STEUBENVILLE - Officials, staff, alumni and students at Franciscan University of Steubenville took time during a busy homecoming weekend to honor eight graduates of the school for their outstanding professional accomplishments and service to the church and community.

Accepting awards at the school's 25th Annual Alumni Awards Banquet Friday were the Rev. Michael Gaitley, MIC 1999, recipient of the Bishop John King Mussio Award for Faithful Service to the Church; Adam Tate, a 1994 alumnus and recipient of the Dr. John J. Carrigg Award for education; Col. Laurence Burgess, 1969 alumnus and recipient of the Alumni Citizenship Award; John Fischer, a 1983 graduate and recipient of the Rose M. DeFede Faithful Franciscan Award; Dr. David Born, a 1992 graduate and recipient of the Father Dan Egan Award for healthcare; Albert "Ray" Challis, a 1967 alumnus and recipient of the Professor Edward J. Kelly Award for business; and Aaron Cunningham, a 2007 graduate and recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

Also recognized was Michael Kehoe, a 1968 graduate who was named last year's recipient of the Professor Edward J. Kelly Award but wasn't able to attend last year's event. Kehoe went on to serve in the Army's 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam, hold several positions with Ohio Bell and AT&T, working his way up to vice president of AT&T Ohio; and serve in the Columbus Rotary and on boards for such organizations as the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, Columbus Urban League and Mount Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.

HONORED ALUMNI Among the many on hand for Franciscan University of Steubenvilles 25th Annual Alumni Awards Banquet Friday were, from left, front: Tim Delaney, the universitys director of alumni and constituent relations; honorees Dr. David Born, Albert Ray Challis and John Fischer; and Chris Wright, president of the universitys alumni board; and back: honoree Mike Kehoe, the Rev. Sean Sheridan, TOR, the universitys president; Col. Laurence Burgess and Adam Tate. Also honored were alumni Aaron Cunningham and the Rev. Michael Gaitley. -- Warren Scott

While at Franciscan University, Born served as coordinator and council representative for the In His Image household his junior and senior years, was treasurer for the Society of Biology Majors his junior year and participated in the orientation team and intramural sports.

He also was named to the Baconian Honor and Alpha Chi honor societies.

Born went on to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and University of Cincinnati Family Practice Residency, receiving the Gross Anatomy Award for Excellence and the Margaret C. Vogel Humanitarian Award.

While in medical school, he was honor council student representative, a leader of the Christian Medical Fellowship and member of a committee that created and implemented a new practice management curriculum and a procedure committee that developed a tracking system. He served as chief resident his last year, supporting, directing, and problem-solving for other residents.

Since 1999, Born has worked at Cherry Westgate Family Practice In Granville, Ohio and has been a partner in the practice since 2001. Since 2003, he has served as medical director for Heartbeats of Licking County Pregnancy Care Center. He lives in Newark, Ohio.

A native of New York, Fischer was a member of the Theophilus household and Alpha Phi Delta fraternity. He was president of the fraternity when it was named chapter of the year and represented it at a New York gathering. He also worked as a photographer for the Baronette yearbook and the public relations office.

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STEUBENVILLE -Officials, staff, alumni and students at Franciscan University of Steubenville took time during a busy homecoming weekend to honor seven graduates of the school for their outstanding professional accomplishments and service to the church and community.

Accepting awards at the school's 25th Annual Alumni Awards Banquet Friday were the Rev. Michael Gaitley, MIC 1999, recipient of the Bishop John King Mussio Award for Faithful Service to the Church; Adam Tate, a 1994 alumnus and recipient of the Dr. John J. Carrigg Award for education; Col. Laurence Burgess, 1969 alumnus and recipient of the Alumni Citizenship Award; John Fischer, a 1983 graduate and recipient of the Rose M. DeFede Faithful Franciscan Award; Dr. David Born, a 1992 graduate and recipient of the Father Dan Egan Award for healthcare; Albert "Ray" Challis, a 1967 alumnus and recipient of the Professor Edward J. Kelly Award for business; and Aaron Cunningham, a 2007 graduate and recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

While at Franciscan University, Born served as coordinator and council representative for the In His Image household his junior and senior years, was treasurer for the Society of Biology Majors his junior year and participated in the orientation team and intramural sports.

He also was named to the Baconian Honor and Alpha Chi honor societies.

Born went on to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and University of Cincinnati Family Practice Residency, receiving the Gross Anatomy Award for Excellence and the Margaret C. Vogel Humanitarian Award.

While in medical school, he was honor council student representative, a leader of the Christian Medical Fellowship and member of a committee that created and implemented a new practice management curriculum and a procedure committee that developed a tracking system. He served as chief resident his last year, supporting, directing, and problem-solving for other residents.

Since 1999, Born has worked at Cherry Westgate Family Practice In Granville, Ohio and has been a partner in the practice since 2001. Since 2003, he has served as medical director for Heartbeats of Licking County Pregnancy Care Center. He lives in Newark, Ohio.

A native of New York, Fischer was a member of the Theophilus household and Alpha Phi Delta fraternity. He was president of the fraternity when it was named chapter of the year and represented it at a New York gathering. He also worked as a photographer for the Baronette yearbook and the public relations office.

As a certified public accountant, Fischer created accounting software for the automotive aftermarket for a small Wintersville business. When it was purchased by a Pittsburgh firm, Fischer spent the next few years working out of Pittsburgh until the company was sold again.

Fischer went on to start his own business, Signal Software Corporation, in 1992 and co-founded another automobile aftermarket software company, OpenWebs Corporation, in 2000. There he served as vice president of sales until the company was acquired by the international firm, MAM Software, in 2002.

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Thirty-one years after being crowned Cleburne High School homecoming queen, Dr. Susi Johnson Whitworth will preside over this weeks alumni celebrations as the CHS Ex-Students Association Coming Home Queen.

