ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwire - Jan 7, 2013) - The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop Diabetes, is pleased to announce its officers and Board of Directors members for 2013.

Chair of the BoardKaren Talmadge, PhDPresidentNabu Health Care Consulting Los Altos Hills, CA

President, Health Care & EducationLurelean B. Gaines, RN, MSNChairperson Department of Nursing East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA

President, Medicine & ScienceJohn E. Anderson, MDThe Frist Clinic Nashville, TN

Secretary/TreasurerPatrick L. Shuler, CPASenior PartnerDixon Hughes Goodman, LLP Virginia Beach, VA

Chief Executive OfficerLarry Hausner Chief Executive Officer American Diabetes Association Alexandria, VA

Samuel Arce, MD, FAAFPFamily Practitioner Vice Chairman, National Hispanic Medical AssociationJamaica, NY

Brian BerthaChief Business OfficerCrescendo Bioscience San Francisco, CA

Michael Julian BondAtlanta City CouncilmemberAtlanta, GA

Vanessa Jones Briscoe, PhD, NP, CDE Research Assistant Professor Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN

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As the Commonwealth Medical College attempts to achieve financial stability, the school's new vice president for institutional advancement will have a significant role.

Marise Garofalo will oversee development, alumni relations and marketing communications. Most recently the assistant vice president for development at the University of Scranton, she will begin at TCMC on Monday.

"It's just such an exciting opportunity," she said.

Though the college is off probation because of its financial difficulties, officials are still looking for permanent solutions for funding. When the college was on probation and did not have a permanent president, donors were at times skeptical about giving.

"Now we're in a position to be able to look donors in the eye and say we're here for the long haul," said Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., who was appointed as president and dean in August.

As soon as she begins, Ms. Garofalo will start working on an aggressive fundraising plan, including increasing the donor base and seeking corporate and foundation support. Dr. Scheinman is confident she will be able to build endowments for academics and scholarships.

"She is tremendously energetic, intelligent, an organized thinker, a strategic thinker. She's very articulate and very passionate about TCMC," Dr. Scheinman said.

Ms. Garofalo said she is excited to be involved in the mission of the medical college.

"I think this is the best thing that has ever happened to Scranton," she said. "It's so vital for our region."

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As the Commonwealth Medical College attempts to achieve financial stability, the school's new vice president for institutional advancement will have a significant role.

Marise Garofalo will oversee development, alumni relations and marketing communications. Most recently the assistant vice president for development at the University of Scranton, she will begin at TCMC on Monday.

"It's just such an exciting opportunity," she said.

Though the college is off probation because of its financial difficulties, officials are still looking for permanent solutions for funding. When the college was on probation and did not have a permanent president, donors were at times skeptical about giving.

"Now we're in a position to be able to look donors in the eye and say we're here for the long haul," said Dr. Steven J. Scheinman, who was appointed as president and dean in August.

As soon as she begins, Garofalo will start working on an aggressive fundraising plan, including increasing the donor base and seeking corporate and foundation support. Scheinman is confident she will be able to build endowments for academics and scholarships.

"She is tremendously energetic, intelligent, an organized thinker, a strategic thinker. She's very articulate and very passionate about TCMC," Scheinman said.

Garofalo said she is excited to be involved in the mission of the medical college.

"I think this is the best thing that has ever happened to Scranton," she said. "It's so vital for our region."

shofius@timesshamrock.com @hofiushallTT

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North Haven began 2012 with news of several projects designed to improve the infrastructure and the economic development picture in town. Voters approved a bonding package to improve the town's firehouses and roads, as well as build a new sanitation garage. Ground was also broken on one medical center project in January, while a separate project spearheaded by Yale-New Haven Hospital got underway later in the year.

January

North Haven residents vote to approve a $14 million bonding package that includes $9.23 million in funding for the construction of a new firehouse and the renovations of three other firehouses, $4 million to mill and pave approximately 20 miles of town roadways, and $710,000 for the construction of a new public works garage.

Ground is broken for a new medical center at Devine and State streets, near the Crossroads building and Healthtrax. Expected tenants are cardiologists, gynecologists, orthopedic professionals, and primary care physicians.

