Out of countless students, staff, faculty, alumni, administrators and community members at Penn State, one of Western Illinois Universitys own professors has been named one of the Faces of Penn State.

Journalism professor Yong Tang is receiving this honor.

The program showcases the personal accomplishments, public contributions and pioneering spirit resulting from the Penn State experience, education and community, Faces of Penn States website said.

Some of (the other people on the list) are local prize-winners; some of them are national Olympic medalist; some of them are Miss Pennsylvania; some of them are renowned social science scholars, so I feel I am privileged, Tang said. I am honored to be listed among such a wonderful group of people. Its a great honor for me to represent Penn State.

Having grown up in poverty in Sichuan Province, China, Tang has come a long way from his roots.

As a child, he grew up without newspapers, magazines, radio or TV. The only communication tool was word of mouth.

Despite these setbacks, Tang always enjoyed reading and writing when he was young.

My primary school, middle school and high school teachers all praised me for my writing and was considered as models for other students, he said.

Tang didnt start reading newspapers until he first started college at Sichuan International Studies University. He wrote articles for the schools university-controlled newspaper and also started a student-run magazine with two other classmates.

The purpose (of the publication) was to encourage students to read more, read more English books so can have a broader knowledge base, he said. So, I published a lot for that publication.

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Newswise David Fleming, MD, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and director of the Center for Health Ethics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, will be named president-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP) the largest medical specialty organization in the United States. Fleming's one-year term as president-elect begins during ACP's annual scientific meeting in San Francisco, which starts April 11. He will then serve as president of ACP from 2014 to 2015, the centennial year for the organization that was founded in 1915.

ACP is a national and international professional organization of internists physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults. Its membership of 133,000 includes internists, internal medicine subspecialists, medical students, residents and fellows.

"I am deeply honored to serve ACP and medicine in this capacity," Fleming said. "These are challenging times with the rapid and historic changes now taking place in our country's health care environment. It will be critically important that all of us be mindful of these challenges. It is also important that organizations like ACP continue to take a leading role in helping to shape the inevitable change to come in a positive and constructive way. I look forward to the challenge."

Fleming is a professor of medicine, and he has been director of the MU Center for Health Ethics since its inception in 2001. He established the center after completing a research fellowship in primary care and clinical bioethics at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University. MU's center has since developed a prominent state and national presence for improving the health of the public through patient-centered programs related to ethics and professionalism in education, research, clinical service and organizational performance.

Fleming has been a member of ACP since 1980 and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians since 1986. He served on ACP's Ethics and Human Rights Committee for many years, most recently as chair from 2012 to 2013, and as vice chair for ACP's Health and Public Policy Committee. He was governor for the ACP Missouri chapter from 2007 to 2011, and chair of ACP's board of governors from 2011 to 2012. While serving as its governor, the Missouri chapter received the John Tooker Evergreen Award for member outreach in 2009. Fleming also received the Laureate Award for outstanding service to medicine and to ACP from the Missouri chapter in 2012. He was a regent for ACP from 2012 to 2013.

In addition to his service through ACP, Fleming is a member of the Boone County Medical Society, American Medical Association, Association of Professors of Medicine, Southern Society of Clinical Investigators and Southern Medical Society.

Fleming graduated from medical school, completed residency in internal medicine and ultimately served as chief resident in internal medicine at MU. Following training, he returned to his hometown of Moberly, Mo., where he practiced general internal medicine and geriatrics, and was medical director of Woodland Internists Group, a multispecialty community-based clinic. While in practice, he also served on MU's clinical faculty. Fleming also established and was medical director of the Woodrail Internal Medicine Clinic in Columbia, Mo.

Fleming has received numerous awards for teaching and service, including the Distinguished Service Award from the MU Medical Alumni Organization, the Jane Hickman Teaching Award, the Robert N. McCallum Student Advocacy Award, and Faculty Member of the Year in the Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Additionally, he was named Prince Charitable Scholar in End of Life Care at Georgetown University in 2000 and Service Excellence Hero in 2009 from MU's University Hospital.

