Durham, NC - Shelley Moore Capito '75 hardly took the conventional path to the U.S. Congress. A zoology major at Duke, she started out on a track to medical school--until she realized she couldnt stand the sight of blood.

So when the West Virginia congresswoman was asked recently to offer advice to Duke undergraduates, she had a quick reply: "Dont expect your life path to be straight and narrow," she said. "Changing your mind--about your major, career path or goals--create curves in life, but should ultimately be seen as opportunities."

Capito spoke to about 50 Duke alumni, students and parents at the DukeDC Congressional Breakfast, organized by D.C.-area alumni to highlight Dukes connections in the Capitol. The non-partisan gathering, an annual staple on the DukeDC calendar that dates back two decades, has featured alumni such as Sen. Rand Paul MD88 of Kentucky; Rep. Nick Rahall 71 of West Virginia, Rep. Scott Peters 80 of California and Rep. Dan Lipinski PhD98 of Illinois.

Capito, a Republican, was elected in 2001 to represent West Virginias 2nd Congressional district. She is running in the November election for the U.S. Senate, hoping to fill the seat opened by Sen. Jay Rockefellers retirement.

At the breakfast, Capito shared how working in a hospital during the summer before her senior year of college changed her career path. After realizing she didnt want to work in medicine, she instead applied to graduate school to study higher education, later becoming a college counselor in West Virginia.

Her path was altered again in the run-up to the 2000 elections. Then serving as a delegate to the West Virginia State House, Capito was encouraged to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. The decision to run, she said, took a lot of prodding, but has allowed her a larger platform to advocate on behalf of West Virginia citizens.

Andrea Martin 81, a DukeDC board member who attended the breakfast, called Capitos reflections "heartwarming" and inspiring for Dukes Beltway alumni. "From her time as a Duke undergrad, to becoming the mother of three Duke graduates, her love for Duke shined through all her comments and energized everyone," Martin said.

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Geisel School Dean Wiley W. Souba Jr. Honored by University

Hanover Dr. Wiley W. Souba Jr., of Hanover, recently received the Distinguished Service award from Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, in recognition of his personal and professional achievements.

The award s ponsored by the Muskingum University Alumni Council is the universitys highest alumni honor. It recognizes and honors alumni who have distinguished themselves through their professional endeavors and exemplary services to society.

Souba is the vice president for health affairs and dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where he also holds faculty appointments as professor of surgery and professor of business administration in the Tuck School of Business.

Previously, he served as dean of medicine at The Ohio State University and on the medical school faculties at Penn State University College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and the University of Florida College of Medicine.

Souba holds a bachelors degree in chemistry from Muskingum. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School Houston, a doctoral degree in nutritional biochemistry from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a masters degree in business administration f rom Boston University.

He has published three books and nearly 500 articles, abstracts, papers and book chapters. Souba has also served as editorial chairman of the American College of Surgeons journal Surgery and as co-editor of the J ournal of Surgical Research . He also holds an honorary doctor of science degree from Muskingum.

Souba is a native of Caracas, Venezuela.

Armistead Caregiver Services Appoints President

Lebanon Annmarie Plant, a registered nurse and certified case manager, has been appointed president of Armistead Caregiver Services.

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Email reveals school ran out of emergency contraceptives after one weekend Supplies exhausted after requests from pupils who had sex in boarding houses Head teacher of Stowe School in Buckinghamshire wrote email to senior staff Family values campaigners hit out at school for sending 'mixed messages' School insists it has clear policies 'on all pastroral issues including sexual behaviour'

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Published: 16:39 EST, 28 June 2014 | Updated: 16:39 EST, 28 June 2014

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One of the countrys most prestigious private schools ran out of emergency contraceptive pills after requests from pupils who had sex in their boarding houses.

The revelation was made in an email in which senior staff at the 33,000-a-year co-educational Stowe School voiced great concerns when supplies of the morning-after pill were exhausted after one weekend earlier this year.

Assistant Head Peter Last wrote in the email, leaked to The Mail on Sunday, that the fact pupils were relaxed enough to have sex in a boarding house and openly tell school nurses suggested staff needed to increase vigilance and warn pupils about their behaviour.

Stowe School in Buckinghamshire ran out of emergency contraceptive pills after requests from pupils who had sex in their boarding houses, an email revealed

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"It's just devastating to see that school close," she said. "We only did a drop in the bucket of what needs to be done with the rest of the kids in that neighborhood and any other neighborhood. We started with $300 tuition and we paid monthly, and the kids got a great education."

Genesis II was initially operated by nuns from the Ravenhill Academy, before giving way to a lay administration. The non-religious school grew to pre-K through grade 4, bouncing around to several locations, most recently at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Monica, on Baring Street near 36th.

Like many private schools, Genesis II saw enrollment drop dramatically over the past decade, going from about 50 pupils to 18 this past year. The school chose to stay true to its roots and keep tuition affordable for low-income families, which made it tough to keep pace financially.