Republican State Senator Leonard Fasano and Republican State Representative David Yaccarino announce plans to run for re-election. Democrat Steve Fontana announces plans to run against Fasano for the 34th District Senate seat.

The North Haven Fire Department celebrates its 100th anniversary on Jan. 31.

February

Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) announces it will open an outpatient center in the former AT&T building at 6 Devine Street in January 2013. The plan calls for the facility to house a walk-in primary care center, a Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center, an Inflammatory Disease Center, MRI and digital X-ray imaging, and laboratory and blood-draw services.

Plans get underway for a child abuse prevention program in the spring. North Haven resident Raymond Fowler presents the idea and receives support from First Selectman Michael Freda and selectmen Tim Doheny and Alan Sturtz.

The 2011 Grand List grows by 0.15 percent-about $4.5 million-in net assessed value, with rising motor vehicle values accounting for the bulk of the increase as home values dropped. Rising assessments on personal property, which applies primarily to business equipment, also bolster the town tax base.

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The "Teddy Bears with Love Drive," a two-month-long community service project by Fairfield University's Student Alumni Association, recently gave more than 1,400 bears from alumni to children's hospitals and charities from Boston to Washington, D.C.

Alumni chapters from Hartford, Boston, Chicago, New York City, northern New Jersey and Washington, D.C., collected more than 200 of the bears and donated them to their local charities and hospitals, according to a release.

"Every year, I'm more and more amazed by the generosity of all of Fairfield's alumni, students, friends ... the entire community," Colleen McGinn, associate director of alumni relations and association adviser, said in a statement.

The bears were given to more than a dozen locations overall, including St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, New York's Hour Children and Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

More than 100 teddy bears were also donated to Sandy Hook Elementary School students as part of the "Heal Newtown" initiative organized by Connecticut's KC101 FM Radio.

Since its inception 13 years ago, the university program has collected and donated more than 15,000 teddy bears and stuffed animals.

For information, email the association at FairfieldSAA@gmail.com.

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Spectator staff browsed through our photo archive and selected some of the best and most interesting of 2012.

Fireworks during the Outdoor Classic between the Montreal Canadiens alumni and the Toronto Maple Leafs alumni, at Ivor Wynne Stadium on January 20, 2012. Photo by Kaz Novak, The Hamilton Spectator.

A bullet hole in the windshield and blood on the airbag and seat of a vehicle driven by a man pursued by police on February 13, 2012. At about 1pm the vehicle hit a utility pole just south of the Quigley Road and Albright Road intersection. A 26-year-old man was pulled from the vehicle and transported immediately to Hamilton General Hospital. The entire intersection and areas around Bishop Ryan high school were closed for an SIU investigation. Photo by Cathie Coward, The Hamilton Spectator.

Lucene Charles is overwhelmed by the support of at least 200 Hamiltonians who came to the Federal Building on Bay Street in Hamilton, February 17, 2012. Charles and her five-year-old daughter Ajohke (left) were given a six-month stay on their deportation order. Photo by Cathie Coward, The Hamilton Spectator.

An injured man and his young son wait for medical attention at the scene of a VIA Rail train derailment in Burlington, February 26, 2012. Photo by Cathie Coward, The Hamilton Spectator.

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By MATT PHELPS Bothell Reporter Regional Assistant Editor December 31, 2012 11:12 AM

The melody from Over the Rainbow echoed through the parking lot of Bothell High School Friday evening as many wept and held candles for a local family. The outpouring of emotional support was palpable, as nearly 300 people showed up at the vigil to show support for the Owen family of Bothell.

I dont know what Id do without you guys. You guys have been my rock, my foundation, Jeremy Mathias Owen, 22, told the crowd.

His adoptive parents Timothy Desmond Owen, 58, and Cheryl Janine Reed, 56, were killed Dec. 21 during an accident on Highway 2. Timothy Owen was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban eastbound, about 21 miles west of Leavenworth on Stevens Pass, when a tree fell on the vehicle at approximately 1:20 p.m., according to the Washington State Patrol.