Fleming's publication credits include authoring and co-authoring more than 60 peer reviewed journal publications and book chapters. He is also editor and author of the book "Care of the Dying Patient." He has also been invited to give numerous regional, national and international presentations.

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ASHEBORO A group of 26 local high school students provided 1,200 hours service and donated a combined 4,828 items of food, books, cards, toiletry and clothing through their community projects in recent months.

They encouraged others to become organ donors, made cards for military heroes and the elderly, collected baby items for young mothers, hosted an alumni baseball game, fed those who had no food, gave a lift to young girls self-esteem, collected sports equipment and craft supplies and raised money for medical expenses.

Members of this group recycled items; collected change; clothed individuals needing clothes and coats; held a singing fest, dinner, bake sale and auction, and helped coordinate 5Ks.

They donated nearly $10,000 to 16 nonprofit agencies.

You learn to give back, said Richard Schoenberger at the recent Student LIFT graduation for these 26 teens at The Exchange in Asheboro. Hes chaired the Student LIFT program for the Asheboro/Randolph Chamber of Commerce for two years.

He recounted the student contributions and said the Class of 2013 put in more hours than any other LIFT class.

The class was the 17th for the chambers Student Leadership Information for Tomorrow program which involves 26 high school sophomores and juniors from local public and private schools and homeschools throughout Randolph County each school year.

Members of the class shared highlights of their experiences at their graduation.

One of the two class speakers, Amy Bolhuis, a sophomore at Eastern Randolph High School, said, Through this program, I learned that there is so much more to Randolph County than what meets the eye. I personally thought not a whole lot went on here and it was pretty boring.

Now I see that people work very hard in collaboration to make this a nice place to live. Now I see that, without these hardworking people, most of the things that go on here wouldnt. I appreciate our county more. Before government day, I didnt even know we had an animal shelter. This program has thoroughly impressed me with what actually goes on, Amy said.

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Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School, said when she began her college career as a pre-medical student at the Miami University of Ohio, she had no idea what the future had in store for her.

Growing up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Knuths interest in the outdoors led her to want to study the sciences an interest she said she believed would take her to medical school. Instead, she earned degrees in zoology, philosophy and environmental science and pursued research in natural resources.

When I was in high school applying to college, I believed that I was going to be pre-med, just like everybody else, Knuth said. Then I had some experiences working for the U.S. Forest Service and for the National Parks Service, and so I came to understand the draw of natural resources and natural resource management, so that set me on a different path.

Knuth, who said she likes to hike and canoe in her free time, described Ithaca as a dream come true.

Before becoming vice provost and dean of the Graduate school, Knuth came to Cornell as an assistant professor of natural resources after receiving her Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. She was promoted to associate and full-time professor, and later became the chair of the department and the senior associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Since becoming dean in 2010, Knuth has started a number of initiatives to serve graduate students, including the Office of Inclusion and Professional Development, which offers programs that teaches students life skills such as personal financial management, how to cultivate positive relationships with faculty and how to raise awareness about job opportunities, according to Knuth.

Our goal is to support graduate students as whole people, Knuth said. We want to consider all the aspects they need for academic success, personal and social success and have a range of programs and opportunities to help support them in different aspects of their lives.

Knuths said her goal for the University is for every entering doctoral student be provided with a fellowship.

Fellowships allow students to explore their intellectual pursuits the way they want to, Knuth said.

Knuth said she is working with the Universitys alumni affairs and development staff to appeal to donors who may have an interest in helping Cornell realize this goal.

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Zach Orman with his dog, Sedona. Courtesy photo, Copyright 2013.

Zach Orman, a medical student at the University of Arizona, had been attempting to land his paraglider shortly after noon during a flight at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, about 45 miles southeast of Tucson in the Sonoran desert, according to a statement from the Sheriffs Office in Santa Cruz County, Ariz.

Orman got caught in a strong whirlwind known as a dust devil, which unexpectedly threw him to the ground, causing multiple broken bones and severe head trauma, the Sheriffs Office said. He died of his injuries several hours later at University Medical Center in Tucson.

Orman had been following in the footsteps of his parents, Dr. Rodger and Holly Orman, of Murphys, both alumni at the University of Arizona. He was studying there to become a physician like his father.

