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FAMU’s Haleem Brown Earns Tom Joyner Foundation Hercules Scholarship

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida A&M University (FAMU) biology student Haleem Brown, 19, has been named the first of five FAMU students who will receive a Tom Joyner Foundation Hercules Scholarship during the month of January.

The scholarship is being awarded in conjunction with the foundations School of the Month recognition program, which highlights FAMU as its January School of the Month. Joyner will announce the scholarship recipients each Thursday in this month and recognized Brown on todays airing of the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

Brown, an Apopka, Fla., native, holds a 4.0 GPA and plans to attend medical school in order to pursue a career in health care. When hes not hitting the books, he dedicates his free time to serving as a mentor and volunteer basketball coach to high school students at the FAMU Developmental Research School (FAMU DRS).

I really believe in doing whatever I can to help people and make a difference in the community, said Brown, who explained that witnessing his mother face diabetes, and watching people in his community struggle in various ways, inspired him to help others through health care and volunteerism.

It is Browns passion for learning and giving back that has earned him the honor of being a recipient of the Hercules Scholarship. As a Hercules Scholar, Brown, a freshman, will be awarded $1,500 to use toward tuition, books and on-campus living.

I dont do it just for recognition, Brown said after learning of the honor. I do it because its the right thing to do helping others is the right thing to do. Its in my heart and my parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and former teammates helped to instill it in me.

As he continues to strive toward academic excellence, Brown said he would stop at nothing to live out his personal motto, He aint heavy, hes my brother, which reflects his passion for lifting others up.

The Hercules Scholarship is awarded to male students who exhibit leadership skills, are active in the community and maintain at least a 3.5 GPA. Additionally, scholarship recipients must plan to embark in a career that will positively impact the quality of life of others.

As a part of the School of the Month recognition, the Tom Joyner Foundation will partner with FAMU throughout the year in a fundraiser that serves to challenge FAMU alumni and supporters to make record-breaking donations toward providing more scholarships to deserving students.

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Scituate Year in Review: Month by Month – Sept through Dec

And so 2013 draws to a close:

September

Lt. Detective Mike Stewart was named as the new chief of the Scituate Police Department. A Scituate native and graduate of Scituate High School, Stewart has served the Town of Scituate for more than 30 years. He began his career in law enforcement as a patrolman in 1983. The new chief comes from a long line of public servants. His late father was Scituates fire chief. His great grandfather was a police chief back in the 1930s. His sister is a captain with the State Police. There are nurses and teachers in the family as well. The previous Scituate Police Chief, Brian Stewart, who stepped down over the summer, is Stewarts uncle. Stewart earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice at Western New England College, and served as a member of the FBI-led Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force. He has also worked closely with the Scituate School Department.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has approved the Boston-based company, Daedalus, as the Owners Project Manager (OPM) for the Gates Intermediate School project. The company will oversee the feasibility study and schematic design phase of the project.

Scituate Council on Aging Director Florence Choate announced she would be retiring in December. Pointing out that she is a senior herself, Choate said she plans to spend more time with her family. She said she would miss the seniors the most, and that she has met so many wonderful people through her position.

Phillips Candy House matriarch Ann Sammartino celebrates her 100th birthday and remembers her sweet life.

The Town of Scituate will be filing an appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) questioning the assumptions made in the calculations of the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The town has engaged a consultant to analyze the maps. Officials said they felt FEMA got some of the data wrong.

The Scituate Families, Adolescents and Communities Together Against Substances (FACTS) Coalition has been selected to receive funding from a federal grant to continue its efforts to involve and engage the community in measures to prevent substance abuse among young people.

October

Assistant School Superintendent Jill Proulx announced that the Scituate School District is outperforming the state in all subject ELA (English Language Arts), Math and Science - on MCAS. The results were from 2012-2013 MCAS testing. Proulx said that 86 percent of Scituate students are scoring proficient/advanced in ELA, 82 percent are scoring proficient/advanced in Math, and 71 percent are scoring proficient/advanced in Science. She also gave a summary of performance for the individual schools.

