Hanover Dean Wiley Chip Souba of Dartmouth Colleges Geisel School of Medicine plans to step down at the end of this month, bringing an unexpected end to a four-year tenure in which breakthroughs in research funding and progress in curriculum reform were offset by financial pressures that have left the school searching for an additional $10 million in revenue over the next 24 months.

The news that Souba would not seek reappointment to a second four-year term as dean came in a news release posted on the Dartmouth Now website.

Souba, who could not be reached for comment, had been dean of the medical school at Ohio State University until September 2010, when he was brought to Dartmouth by former President Jim Yong Kim. In an email to Dartmouth students, faculty and staff on Wednesday, Kims successor, Dartmouth President Phil Hanlon, said that in the next few days, we will inform the community about the interim leadership of the medical school with whom (Souba) will work to ensure a smooth transition through the end of June.

Justin Anderson, a Dartmouth spokesman, said that the medical school was expected to end its fiscal year with a $5.5 million deficit, down from the $13 million deficit that had been looming. Medical school budget makers will also need to find $10 million in additional revenue over the course of the next two fiscal years, he added. The medical schools fiscal year ends June 30. Geisel had a $244 million operating budget in fiscal 2011.

Some on the faculty traced Soubas departure to financial pressures that made it difficult to make changes and progress at the medical school. The deans job, which requires balancing an emphasis on education with an emphasis on research, is naturally controversial, said Tim Lahey, an associate professor of medicine. When you add a worsening financial situation to the mix, the controversy intensifies.

Controversy boiled over in February, after Souba suspended new enrollments in the medical schools MD-Ph.D program, which, according to its website, trains physician-scientists to provide excellent patient care, lead discovery in biomedical disease-oriented research, advocate for basic and translational biomedical research and take leadership roles in biomedical research and the delivery of health care. After a wave of protests from faculty, students and alumni from the program, Souba reopened admissions to the program but continued to evaluate its future.

According to sources familiar with the situation, the financial crunch at Geisel reflects flat funding from the National Institutes of Health and budget woes at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the Lebanon-based medical complex that is a primary teaching hospital affiliate of Geisel.

Thats accurate and not inconsistent with medical centers and medical schools across the country, said Anderson.

Total spending by the NIH, which funds medical research at 2,500 universities, medical schools and other research institutions, peaked at $31 billion in fiscal 2010, sagged to $29.1 billion in fiscal 2013 and is expected to edge over $30 billion this year.

Standard & Poors, a rating service used by bond buyers, has awarded an A+ rating to Dartmouth-Hitchcocks debt but noted that despite a very strong enterprise profile the hospital and clinic network has a slightly weaker financial profile than some of its peers.

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EL PASO (KTSM) The El Paso Independent School District will consider leasing or selling land at Jefferson High School to the Medical Center of Americas (MCA) for construction of a new private biomedical engineering facility.

The EPISD Board of Managers voted Tuesday to allow Superintendent Juan Cabrera to meet with the MCA about the proposal and report back to the board in August.

The proposed four-story $30 million building would be built on a yet-to-be-determined portion of the Jefferson campus, according to the MCA President Emma Schwartz.

The non-profit group is spearheading much of the medical development in the area surrounding University Medical Center and the Texas Tech Paul Foster School of Medicine in South Central El Paso.

Schwartz, who told NewsChannel 9 her group reached out to EPISD a few weeks ago, said the facility would provide the Silva Health Magnet students with biomedical research and internship opportunities.

"I think something we struggle with as a community, and as a nation, is how do we better align industry with education," Schwartz said.

Schwartz said the project would also mean enhanced landscaping in the area.

A map of the proposed site provided by MCA showed the placement of the new building directly on top of Jefferson High.

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Alumni from celebrating classes of 1964 (50 years), 1969 (45 years), 1994 (20 years) and 2004 (10 years) attended the event.

Awards were presented to two alumni, as well as one of the schools long-time science instructors.

Amy Freitag, Class of 1981, received the Lincoln Gries Distinguished Alumni Award that is presented to an alumnus who has made an important contribution or given extraordinary service to others in some field, as a professional or volunteer.

