{"id":34872,"date":"2012-04-05T14:24:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T18:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=34872"},"modified":"2020-10-17T12:30:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:30:53","slug":"mary-schmidt-owens-named-public-health-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/mary-schmidt-owens-named-public-health-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Schmidt-Owens Named ‘Public Health HERO’"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/strong>Advocating for a healthy campus community has earned Mary Schmidt-Owens, UCF\u2019s assistant director of Medical and Health Administration, recognition from Orange County.<\/p>\n The Orange County Health Department named Owens a \u201cPublic Health HERO\u201d today as part of its celebration of National Public Health Week.<\/p>\n Owens, co-chair of the UCF Smoke-Free Steering Committee, was honored for her commitment in transforming UCF into a smoke-free campus.<\/p>\n The smoke-free policy will is scheduled to go into effect this fall.<\/p>\n