Homecoming is a time of team support, school spirit and for the students, faculty and alumni at NDSU to fully display their Bison pride. In the midst of adorning buildings and hallways with Bison dcor, dressing in the beloved colors of green and gold and participating in school ceremonies, pep rallies and athletic events, we might miss the positive effects that our school spirit has on our health.

When a large group of people comes together in support of each other and of the community they form, the energies they emit are physically, mentally and emotionally healthy. School spirit boosts confidence, dissolves social differences between peers, breaks student-teacher barriers and brings out sportsmanship and unity of the entire population.

Because it is viewed as -- and feels like -- a mini community, NDSU gives its populace the opportunity to feel the power and strength behind group support, especially during homecoming.

Studies conducted by Columbia University Medical Center state that positive emotions, such as joy, happiness, excitement, enthusiasm, and contentment, all of which are weaved into an individuals participation in homecoming activities, have an association with cardiovascular health.

The prevention of heart disease is increased by 22 percent if positive emotional experiences are more prevalent than negative experiences throughout the course of ones life.

Karina Davidson, associate professor of medicine and psychiatry, suggests other influences of positive emotion on health as well. Individuals experiencing positive emotions may have longer periods of rest or relaxation physiologically and may recover more quickly from stressors that can cause physiological damage, she ensures.

Cheering at the Bison athletic events not only will help improve your heart health and your ability to sleep soundly through the night, but will also reduce your levels of stress generated by an overload of homework or a test-packed week.

More healthy outcomes of having school spirit are improvement of your immune system, reduction of physical discomfort and increases in your ability to recover from surgery or illness.

As you parade around in costumes of green and gold, support the accomplishments of our royalty, laugh at club skits and songs and cheer for our Bison athletes, remember that your feelings of excitement and pride are not only supporting your school but also your personal health.

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Oct. 4

Cheshire: Cheshire Womens Club monthly meeting and luncheon, 11 a.m., Cheshire Senior Center, 240 Maple Ave. Followed by a program at 1 p.m. with Lucindas Hair, which specializes in assisting people suffering from natural and medical hair loss including chemotherapy. Open to the public. For information, call Trudy at 203-272-1772.

Guilford: Dr. Harlan Krumholzm presents All About Cholesterol, 7:15-8:15 p.m., Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St. Krumholzm is a professor of cardiology, epidemiology and public health at the Yale University School of Medicine, and director of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. Program is free, all are welcome. Reserve your place at http://www.guilfordfreelibrary.org or call 203-453-8282.

New Haven: The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Yale Sustainable Food Project panel discussion on health, safety and sustainability in the modern food system, 4:30 p.m. in the Sterling Law Building, Room 120, Yale School of Law, 127 Wall St. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For information, visit envirocenter.yale.edu or contact Susanne Stahl at susanne.stahl@yale.edu or 203-432-5967.

Seymour: Family Place Playgroup for infants to age 5, 10:30 a.m., Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St. Many different types of play, with a craft table and circle time. Call 203-888-3903 or visit http://www.seymourpubliclibrary.org.

Stratford: Performance by Sentimental Journey of Shelton, 1-3 p.m., Baldwin Senior Center, 1000 W. Broad St. Aetna Insurance will provide refreshments. Tickets are $2. Call 203-385-4050.

Oct. 6

Milford: Baby Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Milford Hospital, 300 Seaside Ave. Features information, education, giveaways and raffles for new parents and parents to be, and to meet obstetricians. No registration is needed. For information, visit http://www.milfordhospital.org or call 203 876-4004.

Orange: Orange Historical Society tag sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at The Academy Museum, 605 Orange Center Road. Weather permitting. Call 203-795-3106.

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Not too many years ago, and certainly within living memory of many of its graduates, the University of Denver was known as a school with a first-class hockey team and some distinguished alumni but not much else.

On Wednesday, DU places another feather in what is now a festooned hat: It hosts Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the first 2012 presidential debate in the campus' Magness Arena, part of the gleaming Ritchie Center complex.

Daniel Ritchie, the center's namesake, will have to feel a surge of pride.

"It's nice to see, but really, the feeling of accomplishment is about 'we,' not 'me,' " said Ritchie, who served as DU's chancellor from 1989 to 2005, leaving a legacy that transformed the school.

The former chancellor is credited with laying the foundation for the school's big TV moment, along with elevating it to a nationally respected institution that draws an international student body and top academics to a compact jewel box of a campus in south Denver.

"I think DU is at a level we never would have reached without Dan Ritchie leading the charge," said Joy Burns, who owns the Burnsley Hotel and serves on DU's board of trustees, which she chaired under Ritchie's tenure as chancellor.