Freitag was recently appointed executive director of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a New York-based charitable foundation, after serving as executive director of the New York Restoration Project from 2010 to 2014, where she led a staff of landscape managers, designers and community engagement professionals to improve green spaces in New York Citys highest-need communities. Major projects included the successful execution of the Million Trees NYC program, renovation of seven community gardens and the $6 million campaign to complete the restoration of Sherman Creek Park.

Prior to her work at NYRP, Freitag served as U.S. program director for the World Monuments Fund. Her professional background also includes serving as deputy commissioner for capital projects in the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and several positions in Philadelphias Fairmont Park. She serves on the board of the New York Preservation Archive Project and the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation. She lectures nationally on the history of women in conservation and is researching a book on the founding of the Garden Club of America. She has a bachelors degree from Smith College and masters degrees in landscape architecture and historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Jackie Rohrer, class of 1994, received the Peter G. Wilson Rising Star Award presented to an OTS alumnus who has graduated from OTS within the past 20 years who has shown professional and community leadership and exhibited appreciation for OTS. This award is named in honor of a former OTS headmaster.

A family physician who practices obstetrics, Rohrer delivers babies, treats children from infants to teenagers and manages the care for adults of all ages. According to OTS officials, her passion lies in caring for people through lifes transitions, as well as working with under-served populations.

After attending Walsh Jesuit High School, Boston College and medical school at McGill University in Montreal, she completed her family medicine residency in Lancaster, Pa. She practices at Foothill Family Clinic in Salt Lake City. Her skill set recently expanded to include C-sections after she completed a one-year surgical obstetrics fellowship at the University of Utah.

Prior to attending medical school, Rohrer conducted research at Massachusetts General Hospital and volunteered for six months at a rural hospital in Cameroon. During her time in Boston, she met a Hudson native, Jason Stevenson, and they married at Hale Farm and Village in Bath in 2008. Jason works in health care reform, and they have a 3-year old son, Calvin.

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FALL RIVER Dr. Paul P. Dunn, MD, age 94, of Fall River, died June 8, 2014. He was the husband of Donna S. (Gray) Dunn, RN, CRNO, for the past 42 years.

Born in Fall River, a son of the late John F. Dunn, Sr. DDS and Venesia (Clorite) Dunn, he was a lifelong resident of the city.

Licensed in General Ophthalmology and Surgery, Dr. Dunn began his over 50 year career at the original Truesdale Clinic in 1949 and carried on as a founding member of the present Clinic, retiring in 1996. A Clinical Instructor, Dr. Dunn taught the Lancaster Course and Ophthalmic Study Council in Maine from 1948-1965. His additional teaching experience included being Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology of Charlton Memorial and St. Anne's Hospitals and the Same Day Surgiclinic, and Chairman and former President of the Truesdale Clinic.

He was a graduate and past president of the Alumni Association of Providence College, Class of 1941 and a recipient of it's National Alumni Association Award, and a graduate of Tufts College of Medical School with a Doctor of Medicine, 1944. His post graduate training included a rotating internship at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT, residency in Ophthalmology at Boston City Hospital, working for 6 months at the Regional Office of Veterans Administration in General Medicine, serving a 2 year residency in ophthalmology at Boston City Hospital, 1 year Harvard Post Graduate Course and attending Lancaster Course in Maine. He was Board certified with the American Board of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons.

A United States Army Veteran, he served as a medical officer during World War II.

Dr. Dunn was a member of numerous professional organizations including: the American and Massachusetts Medical Associations, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow American College of Surgeons, the Diplomat of American Board of Ophthalmology, the Fall River Medical and Ophthalmologic Societies, the Bristol County Medical Society and the MA Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. He was a member, served on the board and former Chairman of the Nominating Committee of the New England Ophthalmological Society, a member of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, the Research to Prevent Blindness, the American Intraocular Implant Society, the New England Lens Implant Society and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

In 2000, the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery at Bristol Community College was named the "Dr. Paul P. and Donna S. Dunn Exhibit Hall" in their honor. He and his wife were active supporters of the BCC Foundation.