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Resident Medical School Career Path Sasha E. Andrews, M.D. Baylor College of Medicine MFM Fellowship David R. Benavides, M.D. UT Medical Branch at Galveston Private Practice Stephanie Chang, M.D. UT Southwestern Medical School Academic Teaching Catherine A. Chappell, M.D. UT Southwestern Medical School Infectious Disease Fellowship Karen C. Creed, M.D. Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University Private Practice Heather Holder Gardow, M.D. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Academic Teaching Meadow M. Good, D.O. Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Rebecca A. Gray, M.D. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Private Practice Pamela Kothari, M.D. University of Florida School of Medicine-Gainesville Academic Teaching Jessica W. McCullough, M.D. University of South Carolina School of Medicine Private Practice Jennifer L. Muller, M.D. UT Medical Branch at Galveston Pelvic Surgery Fellowship David B. Nelson, M.D. University of Arkansas School for Medical Sciences MFM Fellowship Wendy C. Parnell, M.D. Temple University School of Medicine Private Practice Brock L. Pierce, M.D. UT Health Science Center-San Antonio Private Practice Cristina E. Perez, M.D. UT Southwestern Medical School Private Practice Jessica M. Salinas, M.D. UT Southwestern Medical School Pelvic Surgery Fellowship Robert D. Stewart, M.D. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center MFM Fellowship Candice E. Walker, M.D. UT Southwestern Medical School Private Practice Brent B. Whiddon, M.D. University of Alabama Medical Center-Birmingham Private Practice

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In hubbub about Jacksonville school’s name, here are some more quietly immortalized

The name of one Duval County high school Nathan B. Forrest High has caused contention for years because its namesake was one of the first Ku Klux Klan leaders.

However, there are dozens of other schools in Duval County emblazoned with all or part of a persons name. They are immortalized on report cards and sports jerseys. Their names will be repeated for decades by alumni, who as children once lingered in the schools halls, even if they dont know the man or woman behind the name.

Jacksonville has been reminded who Nathan B. Forrest was, but what about the others? The ones who kept to the straight and narrow? The ones whose legacies would never prompt emergency School Board meetings?

Here are biographies of eight Duval County elementary, middle and high schools. Within this quick snapshot are men and women who fought for civil rights, built institutions and left legacies that shaped Jacksonville.

MAMIE AGNES JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Born in 1879, Mamie Agnes Jones taught for about 70 years, dedicating her energy to molding Northeast Floridas youth from when she was 16 until her elderly years. She attended Florida State College for Women, now Florida State University, to get her teaching certification after she was widowed. Over the course of her life, she taught in Duval, Orange, Levy and Nassau counties. Her surviving relatives described her as kind-hearted woman who saw the potential in everyone. She personally coached a young black man who worked in her home, helping to get him enrolled in high school and then college despite racial barriers to education. He later became a professor in California. Even after she retired, she kept teaching by running a kindergarten out of her house. She believed strength came from within a person, said Laura Jones, her granddaughter-in-law.

SALLYE B. MATHIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Sallye Brooks Mathis, born in Jacksonville, fought racial and gender barriers during the 1970s going toe-to-toe with segregationists and city councilmen alike to become one of the first women elected to the City Council. Born to a furniture salesman and a schoolteacher, she attended Stanton High School , earned her bachelors from Tuskegee Institute and her masters in education and guidance from Florida A&M University. She worked in the Duval County public school system for about 20 years. She taught geography and civics and then became a middle school dean. She got involved in civil rights work after retiring. Standing in picket lines outside City Hall, she faced men who threatened her with baseball bats but remained undaunted. She fought to end segregation in Jacksonville when the city delayed desegregating classrooms for at least 10 years after the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional. In 1967, she was elected to the City Council and championed efforts to help African-Americans, the elderly and low-income residents. Some reports called her a fighter, as she often called out other members of the council as racists when they voted down measures that would help the African-American community. During her time on the council, her city hall cubicle contained a Bible, a prayer book and a sign that said: God so loved the world He didnt send a committee.

SADIE T. TILLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Sadie T. Tillis, an elementary and middle school teacher, saw that her students needed help that went beyond the classroom. She partnered with local health agencies to build community programs to improve her students home lives. When her school, Morse Elementary, grew and moved to a new location, she became the principal. Her career included 25 years at that school and about 40 years total in the Duval County public school system. Morse Elementary was renamed in her honor in the 1990s.