Ritchie certainly did not accomplish this alone. He had a hard-working staff, professors who bought into his vision, and a cohort of area citizens who dipped deep into their wallets after he challenged them for matching grants and other donations.

And he led by example.

Ritchie didn't take a paycheck as chancellor. In persuading DU board members to participate in matching grants to the school, he donated his sprawling Grand River Ranch in Kremmling to underwrite the matches.

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Murrieta Valley alumnus Skyler Ridley thought about stepping away from the football field this year.

The BYU junior wide receiver got married in the summer and he had higher priorities on his list, such as academics.

"I am planning to attend medical school," Ridley said. "Getting the grades and being successful in the classroom is quite important to be able to get into medical school. I wanted to be able to dedicate the time necessary to my schooling. Just getting married this summer, I needed to begin working so I could provide. With football, it's difficult to work because the hours are so long, as well as on top of school."

However, his wife, Jasmine, encouraged Ridley to stick with football and his perseverance paid off.

The 6-foot, 182 pound Ridley registered his first career catch on a 6-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Riley Nelson in BYU's nationally televised 30-6 win over Washington State in its season opener Aug. 30. Ridley's scoring grab was the first touchdown of BYU's season.

He finished the game with six receptions for 54 yards.

"It's something that I will cherish for the rest of my life, to know that all the hard work has paid off," Ridley said.

The Cougars (3-2) are playing their second straight season as an independent after departing the Mountain West Conference, and the upcoming schedule features ranked teams such as No. 14 Oregon State (Oct. 13) and No. 9 Notre Dame (Oct. 20). Even though BYU no longer has a conference championship to play for, Ridley said coach Bronco Mendenhall stresses to his players that their BYU affiliation gives them plenty of motivation to play their best.

"BYU is a private religious institution, and the majority of students are of the LDS faith," Ridley said. "We feel like playing football gives us an opportunity to stand out as a light to the people for good. That is a big motivating factor for us. Through football excellence, we can be, as he says, flagbearers, not only to the fans which we have, but to the country and other teams. That has been a big motivation for me, playing football for deeper and more meaningful reasons."

After redshirting as a freshman in 2007, Ridley spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons abroad on a mission in Manchester, England. He was able not only to serve the British people during his mission, but came across people from all over Europe and even African immigrants from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the Congo.

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NEW YORK, NY - While many college graduates are struggling to find jobs, alumni from certain schools are regularly pulling in six-figure salaries.

For the second year in a row, Princeton University's students have been pulling in the biggest paychecks, according to new data from salary research site PayScale.com. This year, Princeton graduates with at least 10 years of experience in their field of work are earning an average salary of $137,000.

Rounding out the top 10, are Harvey Mudd College, California Institute of Technology, the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lehigh University, the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Babson College and Stanford University.

Graduates from these schools earned an average mid-career salary of $122,500 -- up 5% from last year. This year's increase follows three years of declines, according to PayScale.

The schools with the highest-paid graduates typically fall into one of two categories: They're either engineering schools, since engineering is the highest-paid major, or they're very prestigious, so companies tend to recruit these grads first -- and pay them handsomely -- when making hiring decisions.

"Not only do [the most prestigious schools like Stanford] offer high-paying majors as well, but there's a level of notoriety that allows people to move into jobs more easily and get higher-paying jobs, and there's also a strong alumni network that helps you get jobs," said Katie Bardaro, lead economist at PayScale.

Graduates earn the highest starting salaries at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where alumni with five years of experience or less make an average of $76,000. The United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and Massachusetts Institute of Technology follow, with average starting salaries of $72,200 and $68,400.

Among the 10 schools with the lowest-paid graduates, the average mid-career salary remained steady this year, at $44,490. The five schools with the lowest-paid graduates were The Art Institute of Pittsburgh (the online division), Benedict College in South Carolina, Mississippi Valley State University, University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky, and Bethel University in Tennessee.

Lower earning potential is common among schools that offer traditionally low-paying majors, like art, said Bardaro. These schools are also often located in areas with lower cost of living, and many don't carry the same level of prestige as the top schools on the list, so it can be hard for students to stick out in a big stack of resumes.

Majors with the biggest pay-offs: The highest-paying majors this year were petroleum engineering, with an average mid-career salary of $163,000, followed by aerospace engineering, which pays an average $118,000. Meanwhile, child and family studies majors can work for more than 10 years in their field and still only earn an average $37,700. Social work is the next lowest-paying major, with a mid-career salary or $45,300.