He was an honor student from the beginning, Rodger Orman said, adding that his son achieved honors in all rotations at medical school and recently earned the Alpha Omega Alpha honor societys Gold Award for Humanism.

Rodger Orman is a longtime trustee for the Bret Harte Union High School District. He and his wife have donated to numerous charitable causes in Calaveras County.

Zach Orman graduated from Bret Harte in 2003 and earned his bachelors degree in neuroscience in 2007 from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

A lover of the outdoors, he enjoyed hiking and skiing, and more recently took up paragliding, becoming an assistant instructor with a Tucson-area organization.

He worked for three years for Yosemite Search and Rescue in Tuolumne Meadows and also spent time working ski patrol at Lake Tahoe.

Orman is survived by his parents; sister, Emily; and grandparents, Bernie and Betty Orman.

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Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Brockton-based for-profit school, alleging the institution falsified alumni statistics to entice new students.

We allege Sullivan and Cogliano deceived students by promising careers in the medical field with misleading ads and inflated placement rates, Coakley said in a press release Wednesday.

Sullivan and Cogliano, a university training center with locations in Massachusetts and Florida, stated that between 70 and 100 percent of their graduates went on to work in the medical field, according to the press release. In reality, less than 25 percent of the graduates went on to work in the medical field.

We are conducting an extensive investigation into the for-profit school industry. For-profit schools are extremely expensive and heavily funded through federal student loans, so all taxpayers have a stake in this. If students do not receive these promised jobs and wind up in default, the students and taxpayers suffer, Coakley said in the release.

Sullivan and Cogliano, like many for-profit schools, has access to federal funding. When Sullivan and Cogliano gained access to funding its revenue quintupled from $1.9 million to more than $10 million, but their academics suffered, according to the press release.

According to a two-year investigation into for-profit colleges by U.S. Senator Thomas Harkin of Iowa, Federal taxpayers are investing billions of dollars a year, $32 billion in the recent year, in companies that operate for-profit colleges.

Harkins report, released in the summer of 2012, further accused for-profit colleges of focusing on financial returns because shareholders want higher profits. This financial incentive, the report suggests, resulted in poor education.

Nationwide, there are also 19 law schools being sued for lying about the success of their graduates.

Jesse Strauss of Strauss Law P.L.L.C. in New York is handling most of the cases against the law schools.

The law schools are being sued by the alumni/graduates from recent years because the laws schools made their employment data appear that there would be a very good chance at being employed after graduating from law school, he said. They are suing because they feel that they were misled.

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The fundraising office at Miami Shores Doctors Charter School is on-track to make money for the school this year.

The village of Miami Shores allocated $50,000 this year to support the schools new development office, and the effort is now expected to generate at least $82,000, for a net gain of $32,000.

So far, the school has raised $35,000 in private donations this year, up from $19,000 at this time last year with only volunteer fund-raisers.

Plans call for raising an additional $27,000 from the seventh annual Golf and Tennis Tournament, set for April 19 at the Miami Shores Country Club and Tennis Center, and another $20,000 from a fundraiser in May, bringing this years total to $82,000. Last years total was about $39,000.

The villages $50,000 contribution to the schools fund-raising effort this year includes $35,000 in salary for Development Director Ellen Bonet plus $15,000 for other fund-raising expenses.

Plans call for the village to make the same contribution next year, but for the development office to be self-supporting thereafter.

Bonet updated the Village Council on her efforts at a meeting Tuesday.

Mayor Jim McCoy said its still a little early to evaluate the fund-raising efforts, but he is encouraged by the progress thus far.

Doctors Charter School was founded in 2005 through a collaboration of Barry University, Miami Dade Medical Foundation, and the village of Miami Shores. MDMFs donation was divided into two parts. The first part was used in the founding and construction of the school, which serves grades 6 through 12. The second part is being held by the Village Council as emergency funds.

The $100,000 the school is using to create a Development office is coming from those funds.

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(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) The cast sings during a performance of 'Singin' in the Rain' at Olympus High School Friday March 29, 2013.