An avid golfer, squash and tennis player, he was a member of the Fall River and New Bedford Country Clubs, and the Fetherdick Tennis Club, the Fall River YMCA. He was also a member of the Quequechan Club, the Fall River Historical Society and Bakers Beach Club. An accomplished skier, he and his wife traveled and skied internationally for many years.

Surviving in addition to his wife: 1 son: Paul P. Dunn, Jr. of Falmouth, 2 daughters: Susan M. Dunn and husband Ronald Buss and Joanne C. Dunn all of Denver, CO, 1 brother: Thomas Dunn of Fall River, 3 grandchildren: Haley Dunn, Avianna and Ivan Buss, sister-in-law: Cheryl Donovan and her daughter Kimberly Cronin and many nieces and nephews. He loved his pet Fox Terriers: "Holly" & "Jessie" and Toy Poodle: "Lilly".

He was brother of the late John F. Dunn, Jr., MD.

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May is the month when many students graduate and look forward to attending college in the fall. In that respect, Victoria Campbell, age 17, daughter of Dale Campbell (who finished high school at Union Grove) and Myong Won Khym, and granddaughter of Gayle and Clovis Campbell of Gilmer, is no different. However, instead of entering college as freshman this fall, Victoria begins post-graduate studies preparing for the MCAT exam and applying to medical school.

On May 21st, Victoria was one of eight students graduating from the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at University of California at Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Science. Victorias primary research was isotope thermochronology, a method that applies chemistry, physics, and mineralogy to determine the age of rocks and minerals.

In addition to her classes at Cal, as UC Berkeley is affectionately known by its alumni, Victoria was an active member of Rotoract, the college chapter of Rotary International and was the club photographer. Her volunteer activities included many service projects such as cleaning up local beaches and parks and painting houses for the elderly and disabled. She also volunteered in the marine biology lab where she observed an octopus using a clam shell to cut through netting and escape from its side of the aquarium.

To accomplish this feat, Victoria took an early route to college. Since age eight, she wanted to become a medical missionary doctor. By age ten, she completed all the subjects required to graduate high school, but she spent an extra year studying more advanced subjects such as college-level calculus with analytic geometry. At age eleven, she took the SAT (college entrance exam) and began taking college classes at Norwalk Community College a few days after her 12th birthday. She also attended summer school at UC Berkeley, and studied at the University of Connecticut for one year before transferring to Cal as a full-time student.

Victorias tenacity, as evidenced by ten years of studying piano, and graduating high school and college early, combined with her passion for service and volunteering will serve her well in her journey to achieving her dreams of becoming a missionary doctor.

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Calendars of several private schools and colleges, customarily, set aside dates for alumni to congregate, search for familiar faces, and for noted alumni to share their experiences. Soon, the Chennai Corporation, too, will reach out to its alumni.

Each year, around 6,000 students, on an average, graduate from class XII, so we are expecting a good number of past students from all classes to register. We will also be opening online registrations, said an official.

The official said they had received requests from industries, skill training institutes and other organisations for various opportunities and requirements. Often, we are not able to communicate with students at large. The effort is to create a comprehensive database of alumni so that we can link them when there are relevant opportunities, training programmes and avenues, and be in touch with them. This will be the immediate use, the official said.

One of the ideas under consideration is to send out bulk messages, instead of having to contact alumni individually. Though schools have records, the contact details might have changed, said the official. Few students, said the official, knew about the four community colleges, for instance.

A headmaster of a Chennai Corporation Higher Secondary School, which is set to complete 25 years, said having an alumni club would streamline communication.

Now, students come individually on a voluntary basis to address students, and we maintain records and call some of them as well. It is quite motivating when old students, who are now placed well, address students, because they understand where the students come from, he said, adding that most private schools and colleges have alumni clubs, and will bring in a sense of belonging.

An official noted that when they were in the process of developing a brochure about the schools run by the Corporation, a headmistress spoke about a girl who had scored centums in four subjects and got into a government medical college, and another about a student who works in Royal Bank of Scotland. There will be many more students who are doing well, and they can come back and address the students, the official said.

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Marshall University president Stephen Kopp, left, and Joseph Shapiro, Dean of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine attend, "Outstanding in Our Field," a medical school scholarship fundraiser on Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Proctorville.