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CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

To help offset the rising cost of legal education, Wayne Chaplin, JD 82, has made a generous contribution to the University of Miami School of Law to create the Chaplin Challenge. Under the terms of the grant, Chaplin has agreed to match, dollar for dollar, each new eligible contribution made to new or existing scholarship funds between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31 of this year, as long as funds are available. The Chaplin Challenge will be used as a match to double any new donations directed to scholarships. Multi-year pledges to establish new scholarships are eligible for this match, with certain limitations.

Chaplin, a two-time graduate of the University of Miami, is president and chief operating officer of Southern Wine & Spirits of America, the countrys leading distributor of wines and spirits. He also serves as president of the SWS Charitable Foundation, Inc., and as director of the Wayne & Arlene Chaplin Family Foundation.

A dedicated supporter of the University of Miami, he is vice chair of the Board of Trustees and chairs Miami Laws Momentum2 campaign and its Visiting Committee. In addition to his generous contributions to the School of Law, Chaplin has supported the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, and the Department of Athletics. Through the SWS Charitable Foundation, Inc., the Chaplin Family Endowed Scholarship was established at Miami Law in 2004.

The School of Law plans to reach out to alumni, donors and friends to help match the Chaplin Challenge grant. To make a contribution, click here https://advancement.miami.edu/netcommunity/sslpage.aspx?pid=748

Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami seeks to advance learning, elevate scholarship, and make bold strides in health care in the community, across the country, and around the world. Momentum2 comes on the heels of the institutions record-breaking Momentum: The Campaign for the University of Miami, which concluded at the end of 2007 and raised more than $1.4 billion for endowed chairs and professorships, scholarships, facilities, academic and medical programs, and other initiatives. http://www.miami.edu/momentum2

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Parents, Communities, Private Sector And Alumni To Be Educational Partners

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that the Ministry of Education would ensure the involvement of parents, communities, the private sector and alumni as educational partners.

Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said the move has been identified as an important catalyst to propel the nation's quality of education to greater heights.

"The Ministry will develop comprehensive tool-kits to be implemented next year to provide better guidance, particularly on how schools can create better cooperation with parents, communities and the private sector," he said at the launch of Sekolah Alam Shah's Alumni Charity Expedition, here Saturday.

Among the other steps taken would be to increase the participation of parents in assisting their children's performance online and obtaining feedback from Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) regarding the implementation of curriculums.

"The plan aims to encourage PTAs and local communities to widen their focus from contributing additional funds for student activities to develop parent and community led educational programmes," he said.

The deputy prime minister also witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Alam Shah school and Allianze University College of Medical Sciences to offer its students RM5 million worth of scholarships or loans.

-- BERNAMA

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STEUBENVILLE - Eight Franciscan University of Steubenville alumni will be honored at the annual Alumni Awards Banquet and Ceremony slated Friday in the J.C. Williams Center.

A pre-dinner reception begins in the Atrium at 6 p.m., followed by the banquet dinner and ceremony at 7 p.m. in the Tony and Nina Gentile Gallery.

The event recognizes the professional achievements and service to the church and society of Franciscan alumni for many decades.

The university has announced this year's recipients are:

The Rev. Joseph Meagher, Class of 1984, who is receiving the Bishop John King Mussio Award for his service to the Archdiocese of Newark, his involvement in the Pro-Life movement and his ministry to young adults and diocesan seminarians.

Mary Grace (Kniola) Landrum, Class of 1972, who is receiving the Dr. John J. Carrigg Award for her work with youth of Texas as a teacher and special education specialist and for launching her own consulting company to train educational leaders.

John Henricks, Class of 1991, who is receiving the Alumni Citizenship Award for his work in the public square as past director of government relations for the Family Research Council, and currently in the same position for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Bobby Aborn, Class of 2012, and Christi Aborn, Class of 2009, who are receiving the Rose M. DeFede Faithful Franciscan Award for their service to Franciscan University of Steubenville students by acting as household coordinators, mission trip coordinators, marriage preparation assistants, athletic coaches and hosts of the Dinner for Twelve Strangers.

Dr. Adam Berman, Class of 1994, who is receiving the Father Dan Egan Award for his work as an expert cardiologist specializing in complex arrhythmia ablation, and for medical research he is conducting in conjunction with two leading medical centers.

Michael Kehoe, Class of 1968, who is receiving the professor Edward J. Kelly Award for his work in the telecommunications industry, rising to executive levels with AT&T, as well as his involvement with numerous civic, educational, and charitable boards such as the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College.

