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Archive for July, 2026

CCHI Opens Nominations for 2 Commissioner Positions

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters is seeking nominations for two (2) positions on the CCHI Board for a three-year term beginning in October 2026:

  • Commissioner – two (2) vacancies

Nominees for Commissioner must represent a stakeholder group of healthcare interpreters, healthcare providers who work with interpreters, healthcare interpreting industry, or field of language access to health care. Before nominating, please review the expectations of the CCHI Commissioner and the criteria for selecting Commissioners. Also, please read the CCHI Policies for Commissioners at http://cchicertification.org/uploads/CCHI_Policies_for_Commissioners.pdf.

You may nominate yourself or someone else. If you nominate someone, prior to submission of the nomination, that individual must agree to the nomination and to serve for a term of three (3) years.

Nominations must be submitted on the Nomination Form (click to download as a PDF file OR as a MS Word file) as an attachment via email with the subject “CCHI Commissioner nomination” by  August 15, 2026, to: solutions@cchicertification.org. 

Spring 2026 ETOE™ Exam Scholarship Awards

July 15, 2026

Washington, DC

Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI)

We are excited to announce the six recipients of the Spring 2026 cycle of the ETOE™ Exam Scholarship! This scholarship supports interpreters who wish to take their CoreCHI certification to the next level with the performance-based CoreCHI-P™ credential. This Scholarship Cycle was made possible thanks to the sponsorship of CCHI.

The Spring recipients of the ETOE™ Scholarship, are:

  1. Cintia Davis (Portuguese, LA)
  2. Madhu Ghimirey (Nepali, PA)
  3. Sandrawati Kosasih-Beauchamp (Indonesian, CA)
  4. Mohamed Mohamed (Somali, MN)
  5. Sujitha Subramaniam (Tamil, OR)

CCHI celebrates these interpreters’ accomplishments as well as their commitment to professional success. They have much to be proud of, and we wish them the best of luck on their testing and certification journey.

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