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

All alumni of LSU School of Medicine - New Orleans automatically receive Medicinews, the alumni news magazine, and the Honor Roll, a yearly publication. If for some reason you haven't been receiving issues of these publications, let us know by sending us an e-mail at ROAR@lsuhsc.edu. If your address has changed, please notify us by clicking here.

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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Published: December 17, 2013 | Last Modified: December 17, 2013 08:38PM

By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD The close-knit Wallingford hockey community is gathering around one of its fallen friends.

Partnered with the Wallingford Hawks, Sheehan High School will be playing an Alumni Game on Dec. 27 at Choate at 7 p.m.

All of the proceeds will be donated to the Midstate Medical Center in honor of Rick Garrison, a former Wallingford fireman, Hawks coach and Sheehan skater who died in January at age 53. Garrisons No. 10 Sheehan jersey is retired.

He is pretty much an icon here, Wallingford Hawks President Dan Daddio said. His recent passing left a down mood on folks. This is a great opportunity to recognize a guy that has given so much to the program and the kids who have come through. There has been a lot of interest. We have been marketing it out and the response has been huge.

Sheehan grad Joe Paul is in charge of gathering alumni for the game.

About 20 skaters signed up so far, Paul said. We are having odd number graduating years against even. We are excited about the game and anything we can do for Rick Garrison. Rick was a great guy. Anyone you ask, they would say that. There were a lot of people that loved him in Sheehan hockey, in the Hawks and the fire department. He met a lot of people and touched them all.

I think we are going to have a lot of people there and a lot of skaters, and I think it will be special.

While the Paul is gathering the players, the Hawks secured the ice and referees for the game. The Hawks will also help with pre-game preparations and puck pickup and, in general, be supporters of the event.

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Published: December 17, 2013 | Last Modified: December 17, 2013 08:38PM

By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD The close-knit Wallingford hockey community is gathering around one of its fallen friends.

Partnered with the Wallingford Hawks, Sheehan High School will be playing an Alumni Game on Dec. 27 at Choate at 7 p.m.

All of the proceeds will be donated to the Midstate Medical Center in honor of Rick Garrison, a former Wallingford fireman, Hawks coach and Sheehan skater who died in January at age 53. Garrisons No. 10 Sheehan jersey is retired.

He is pretty much an icon here, Wallingford Hawks President Dan Daddio said. His recent passing left a down mood on folks. This is a great opportunity to recognize a guy that has given so much to the program and the kids who have come through. There has been a lot of interest. We have been marketing it out and the response has been huge.

Sheehan grad Joe Paul is in charge of gathering alumni for the game.

About 20 skaters signed up so far, Paul said. We are having odd number graduating years against even. We are excited about the game and anything we can do for Rick Garrison. Rick was a great guy. Anyone you ask, they would say that. There were a lot of people that loved him in Sheehan hockey, in the Hawks and the fire department. He met a lot of people and touched them all.

I think we are going to have a lot of people there and a lot of skaters, and I think it will be special.

While the Paul is gathering the players, the Hawks secured the ice and referees for the game. The Hawks will also help with pre-game preparations and puck pickup and, in general, be supporters of the event.

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New Orleans -- For the first time ever, the East Jefferson High School Warriors win a state championship. East Jeff beat Edna Karr 38 to 28 this afternoon in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome for the Class 4A state title. It's a feat many, including school alumni, never thought they'd see.

Electrifying..... that's one word to describe the energy inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Saturday.

On one side, Edna Karr, a team that has a lot of experience under pressure. A Karr parent says, "Karr has been here several times. Last year is the year that they won after going so many times to it and the kids are accustomed to being here."

Their opponent...East Jefferson...a team that's never made it to a championship game, ever in the school's history. Alumni Pat Bode says, "This game is like the Saints going to the Superbowl. This is something we've been waiting for all these years."

From the beginning of their season, friends and relatives of the Warriors say they saw something special in this team.

Each win brought the team closer and closer to their goal.

Ruth Grayson has children and grand-children who went to East Jeff, but it's now her great-grandson who she's here to cheer on at the state championships! "I never saw them get this far so you know I'm excited, see I'm nervous right now," said Grayson.

The Warriors certainly have a big support system. East Jeff alumni gathered for a pre-party and then made their way to the dome as a group to cheer on their team. Pat Bode says, "We got like from early 70s to late 80s to right now, to the 2014s, and we're all here to support East Jefferson."

They say this is something they've waited for, for a very long time. And now, the class 4A championship, is theirs!

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Anne Mattern, a consulting school physician who worked for the Montgomery County health department for three decades, died Nov. 15 at her home in Rockville. She was 91.

The cause was colon cancer, said her daughter Carola J. Nesbitt.

Dr. Mattern specialized in child and adolescent mental and physical health. She guided teachers and administrators in matters including developmental and educational screening, special placement of students, evaluations for physical and sexual abuse, and the care and education of mentally and physically handicapped children. She retired in 1989.

Elizabeth Anne Dentry was born in Baltimore, where she received a bachelors degree from the College of Notre Dame in 1943. She graduated from the University of Marylands medical school in 1947 and ran a general surgery private practice in Aspen Hill, Md., in the early years of her career.

She was a past chairman of Montgomery Countys retired physicians committee, volunteered at local influenza vaccination clinics and received recognitions for her fundraising and organizing efforts with her medical schools alumni group, her daughter said.

Dr. Mattern participated in tennis tournaments in Maryland and on the East Coast and won a seniors doubles championship when she was in her early 70s, her daughter said. Dr. Mattern also participated in the Maryland Senior Olympics and coached softball, basketball and tennis in Rockville.

Her husband of 48 years, Dr. Carl F.T. Mattern, died in 1996. Survivors include six children, Charles R. Mattern of Rockville, Lucy A. Ertter of Laurel, Md., Susan E. Riegner of Fairfax City, Theodore D. Mattern of Woodbine, Md., Dr. Carola J. Nesbitt of Grayslake, Ill., and James G. Mattern of Gainesville, Va.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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UND unveiled more details Thursday on the design of its new medical school building, which is planned to focus on collaboration and efficiency.

Joshua Wynne, vice president for health affairs and dean of the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, welcomed an audience of community members, local legislators and UND students and staff, saying the new school is designed to help better prepare UND students for current trends in improving health care.

The public meeting was held in the current UND medical school building, in which space is more than maximally utilized, Wynne said.

The new building, which will actually have less square-footage than the current building, will increase teaching, research and clinical space, Wynne said. Faculty and administrative space will be decreased, because that space in the current building is inefficient, he said.

Representatives from lead designer JLG Architects of Grand Forks and its national design partners, Perkins+Will and Steinberg Architects, explained that the four-floor building will have an open, public corridor, which they called a main street, through its first two floors.

Areas of the school necessary to the public like alumni services, community relations and student affairs are arranged near the buildings entrance, while secure areas, such as those for research, are tucked farther into the building.

Efficiency

The design also heavily focuses on bringing natural light into the building, and the building is also designed to be energy efficient.

Parking was a priority in the design, Wynne said. Space for parking is part of the reason the buildings site was chosen at the southwest corner of the intersection of North Columbia Road and Gateway Drive.

There will also be a shuttle for students from the new medical school to the rest of campus, he said.

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