"We're one-fourth of what other private schools charge, but our students qualify," director and teacher Eleanor Childs said. "But that means fewer funds to operate with, so it's always been a struggle and we've always had to raise money for the school. And the truth of the matter, so do those very affluent schools raise lots of money. . . . In these last five or six years it got really difficult."

As a Montessori school, pupils learned concepts by going from abstract to concrete, and from simple to complex. Childs said the school often ventured outside the classroom, taking trips to museums, community centers, the Philadelphia Zoo and other nearby facilities.

"All of those educational and cultural and recreational possibilities made it possible for us to have an incredible enrichment program, and we took advantage of it all," she said.

The school will have an event today for families, alumni and staff to say good-bye.

For Childs, the closing is bittersweet. She said she is confident most of their families will find a good school, but it is difficult to give up at a time when the Philadelphia School District is in dire straits.

"They're talking about putting 41 kids in a class," she noted. "It's a very bad time, a very questionable time in terms of how our country feels about its children."

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Newswise Bethesda, Md Enlisted military service members in the Air Force and Army now have an opportunity to prepare for future careers as uniformed physicians thanks to a new program headquartered at the F. Edward Hbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md.

The Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, or EMDP2, is a 24-month program for highly-qualified enlisted service members interested in a career as a military doctor. Candidates will attend school full-time at George Mason University-Prince William (GMU-PW) campus in Manassas, Va., to prepare them to apply to medical school, while remaining on active duty. Candidates must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited academic institution with a minimum of a 3.2 grade point average and meet Service requirements for commissioning.

The inaugural EMDP2 class, up to 10 students, will report to USU at the end of July to begin the program, which will include full-time medical school preparatory coursework in a traditional classroom setting at GMU-PW, structured pre-health advising, formal Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) preparation, dedicated faculty and peer mentoring at USU, and integrated clinical exposure. Students completing the program successfully will qualify to apply to most U.S. medical schools.

"We are thrilled to be launching the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program at the Uniformed Services University and excited to be partnering with George Mason University-Prince William campus for this new educational endeavor. We have had fantastic support from the Services and by the many who wish for this program to succeed, said Lt. Col. (Dr.) Aaron Saguil, associate dean for Admissions and Recruitment at USUs Hbert School of Medicine. With the EMDP2, we will be able to even better recognize the talent that exists within our enlisted--the professional backbone of the military--and provide them an opportunity to continue their aspirations to become physician-leaders in the rapidly evolving Military Health System."

About USU: The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, founded by an act of Congress in 1972, is the nations federal health sciences university and the academic heart of the Military Health System. USU students are primarily active duty uniformed officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service who receive specialized education in tropical and infectious diseases, TBI and PTSD, disaster response and humanitarian assistance, global health, and acute trauma care. A large percentage of the universitys more than 5,200 physician and 1,000 advanced practice nursing alumni are supporting operations around the world, offering their leadership and expertise. USU also has graduate programs in biomedical sciences and public health committed to excellence in research, and in oral biology, which have award more than 1,500 degrees to date. The University's research program covers a wide range of clinical and other topics important to both the military and public health. For more information about USU and its programs, visit http://www.usuhs.edu.

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Contact: Sam Gellman gellman@chem.wisc.edu 608-262-3303 University of Wisconsin-Madison

MADISON, Wis. By swapping replacement parts into the backbone of a synthetic hormone, UWMadison graduate student Ross Cheloha and his mentor, Sam Gellman, along with collaborators at Harvard Medical School, have built a version of a parathyroid hormone that resists degradation in laboratory mice. As a result, the altered hormone can stay around longer and at much higher concentration, says Gellman, professor of chemistry at the UW.

Hormones are signaling molecules that are distributed throughout the body, usually in the blood. Hormones elicit responses from only those cells that carry appropriate receptor molecules. "Receptors have evolved to recognize a very specific signal in a sea of biological fluids that is full of molecular messages," Gellman says.

The relationship between a receptor and its signaling molecule is often likened to that between a lock and a key.

"We're excited because we have preserved the ability to activate the receptor" by altering the backbone of the hormone, which holds the essential contact points in place, Gellman says. "While retaining, even enhancing, the signaling ability, we have diminished the peptide's susceptibility to the biodegradation mechanisms that nature uses to eliminate signals over time."

Peptides are segments of proteins. Peptide hormones, like the better-known steroid hormones such as estrogen and testosterone, can convey a signal to billions of cells at once, even at tiny concentrations.

For a study published June 15 in Nature Biotechnology, the researchers altered a highly successful synthetic parathyroid hormone called teriparatide, which is used to combat severe osteoporosis.

