ABIGAIL VENTIMIGLIA
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING By Becky Ayer and Chancey Phillips
Abigail Ventimiglia, a dual health promotion bachelor’s-MPH student, is making the most out of the experiential and service learning opportunities provided at UGA. Over the past 4 years, Ventimiglia has supported educational programming at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, conducted health policy research for a consulting firm, helped food insecure
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families in Athens, and worked with the City of Decatur to improve health and wellbeing at the local level. “I fell in love with UGA because of how social and welcoming the people were in addition to the numerous opportunities that come with attending a big school. There’s practically a club for everything!” she said.
