{"id":648,"date":"2016-06-30T19:47:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iawatercenter.wordpress.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2016-06-30T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:47:32","slug":"introducing-a-new-intern-by-reflecting-on-iowah2o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/introducing-a-new-intern-by-reflecting-on-iowah2o\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing a new intern by reflecting on #iowah2o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Marianne Murchison joined the Iowa Water Center as an intern from University of Missouri Columbia Masters of Public Health Policy and Promotion program in June 2016.\u00a0 Her background is in Political Science, Nonprofit Management and Public Health Policy.\u00a0 Since 2013, she has been supporting conservation efforts of the USDA NRCS in Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma.\u00a0 She hopes to merge her education and experience to positively impact how the public views water quality and conservation as a public health issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrinking water supply is multidisciplinary.\u201d \u2013 P. 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