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Moving up in Tucson

St. Gregory College Preparatory School announces new administrators:

Becky Rebenstorf was named director of development and school advancement. She brings more than 20 years experience in development, communications and community relations.

She most recently was director of development for the Amerind Museum and Research Center.

She serves on the board of Catholic Community Services Foundation, is an active member of Angel Charity for Children and is chair of the University of Arizona Medical Center Friends Board.

Rebenstorf will strategize funding priorities for the school and secure philanthropic support by focusing on donor acquisition, attentive stewardship and cultivating relationships with donors and alumni.

Mary Babbitt was appointed director of student services. She has been an administrator at St. Gregory since 2008 and comes to this position with experience in independent schools as assistant to the head of school, director of financial aid, registrar and director of summer programs.

Jennifer Port was named school advancement associate. She is responsible for supporting the development office and assisting the director of student services.

Port most recently served as development associate at Tucson Hebrew Academy. She also served as executive assistant to the principal at Salpointe Catholic High School and previously was a member of the St. Gregory development team.

Carpenter, Hazlewood, Delgado & Bolen, PLC, announces that Tanis A. Duncan has merged her Tucson law office and employees into its firm.

Duncan has been an attorney for more than 30 years in the areas of community association and co-op law, real estate, development and contracting, and litigation and is certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a real estate specialist.

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READER SUBMITTED: Watkinson School Sends 39 Travelers On Service Trip To Dominican Republic

Hayden French, and 8th grader at Moran Middle School, joined Watkinson School's 39-person Dominican Republic Service Team and spent the week of Thanksgiving participating in medical clinics, distributing food, and building houses and community gardens for the displaced Haitians who live and work in sugar cane work camps in the La Romana Region. Here Hayden (center) is pick axing rock for the subfloor of the house the team constructed at Batey 50, one of the sugar cane work camps. Teammates Cory Wilson (front right, of Glastonbury), Deepika Ravichandran (front left, of Hartford) and Tom Bieluch (rear, of Hartford) assist with shoveling. Hayden has participated in this trip for four consecutive years. The trip is co-led by his mother, Jenni French (of Wallingford), Watkinson's director of c (Jenni French / December 21, 2013)

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The group, led by Watkinson's Communication Director Jenni French (of Wallingford) and Dean of Faculty Sandy Garca (of Hartford), is comprised of 19 students age 13 through 18 and 20 alumni, faculty members and parents. This is the fourth annual service-learning trip Watkinson has sent to this region. This year, the trip has travelers from several other organizations joining the team, including Hartford's University High School of Science and Engineering (UHSSE), the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Miss Porter's School.

Co-leader Jenni French commented, "Watkinson is privileged to be forming partnerships with the University High School of Engineering and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. A Watkinson alum, Liz Benfield (of Wethersfield) went on this trip in 2012. Liz teaches Spanish at the UHSSE and as soon as we returned from La Romana last year Liz started planning with me how to get a group of her students to join our team. Similarly, an alumni parent, Kiki Nissen (of Farmington), is associate dean for graduate medical education at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and helped us enlist three residents to work with our team on the medical clinics we run. We are excited for these new partnerships to develop in the years to come."

Watkinson School is a co-educational day school for grades 6-PG. Founded in 1881, Watkinson is Hartford's oldest independent school. With the addition of this gift, Watkinson's endowment is now approaching $7 million. Watkinson's next open house for prospective athletes is Jan. 15 at 7 p.m., prospective artists is Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. and general open house for prospective students is Jan. 26 at 1 p.m.

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SC to honor school alumni

Beacon-News Staff December 19, 2013 6:12PM

Updated: December 20, 2013 2:26AM

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 will honor three alumni for their achievements in the community.

The district is honoring the trio in conjunction with the Distinguished Alumni Award Committee and the Greater St. Charles Education Foundation.The Distinguished Alumni Award is given to nominees who graduated from District 303 and have demonstrated a high level of achievement in their field of endeavor or in their contributions to their community.

The 2014 recipients are Dan Marshall, Col. Michael Miller and Karen Page.