When 1,550 Olympus High School students return from spring break Monday, theyll walk into their new $75 million building with rooms wired for advanced computer technology, spacious labs with the latest equipment and spaces that range from small spots to collaborate on projects to a 1,400-seat theater.

Once asbestos is removed from the old Olympus High, built in 1952, it will be demolished in late April, and construction will begin on Titan baseball and soccer fields and a building with a competition-size pool. Making the move now will allow sports teams now being bused to Skyline High for practices to begin playing in the fall.

Opening Olympus High

An open house to show the public the new Olympus High School will be held on Wednesday, April 17, starting at 6:30 p.m. The new school is located just north of the existing campus at 4055 South 2300 East.

Four Distinguished Alumni Recipients will be named and honored. For more details call the school at 385-646-5400.

Olympus Principal Mark Manning, who graduated from the school in 1976, plans to have an alumni room at the new building.

"Were working to bring whatever we can over here," Manning said this week in a sparsely furnished front office. "There has been a lot of mixed emotions for a lot of people."

The Granite School District one of the largest, and most diverse, districts in the state is using a voter-approved $256 million construction bond to build the new Olympus High in Holladay and a new Granger High in West Valley City, which will open in the fall. Granger High will add ninth-graders for the first time.

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A tight-knit group of Oak Harbor High School alumni are reeling this week after learning one of their former classmates was killed in a car crash Thursday morning on State Highway 520 in Seattle.

Morgan Fick Williams, 58, was driving a Mazda Protege east near the Montlake Boulevard exit when a Ford Explorer being driven the wrong way on the highway collided with her. She was transported to Harborview Medical Center and Hospital in Seattle where she later died.

Williams was a 1973 graduate of Oak Harbor High School where she served as student body president.

She still kept up with a group of classmates long after she graduated from high school.

Morgan always maintained her friendships in Oak Harbor. She never left the class, said Mark Funk, who graduated with Williams.

He noted that Williams, who often rode the bus to work, drove from her Seattle home to her job at Eddie Bauer Thursday morning. She was planning to visit a former high school classmate who is in a hospice in Bellingham.

Pamela Marriott, who has known Williams since they were third-graders, was going to join her Thursday to visit their classmate. Plans changed once she, along with everyone else close to Williams, learned of the crash.

Its been horrible to say the least, Marriott said Friday morning.

Marriott, Williams and others were planning the 40th reunion for the class of 1973.

Marriott was a classmate of Williams at the former Clover Valley Elementary School and attended Oak Harbor High School when is was located on State Highway 20.

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Wayne E. Waite named a 2013 recipient of the University of Dayton Law School Alumni Award

Dayton, Ohio (PRWEB) April 03, 2013

Waite has a wide and complex law practice ranging from the defense of medical professionals, to advising large and small businesses on risk management and liability avoidance, to helping individuals navigate the difficulties of failed marriages.

In addition to his successful legal career, Waite dedicates his time to helping others in Honduras through Shoulder to Shoulder, a private, non-profit, non-governmental entity he incorporated and for which he serves as President since its inception in 1996. Shoulder to Shoulder, ( shouldertoshoulder.org ) works in tandem with a local Honduran grass-roots, community based non-profit to achieve a single mission: to develop educational and health programs to help poor rural communities in Honduras achieve sustainable development and improve the overall health and well-being of its residents. Shoulder to Shoulder operates two small hospitals and ten remote medical centers, providing primary medical care to more than 35,000 patients many who live in extreme poverty below the one dollar per person criteria set by the United Nations. Last year Waite traveled to Honduras four times and has been instrumental in partnering Shoulder to Shoulder with the Honduran government, the Dayton based Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition and more than 10 universities in the United States to replicate its model in other rural areas.

About Freund, Freeze & Arnold

Freund, Freeze & Arnold is a Dayton, Ohio-based litigation firm. The firms strength is grounded in more than 50 attorneys and legal professionals, who bring diverse professional backgrounds and deep experience and expertise in commercial, government, medical, insurance, employment, environmental, construction and other litigation-related matters. The firm has achieved the highest rating for law firms by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and is included in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers.

Freund, Freeze & Arnold is a member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms.

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