Both Timothy and Cheryl were pronounced dead at the scene.

Jeremy had a message for his parents: I am going to take care of my sisters. Dad and Mom, I am going to make it. Im gonna make it for you only. I love you so much.

The couples three adult children and son-in-law, who were pedestrians in the vehicle, were all injured.

The Owens children, Jamie Owen Mayer, 24, and Jessica Janine Owen, 27, along with their son-in-law Steven T. Mayer, 24, are still at Harborview Medical Center with various injuries.

Jeremy Owen was the only family member to be released from medical care.

Posters and cards for each family member were signed by those at the vigil. Many in attendance knew the Owens through their church, community sports and other community events and organizations. A jazz choir, made up of 2003 Bothell High School alumni, sang and a minister led the crowd in prayer for the family.

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For the second year, Mountain State University students, staff, faculty, alumni and the community as a whole have been taken on a roller coaster ride of loss, grief, anger, worry, uncertainty and relief as the university prepared to shut its doors.

The community begins 2013 welcoming University of Charlestons Beckley campus and bidding farewell to the nearly 80-year presence of Beckley College, College of West Virginia and Mountain State University.

But the face of higher education in Beckley differs vastly today from just a year ago. At its height, Mountain State University enrolled 8,200 each semester, but only 1,100 students remained across the schools campuses in Fall 2012, the semester following its accreditation withdrawal.

2012 began with swift changes as the MSU Board of Trustees quickly took the helm of the schools sinking nursing program and fired former president Charles H. Polk in January.

Later Polk would be named in many lawsuits that asserted his winner takes all leadership style in part led to the schools demise. Lawsuits also claim Polk withheld accreditation information from students for more than a year.

On Feb. 16, the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses voted to withdraw accreditation from Mountain State Universitys Nursing Program. The board cited a low licensure exam pass rate and the inability for the university to produce student testing documents and clinical assessment tools.

Students and teachers filled the Charleston meeting room to beg the board to allow seniors to graduate in May.

The board heard the students plea and the nursing accreditation withdrawal became effective Aug. 31.

In following up with the Higher Learning Commissions 2011 Show-Cause Order, representatives from the accrediting body visited MSUs campus and hopes ran high as the community painted the town blue to show support for the local school.

Ultimately on July 10, the Higher Learning Commission decided to withdraw the schools accreditation, effective Aug. 27, stating the school had not met the requirements of the commissions Show-Cause Order.

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Houston is known for energy, but the city is also building a budding technology sector.

The world's oil capital is home to scores of hopeful entrepreneurs developing new websites, software, medical devices, clean technologies and other innovations. Research at the Texas Medical Center, NASA, local universities and in the energy industry, for example, has given birth to new ventures.

Here's one of an occasional set of snapshots of local tech startups. Time will tell if they take off.

Olympus Math

Elevator pitch: Online math program for students in grades 6 through 12.

The idea: Traditional math programs such as Kumon focus on practice as a learning tool. Taking a cue from Amazon and Netflix, which recommend new titles based on past purchases, Olympus Math recommends math curriculums for students based on past performance. "Rather than being cookie cutter and getting students to practice, practice, practice, we're trying to get them to be proficient," co-founder Muj Naqvi said. Students start by answering 20 questions based on their grade level. The software then offers a curriculum based on how they do on the initial assessment and continually adapts the curriculum as students progress.

Users: The software is used at about 100 schools across 35 school districts, including at after school programs within the Houston Independent School District. The company also hawks the product directly to parents.

The brains: Co-founders Emmie Chang and Malik Mott also founded Houston-based Wonder-Space Mobile, which develops mobile-based educational content for grade school students. Naqvi previously headed the travel startup Bonvoy, and co-founder Javid Jamae is a programmer.

The competition: The company sees learning centers, online programs such as Khan Academy and tutors as competition. California-based AdaptedMind and New York-based Knewton offer similar online programs, but Olympus Math claims to be the only one that's targeting students in grades 6 through 12.

The money: Naqvi said the company is profitable but is considering outside investment.

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