But the real excitement of the discovery is the potential impact on a large class of peptide drugs, Gellman says. "A substantial group of receptors, including some involved in diabetes, respond to peptide signals, but peptides are quickly degraded in the body. Our approach seems to suggest a general strategy to retain the ability to target a specific receptor while diminishing the action of degrading enzymes. The key is that the receptor is looking for one shape while the destructive enzyme seeks a different shape."

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Most of state's 'best doctors' are UH med school-affiliates

A majority of doctors identified as Best Doctors trained at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at UH Mnoa.

The 2014 "Best Doctors" list was comprised of 410 Hawaii physicians. Of that 410, 333 are alumni and/or faculty of the UH medical school.

JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges said the significance for the state is that the school is the most important contributor to the physician workforce in the islands.

The annual list is determined by the doctors who fill out a survey that asks, "If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?

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One dead in Seattle university shooting

A 26-year-old man shot and killed one in a shooting at Seattle Pacific University yesterday, wounding numerous others.

He was subdued when a student confronted him and others joined in and held him down.

The suspect is not a student of the Christian campus with approximately 4,000 students, police said.

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Cheney High School Reunion Class of 1974 - July 19. All alumni picnic at Salnave Park, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., followed by meet-up at 6 p.m. at Fairways Golf Course. For more information, contact Dianne Stradling Denenny at (509) 953-6817 or email at diannesden@yahoo.com. $20/per person by July13.

South Hill Ernst Home Center Former Employees - A potluck will be held at the gazebo in Manito Park on Aug. 2, 1-5 p.m. Call Rita at (509) 599-6635 for moreinformation.

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Cheney High School Reunion Class of 1974 - July 19. All alumni picnic at Salnave Park, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., followed by meet-up at 6 p.m. at Fairways Golf Course. For more information, contact Dianne Stradling Denenny at (509) 953-6817 or email at diannesden@yahoo.com. $20/per person by July13.

South Hill Ernst Home Center Former Employees - A potluck will be held at the gazebo in Manito Park on Aug. 2, 1-5 p.m. Call Rita at (509) 599-6635 for moreinformation.

Medical Lake High School Class of 1964 - June 20. Information on classmates is requested. Contact Ilse Box Long at omalong1900@gmail.com.

Valley School Reunion - July 12. A potluck will be held at noon, Valley School, 3034 Huffman Road, Valley, Washington. All former Valley School classmates are invited to attend. For more information, contact Jackie at (509) 937-2054 or Betty at (509)937-2145.

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Bradford High Alumni Association awards scholarships

The Bradford Area High School Alumni Association has presented its annual scholarship awards of $500 each to two 2014 Bradford High graduates during a luncheon held at the Pennhills Club.

Codi J. Zimmerman and Shelby Barr were named this years award recipients.

Zimmerman is the daughter of Kelly Compton of Bradford and will enroll in Carlow University in Pittsburgh this fall. She is majoring in biology to prepare for a career as a medical examiner.

Barr is the daughter of Susan Barr and the late Christopher Barr. She will enroll at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford this fall, majoring in biology to prepare for pre-medical studies at the University of Pittsburgh main campus.

Both young women, in addition to involvement in school activities, maintaining honor roll status and carrying college-level courses as seniors, have worked at part-time jobs during their school years. They are currently employed as certified nursing assistants and plan to continue doing so while attending college.

The association awards scholarships each year, and membership is open to any person who graduated from, attended or taught at Bradford High, regardless of year. There is a nominal annual fee, which supports the grant program.

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Charles Twiggs Myers, who was a longtime faculty member at Berkshire School, died June 14. He was 83. (Berkshire School website)

SHEFFIELD -- Charles Twiggs Myers, considered by many the institutional heart and soul of Berkshire School, died June 14 at Berkshire Medical Center from injuries he sustained from fall at his home, the school announced on its website. He was 83.

Myers taught history at Berkshire School from 1953 to 1995. He was also a longtime track and skiing coach at the school and the founder of its cross country team.

Following his retirement as a teacher, he worked as the school's historian and archivist for more than 60 years, almost until his death.

He was uniquely qualified for the latter positions. When Myers joined the school staff, several of the professors who served on the school's original 1909 staff were still working there.

"I knew a lot of the old alumni, also," he said in a 2007 interview. "As I often said, I remember everything about Berkshire [School], whether it happened or not."

In addition to being "the best storyteller I've ever known," reported longtime Berkshire School teacher and coach Peter Kinne several years ago, "[Myers] bleeds Berkshire blue. He's a very humble man who never understood, I don't think, the impact he's had on this school."

Myers was called "the conscience of Berkshire School" by former Berkshire School communications director James Harris.

"Like a lot of old schoolmasters, he never married," Myers said. "His children were the ones who went to school here."

Myers was born Charles Twiggs Myers on Aug. 2, 1930. Twiggs isn't a nickname. His great-great grandfather was Confederate Gen. David E. Twiggs.

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