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On December 20th, GHC President Barbara Bush organized the First Annual GHC Bowl-a-Thon in Dallas, Texas, drawing over 400 guests and raising $75,000!

Clinton Global Initiative University interviews GHC Founding Director Dave Ryan about the GHC mission, vision, and pilot program.

Colby College, alma mater of GHC co-founder Charles Hale, features the GHC founding story and mission in its summer 2009 Magazine.

In response to an article calling for a new cadre of young people working on pressing health challenges, Global Health Corps President Barbara Bush wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal highlighting the GHC as an innovative program already achieving results towards that mission.

Global Health Corps President Barbara Bush spoke about GHC on a social innovation panel at the National Conference on Citizenship. The panel examined the role of social innovation in civic life, and the importance of expanding innovation throughout all sectors of society. Barbara was joined by Sonal Shah, Director of the White House Office on Social Innovation, Diana Wells, President of Ashoka, Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation, and Justin Rockefeller, Vice President of Uhuru Capital Management.

The July 19-31 Orientation and Training Program for the inaugural class of GHC fellows was hosted by Stanford Health Policy. Professors affiliated with Stanford Health Policy worked with the GHC team to develop the Program, and bring in leading professors and practitioners to work with the fellows.

From July 19-31, the inaugural class of 22 Global Health Corps fellows came together at Stanford University for two weeks of education and reflection. The Corps worked with leading professors from the Stanford Business School and Medical School, and from a variety of departments including Health Policy, Political Science, Philosophy, and Human Biology to explore issues in global health and prepare for their fellowships.

Globalpost.com featured the Global Health Corps founding story and model in a recent story.

The report, entitled 'The U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Recommendations for the Public and Private Sectors,' describes the work of GHC in engaging outstanding young professionals in the health field.

GHC co-founders Dave Ryan and Jonny Dorsey joined President Bill Clinton onstage at the Clinton Global Initiative University as he announced and described the Global Health Corps program to the hundreds of students, University presidents, and other guests present at the meeting at the University of Texas, Austin.

Jonny Dorsey joined a panel called "Turning Economic Obstacles into Opportunity" at the Clinton Global Initiative University to discuss the Global Health Corps. Jonny was joined by Scott Cowen, President of Tulane University, Margaret McKenna, President of the Wal-Mart Foundation, Zainab Salbi, President of Women for Women International, Carlo DiMarco, Vice President at mtvU, and Paul Begala, President of Hat Creek Enterprises.

The San Francisco Chronicle interviews GHC co-founders and fellows following the first annual mid-year retreat in Rwanda.

Glamour interviews GHC President about her inspiration for co-founding the Global Health Corps and plans for the future.

The Global Health blog at Change.org features the opening of Global Health Corps applications in an interview with GHC Executive Director Jonny Dorsey.