Dan Marshall graduated from St. Charles High School in 1980. He is a fourth-generation St. Charles native and is the owner and principal architect of Marshall Architects based in St. Charles. His distinctive building designs are easily recognizable and include Heritage Square located at Fifth Street and Illinois Avenue in St. Charles, and the Third Street Shops Renovation in Geneva. Dan also provides an internship program at Marshall Architects that every year employs and trains two District 303 high school students who are interested in pursuing careers in architecture. Col. Michael Miller (U.S. Army retired) graduated from St. Charles High School in 1984. He is currently the director of Medical Toxicology Education at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi TX. He spends part of his time living in Hawaii where he is a staff physician at Tripler Army Medical Hospital. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 as Emergency Medicine Chief of the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Prior to that in 2006, Mike was a Theater Consultant for medical toxicology for deployed areas of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Karen Page graduated from St. Charles High School in 1979. She is an award-winning author who has collaborated with her husband Andrew Dornenberg on The Food Lovers Guide to Wine, The Flavor Bible, What to Drink with What You Eat, and Becoming a Chef. Each of those books is either a winner or finalist for the James Beard, IACP or Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

The 2014 recipients will be recognized on Feb. 22. Tickets for the event may be purchased by going to http://www.stceducation.com.

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ST. CHARLES Three St. Charles High School graduates will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award for 2014, St. Charles School District 303 announced Thursday in conjunction with the award committee and the Greater St. Charles Education Foundation.

The award honors alumni who have demonstrated a high level of achievement in their field of endeavor or in their community contributions.

The 2014 recipients are Dan Marshall, Col. Michael Miller and Karen Page.

A 1980 graduate, Marshall owns St. Charles-based Marshall Architects, which has an internship program that annually hires and trains two District 303 high school students interested in pursuing careers in architecture.

Marshall also is a past president and board member of the St. Charles Downtown Partnership and serves on the Building Code Board of Appeals for the city.

Miller, a 1984 graduate, is the director of medical toxicology education at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.

He also lives in Hawaii, where he is a staff physician at Tripler Army Medical Hospital. Retired from the U.S. Army, he also served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 as emergency medicine chief of the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq.

Page graduated in 1979 and is an award-winning author who has collaborated with her husband, Andrew Dornenberg, on The Food Lovers Guide to Wine, The Flavor Bible, What to Drink with What You Eat and Becoming a Chef. Becoming a Chef was praised by Julia Child and is part of the Julia Child kitchen exhibit at the Smithsonian.

The alumni will be recognized at the Greater St. Charles Education Foundations Night of Jazz set for Feb. 22 at the Royal Fox Country Club.

Purchase tickets at http://www.stceducation.com.

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District 303 announces distinguished alumni honorees

Alumni Affairs – LSUHSC School of Medicine

Cathi Fontenot ('84), Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs and Development

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The modern Medical Alumni Association began in 1985 with a series of organizational meetings that took place beginning in Baton Rouge and following in other locations. The first general meeting was held in June 1986, when Julius Mullins (36) was elected President and a set of by-laws was adopted.

Meetings of the Board of Directors are held throughout the year, outreach programs occur periodically, and a general membership meeting is held annually in June in connection with the annual reunions.

In 1988, the Medical Alumni Association incorporated the LSU Health Sciences Center Foundation. The Medical Alumni Association was incorporated as a separate entity in 2003.

Governor Jindal, Lieutenant Governor Landrieu, and a slew of other public dignitaries were here on the LSUHSC campus Friday, August 28, 2009, for a press conference announcing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the state of Louisiana, LSU and Tulane. The MOU agrees to a governance structure for the proposed new academic medical center that has 11 members( 4 LSU, including the chair, 1 each Xavier and Tulane, 1 rotating between Dillard, Southern and Delgado and 4 communitynonaffiliated). This clears the path to land acquisition and construction document preparation for the new academic medical center. The facility plans call for a 424 bed hospital, ambulatory care building and parking garage. Anticipated opening dates would be late 2012 for the ambulatory building and late 2013 for the hospital.

The children of all alumni, residing in state or out of state, are eligible for admission to LSU School of Medicine.

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