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PROCTORVILLE, Ohio Current students and alumni of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine got together Saturday for a night of wine and dining to support scholarships for medical students.

It was a country casual event hosted by Dr. Bobby and Eric Hardin-Miller at their rural residence in Proctorville, Ohio.

Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Marys Medical Center co-sponsored the evening which included food and wine pairings by chef Steven Nakano, who is also a fourth-year medical student, and music by The Jillettes, which includes Dr. Donnah Wolodkin Whitaker, a 1984 alum of the school.

Because medical school is so expensive, Nakano said he supports efforts to raise money for scholarships as he has friends who have graduated with $300,000 worth of debt.

Linda Holmes, director of development and alumni affairs for the School of Medicine, said the school gives $2 million in scholarships each year in hopes students can graduate with less debt.

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Drysch is Santa Margarita Catholic High School's valedictorian with a 4.88 GPA. He scored 2360 on the SAT, is an IB Diploma Graduate, National Merit Scholar and founder of the nonprofit Pre-AMA, which raises funds to benefit local health-care programs. He was selected to participate in the UCI Summer Surgery Program, observing surgeries, practicing robotic and laparoscopic surgery skills, and studying anatomy and physiology. Drysch was a research assistant for UCI Medical Center's Department of Urology the only high school student selected to participate in the graduate-level project. He's also a four-year athlete in golf and a UCLA Alumni Association Scholarship recipient.

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The Salem High School Alumni Association awarded $326,125 in scholarships-the most it has ever given-to 96 individuals at its 133rd annual reunion and banquet on May 24.

The scholarship recipients include 55 new Salem High School graduates, 37 alumni enrolled in undergraduate programs or healthcare-related graduate programs, and four current students, who were awarded Pardee Band Camp Scholarships. The income from the association's $9.5 million investment portfolio funds the scholarships and the association's operating expenses.

Treasurer Daniel T. Moore thanked all the association's donors. "Your contributions are an investment in every award recipient's future. Ninety-six students this evening will have a jumpstart on life because of your contributions to the alumni association. Investing in someone's education is a start to their future success," he said. He offered special thanks to the Hickey and Peters families for creating the Lois A. Peters Memorial Business Scholarship in 2013.

Salem High School Alumni Association Second Vice President Frank Zamarelli, left, and President Shelley Miller Wilson congratulate Dr. Randy L. Hanzlick on receiving the association's 2014 Honored Alumnus Award. As chief medical examiner for Fulton County, Georgia, which includes Atlanta, Hanzlick has led national efforts to improve forensic pathology practices and death investigation systems. (Photo courtesy Salem High School Alumni Association)

This year's honored alumnus, Dr. Randy Hanzlick, was the featured speaker for the audience of 400 people that included members of the classes of 1944, 1949, 1954, and 1964. The Class of 1954 gave $1,000 and the Class of 1964 gave $6,785 to the association.

As he praised Salem, Hanzlick urged the scholarship winners to pursue their dreams bravely. "Many students in this country are not so lucky to have the opportunities you had in Salem ... You learned good principles and values here. Be thankful for that and put them to good use in your life."

Hanzlick is a physician who since 1998 has been the chief medical examiner for the county that includes Atlanta, Georgia. A 1970 Salem High School graduate, Hanzlick has received numerous professional awards for his national efforts to improve medicolegal death investigation systems, the guidelines and standards of forensic pathology practices, and the education of forensic pathologists.

"I have spent my life dealing with death almost every day, figuring out why and how people die. I have seen much sadness, violence, and misfortune. But that makes me realize and appreciate how kind, caring, and loving people can be, and that the positive things in this world far outweigh the negative things. Always look at the bright side," he advised.

Calling Salem "the center of my universe," Hanzlick expressed gratitude to specific teachers, friends, and relatives, especially his parents. Hanzlick's 94-year-old mother, Betty Hanzlick, attended the banquet with him and his wife, Mary. His father was Walter Hanzlick.

"My mother worked at Deming and processed orders for pumps. My dad was a carpenter and then a janitor at E.W. Bliss. We lived in a small house and did not have a lot of money. But my parents taught me a strong work and study ethic which helped me to study, work, and make my dream come true," he said.

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