.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