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Newswise Case Western Reserve School of Medicine announces a $1.5 million commitment from alumnus Michael D. Eppig, MD, and his wife Ruth Eppig. The Eppigs gift will help fund a new medical education and research building that will serve as the School of Medicines headquarters. Dean Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, announced the gift during the universitys Alumni Weekend, at which Dr. Eppig celebrated his 35th medical school class reunion.

Earlier in the week, the university announced $20 million in gifts, $10 million each, from the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation and the Cleveland Foundation. As a result of the momentum these gifts generated, Dr. and Mrs. Eppig decided to step up and announce their support for the project.

Ruth and I are honored to help realize Dean Davis vision for the future of the School of Medicine. As Clevelanders, we see how important the School of Medicine is to the local medical sector and community as a whole, says Dr. Eppig. We are proud to help provide the modern space this stellar academic program deserves.

The planned 160,000 square-foot education and research facility will incorporate the most modern technology, teaching and laboratory techniques. Academic spaces will mirror core curriculum elements, such as technologically enhanced small-group learning rooms, modern anatomy labs, wired lecture halls and independent study spaces. A key element will be the Mt. Sinai Skills and Simulation Center, which will be prominently located in the new facility. It also will serve as the home office of the Weatherhead Institute for Family Medicine and Community Health and a physical base for the institutes community-engaged research and programs.

A new building will allow the School of Medicine to increase class sizes to a level that meets the request of the Association of American Medical Colleges to help meet projected physician demands nationwide.

In 2008, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation team called our new Western Reserve2 Curriculum (implemented in 2006) the "class of the field." Unfortunately, the same report cited the schools facilities as a major shortcoming. Existing buildings do not provide the technical and technological resources required to execute a 21st-century curriculum. Reaccreditation will begin in 2016, with the expectation that a building project will be underway at that time.

Mike and Ruth have stepped up as the first individual supporters of our long overdue building project. Mikes experience as an alumnus of our school and subsequent successful career as an orthopaedic spine surgeon, bring special meaning to their support. They are literally passing on the gift of best-in-class education to future generations of physicians and researchers, says Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs, Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. and Mrs. Eppig are long-time supporters of the School of Medicine, the family having previously funded the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health and provided support to build Sears Tower at the School of Medicine in recognition of Mrs. Eppigs grandparents Lester and Ruth Sears.

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"He had a great sense of ... warmth and caring, that came across more than anything else. People responded to that. He genuinely loved people."

Brother Jean Sobert, S.C., a Brother of the Sacred Heart, died Sept. 23 at age 75. Brother Jean was a force in Catholic higher education in New Orleans for almost 40 years.

Brother Jean was born Henry J. Sobert, in Labadieville. He entered the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in 1953. He started his career in education as a teacher at the Brothers' school St. Stanislaus in Bay St. Louis, Miss., in 1957. He served as vocation director for the New Orleans Province from 1960-1968.

His 37-year career in New Orleans started with one year at St. Aloysius High School, and 36 years at Brother Martin High School on Elysian Fields Avenue in Gentilly, a school formed by the 1969 merger of two Brothers of the Sacred Heart schools, St. Aloysius and Cor Jesu High School. Brother Jean served as guidance counselor, director of student activities, director of admissions and director of development and alumni.

Brother Jean "had a deep sense of the importance of Catholic education in the lives of young people," said Brother Ronald Talbot, S.C., provincial of the Brothers' New Orleans Province. "He had a unique ability to convey to them a sense of caring and concern that made the role of Catholic education real in their lives.

"People trusted him," Brother Ronald said. "People valued his advice. He had a keen sense of understanding what people were thinking and the real issues they were dealing with."

Brother Ivy LeBlanc, S.C., a longtime friend and colleague, said Brother Jean "made every person he came in contact with feel that they were unique and totally important in that moment. He put people at ease. He had a great sense of welcoming and hospitality, a sense of warmth and caring, that came across more than anything else. People responded to that. He genuinely loved people."

Brother Jean also "had a tremendous memory for names," Brother Ivy said. "He could meet you once and remember you forever.

"If you're a 13-year-old kid new in a big school, to have this great big guy with a big toothy grin come up to you and know you and know your name -- that can make a real difference in a kid's life," Brother Ivy said. "And he did it over and over again. And those kids grew into adults, and they never forgot his kindness."

Brother Jean is survived by a sister, Jane Sobert Nance, and her husband Steve Nance of Centennial, Colo.; a niece, Jennifer Brummell; a nephew, Eric Nance; and great-nieces and great-nephews.

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