Grace Burden is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Health Science with a concentration in Health Promotion and Education from Clemson University, as well as a Master of Science in Youth Development Leadership through Clemson. She has volunteered with ClemsonLIFE working with special needs youth and enjoys helping others. Her career plans have focused on promoting healthy lifestyles for children and youth.

1. Grace Burden
Health 4190
January 20, 2016

2. When I started college, I thought that I wanted
to be an athletic trainer. I went through the
Sports Medicine program at my high school and
loved it. However, I chose Clemson over schools
that have accredited AT programs such as
South Carolina, Winthrop, and College of
Charleston because of Clemson’s atmosphere. I
applied and was accepted into the college of
HEHD for Health Science. I was originally Pre-
Professional Health Studies, but I knew that I
did not want to go to medical school, so I
switched to the Health Promotion and
Education.

3.  Degree: Bachelor of Science
 College: Health and Human Development
 Major: Health Science
 Minor: Psychology (will be added at the end
of this semester)
 Concentration: Health Promotion and
Education
 GPA: 3.39

4. I used my senior status this semester to register for
graduate level classes and begin a graduate degree
in Youth Development Leadership. I met the dean of
the program, Dr. William Quinn, and he helped me
to get the necessary overrides. The program is
designed for two years including four summer
classes, so I will complete it Fall of 2017. I will be
taking the GRE at the end of this spring semester. I
will be meeting with the graduate admissions office
sometime this week to determine when I need to
complete the application process.

5.  YDL fees – $663 a class (12 classes total)
 GRE – revised General Test – taking it in May
2016 – $160
 CHES – Certified Health Educator Specialist –
taking it in May 2017 – $250

6.  Social (35) – prefer direct service or helping
opportunities involving advising, counseling,
coaching, mentoring, teaching, or group
discussion
 Realistic (17) – prefer practical, hands-on,
physical activities with tangible results. Prefer
building, fixing, repairing objects, or mechanical
things, or working outside
 Investigative (17) – prefer to solve abstract
problems involving science or engineering
related subjects. Curious about the physical
world and why and how it works. Enjoy
intellectual challenges
http://apps.sa.ucsb.edu/careerservices/careerlibrary/HollandCodes
.aspx

7.  Qualities and Examples that prove it’s the
best fit for me
◦ Compassionate, cooperative, dependable, friendly,
perceptive, and supportive
◦ ClemsonLIFE volunteer – coached Clemson
Challenger, classroom mentor, workout buddy
 I have learned recently that I love working with special
needs children and young adults

8.  Qualities and examples of how I fit these
categories
◦ Independent, outdoorsy, and practical
◦ Homeworks of America and Habitat for Humanity –
organizations of which I am a part that build new
houses and repair older ones (realistic)
◦ Outstanding Wellness Leadership – a new cohort
designed by Campus Recreation and Division of
Student Affairs to promote students to work
together and develop wellness programs
benefitting Clemson’s campus & community
(investigative)

9.  The Hippocratic Campus and Bubonic Plague
began the discussion of crude prevention
techniques
 14th Century – quarantine was a method used
to prevent the spread of disease
 The Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment
contributed to new ideas
 John Snow is the Father of Epidemiology
(cholera)
 1848 – Public Health Act in London
 1850 – General Plan for the Promotion of
Public and Personal Health in Boston
 http://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/mph-
modules/ph/publichealthhistory/publichealthhistory_print.html

10.  "the science and art of preventing disease,
prolonging life, and promoting physical health
and efficiency through organized community
efforts for the sanitation of the environment, the
control of community infections, the education of
the individual in principles of personal hygiene,
the organization of medical and nursing service
for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment
of disease, and the development of the social
machinery which will ensure to every individual in
the community a standard of living adequate for
the maintenance of health."
◦ Charles-Edward A. Winslow, 1920

11.  Assistant Public Health
Professor
 Behavioral Health
Administrator
 Childbirth Health
Educator
 Community Health
Educator
 Health Education
Health Promotion
 Public Health Educator
 http://www.careersinpublichealth.
net/salary
 $51,705
 $65,294
 $70,380
 $60,588
 $56,764
 $53,860

12.  Center for Youth Wellness – Care Coordinator
◦ A research institute that examines the affect of
toxic stress on youth
◦ From early detection, they incorporate preventative
and primary care to better the health of the child
and their parents
◦ They are also developing a CYW Adverse Childhood
Experiences Questionnaire and User Guide for
childcare providers to ask the parents about toxic
stress
◦ Salary approximately $48,000
◦ Location – San Francisco, CA
◦ http://centerforyouthwellness.org/about/

13.  The company is relatively new and has a
small staff as of now. The growth potential
includes moving up to Clinical Care
Coordinator or Wellness Nurse.
 Almost every job I’ve had since I was sixteen
has involved working with and leading youth.
 I am part of a creative inquiry research team
here at Clemson. I have been on the research
team for a year now and our preliminary
research paper is in the final stages of being
published in Health Behavior and Policy
Review, so I have experience in health
research

14.  Job title: Community Outreach Manager
◦ Health Community, South Florida
◦ Recruit and work alongside health professional
agencies and universities to have screening events
for the athletes
◦ Plan and attend community health fairs and
conferences
◦ Opportunities for growth: becoming a Regional
Outreach Manager and move up from there
◦ A Master’s degree is preferred and salary is based
on experience
◦ http://specialolympicsflorida.org/wp-
content/uploads/2013/08/15job_CommunityOutre
achManager.pdf

15.  I will have a Bachelor of Science in Public
Health Promotion and Education and a Master
of Science in Youth Development Leadership.
 I started volunteering with ClemsonLIFE
spring of 2015, particularly working out and
playing sports with them, and I love it so
much!
 I have excellent costumer service skills from
working at the front desk of Fike Recreation
Center.
 I am used to working as part of a team and
compromising with my co-workers.

16. Throughout my time at college, my career plans
have changed like the seasons, but one thing
has stayed constant: I want to work with
children and help them have a healthy lifestyle.
I learned about the YDL masters during my
sophomore year and I knew it was something of
which I wanted to be a part. Once I started
volunteering with ClemsonLIFE, I realized that I
have a passion for working with special needs
youth as well. So, ideally, I want a career
working to promote healthy positive lifestyles in
special needs youth.