{"id":3748,"date":"2021-04-23T08:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T12:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2021-04-23T08:28:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T12:28:41","slug":"dr-nana-ama-kwarteng-baryeh-12-to-serve-as-commencement-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3748","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Nana Ama Kwarteng Baryeh \u201912 to serve as commencement speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" data-attachment-id=\"3749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=3749\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FB7.png?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FB(7)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FB7.png?fit=475%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FB7.png?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FB7.png?resize=940%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FB7.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FB7.png?resize=475%2C398&amp;ssl=1 475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FB7.png?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 94vw, (max-width: 1023px) 67vw, (max-width: 1365px) 62vw, 1037\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MANSFIELD, Pa. \u2013 Dr. Nana Ama Kwarteng Baryeh\n \u201912 will serve as commencement speaker for Mansfield University\u2019s \nin-person ceremonies on Saturday, May 15 at Karl Van Norman Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Baryeh earned a bachelor of science from Mansfield in nutrition and dietetics with a minor in marketing in 2012.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMansfield\n University for me was a place where I had a sense of belonging and room\n to learn about myself and what role I want to play in society,\u201d said \nDr. Baryeh. \u201cI am honored for the opportunity to share my experience and hopefully inspire this class to continue to greatness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Mansfield, Baryeh\n went on to receive a master\u2019s in human nutrition from Texas State \nUniversity and a Ph.D. in public health education from the University of\n Toledo. She also holds an associate\u2019s degree from Harrisburg Area \nCommunity College and a certificate in disaster medical education from Toledo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baryeh has spent her professional career addressing public health issues\n and currently serves as a Public Health Epidemiologist for U.S. \nCOVID-19 response with Resolve to Save Lives in Franklin County, Ohio. Her work is focused on effective control of COVID in Franklin County with an emphasis on vulnerable communities disproportionally affected by the virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her previous experience includes health disparities research, health metrics development, advocacy, and program implementation. Baryeh\n led teams to address inequities in maternal health, mental health, \nhealthcare access\/utilization, diet quality, and food insecurity. Her dissertation work focused on developing a social determinant of health (SDOH) metric to predict health outcomes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baryeh\n serves as a reviewer for the Health Promotion Practice journal and the \nTranslational Behavioral Medicine journal. She has taught undergraduate \ncourses in global health, chronic disease epidemiology, and nutritional \nscience. She is a member of the Society for Public Health Education \nResearch Committee and the American Public Health Association Nutrition \nProgram Planning Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mansfield\u2019s commencement\n ceremonies will be divided into two celebrations to accommodate \nlimitations on the number of graduates and guests in attendance, per \ncompliance with CDC and Pennsylvania Department of Health guidelines. The ceremonies are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Each graduate is allowed four guests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eligible graduates from Fall 20\u2019 and Spring and Summer \u201821 can register for commencement through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mansfield.edu\/today\/\">my.mansfield.edu<\/a>. The deadline is Friday, April 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A live stream of the ceremonies will be available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mansfield.edu\/\">mansfield.edu<\/a>. Following commencement, the recording of each ceremony will be available on the Mansfield University YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information on commencement is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mansfield.edu\/commencement\/\">mansfield.edu\/commencement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, Pa. \u2013 Dr. Nana Ama Kwarteng Baryeh \u201912 will serve as commencement speaker for Mansfield University\u2019s in-person ceremonies on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3748\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dr. Nana Ama Kwarteng Baryeh \u201912 to serve as commencement speaker<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FB7.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-Ys","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3766,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3766","url_meta":{"origin":3748,"position":0},"title":"Mansfield University to hold 156th commencement Saturday","author":"rmcnamara","date":"May 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, Pa. \u2013 339 graduates will have their degrees conferred during Mansfield University\u2019s 156th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 15 at Karl Van Norman Field. 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