Dr. Whitworth was considered a leader by her classmates and teachers throughout her years at Cleburne High School, association President Cheri Fuller McCullough said. She was named Miss CHS by her fellow seniors, selected for Whos Who by the faculty and was the 1983 valedictorian.

Her commitment to help those in need began at CHS with her involvement in student service organizations including Student Council, Exchangettes and National Honor Society. She has continued to serve, as a pediatric infectious disease physician at Cook Childrens Medical Center in Fort Worth and through her involvement in numerous efforts including the implementation of the Snack Sack program here in Cleburne.

Whitworths achievements while at CHS included selection as class favorite three consecutive years, varsity cheerleader, election to senior class president and membership in the Latin Club.

According to the 1983 Santa Fe Trail yearbook, Susi Johnson was the most logical choice for Miss CHS, citing her numerous contributions to the school.

High school was so much fun, Whitworth said. We were involved in everything student council, Exchangettes we didnt focus on just one thing. I loved youth and government. And I had so many wonderful teachers Johnnie Hyde, Ben Oefinger, Pat McCarty Maggard, Glenda Young.

After graduation, Whitworth attended Baylor University, then on to medical school at the University of Texas at Galveston. She completed her residency at Arkansas Childrens Hospital in pediatrics and pediatrics infectious disease. She has been a member of Cook Childrens medical staff for 18 years.

I knew I would be a physician, Whitworth said. My dad, my uncle, my grandfather were all physicians. What I didnt think I would do was work with children. When I got to my third year of medical school and we began rotations, I chose pediatrics first because I wanted to get it out of the way. And I loved it. When we were doing our rotation in OB/GYN, I wanted to follow the babies I loved the babies.

The Whitworths lived in Fort Worth before their move to Cleburne. She and husband, Keith, a sociology professor at Texas Christian University, were involved in the Snack Sack project, which addresses child nutrition and hunger, through their church. They quickly determined that the same project was needed in Cleburne.

My daughter, Mary Ann, who was in the fifth grade at that time, came home one Friday and told me a friend had said that her family wouldnt be eating until Monday, which was pay day, Whitworth said. It was an epiphany for her and me. I realized there was a need here, too, not just Fort Worth.

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Charleston School of Law founders are moving forward with their plan to sell the school to the for-profit InfiLaw System.

Retired U.S. magistrate judges George C. Kosko and Robert S. Carr, two of the three remaining founders and board members of law school, sent a memo to the Charleston School of Law community Wednesday stating they would move forward with the controversial plan.

Kosko and Carr stated in their memo that they were willing to consider well-thought-out and financially responsible alternatives for the schools future, but they didnt receive any proposals by the Oct. 1 deadline.

Many students, alumni and members of the local community have expressed outrage at the potential sale to InfiLaw, which they think could diminish the value of a Charleston School of Law degree. The company owns three other law schools, which many consider to be diploma mills.

Last week, Edward Westbrook, the third founder and board member, stated that at least three other alternatives exist:

-Paying Kosko and Carr a portion of the value of their shares, and remaining a limited liability corporation while the school stabilizes. Kosko and Carr could stay on as board members, but the school also would have respected members of the legal community join the board. Kosko and Carr could redeem the rest of their interests after things have calmed down.

-Redeeming all of Koskos and Carrs interests, just as it did for Alex Sanders and Ralph McCullough, the final two of the original five founders.

-Exploring transferring ownership of the school to the College of Charleston. Westbrook said that if that option were selected, he would be willing to donate his entire one-third ownership interest to the college.

No one submitted an application wanting to buy the law school, Kosko and Carr stated in their letter. While some people and groups have proposed vague alternative proposals, no one has come forward saying, We want to buy the law school, and here are our plans to run it.

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The 2013 Congress of Delegates went to bat for the future of family medicine Sept. 24, adopting one resolution intended to help bolster the primary care workforce by shoring up the physician pipeline and calling for further study of another. A third measure seeking to survey family medicine residents about their medical school experience also was adopted.

Kansas alternate delegate Michael Kennedy, M.D., dean for rural health education at the University of Kansas, tells reference committee members that only about 5 percent of internal medicine residents and 11 percent of pediatrics residents that graduate from his program actually end up practicing primary care.

Although it seems clear that the number of primary care physicians medical schools indicate they're producing does not line up with the actual number who end up in primary care practice, it can be difficult to discern why. One resolution discussed during the Sept. 23 hearing of the AAFP Reference Committee on Education sought to address that problem by tying graduate medical education (GME) reimbursement and medical school accreditation to a minimum percentage of graduates selecting primary care.

Minnesota delegate Lynne Marie Lillie, M.D., of Woodbury, testified in favor of the resolution.

"As the funding for graduate medical education is going to become a very significant issue for America going forward with the (Patient Protection and) Affordable Care Act, simply increasing funding for primary care internal medicine residencies that only put 5 percent of their residents into primary care won't meet the big picture goal that we're trying to obtain," she said.

Although he agreed with the spirit of the resolution, said Missouri delegate Lawrence Rues, M.D., of Kansas City, he acknowledged he was uncomfortable with accreditation being part of the package.

The AAFP can't force the accreditation issue, which is the purview of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, he said. "I would, however, say (to schools), 'Good, do your own thing, but you're not going to get as much money.'

"The public needs primary care and as ([then] AAFP President) Jeff Cain said, we need to prioritize GME funding to the needs of the public, because that's going to move things."

The resolution eventually was referred to the AAFP Board of Directors to work out details and coordinate with the AAFP's current advocacy efforts in regard to GME funding.

The reference committee also heard extensive testimony in support of a resolution asking the AAFP to request that

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POMONA, Calif. Dr. Paula Crone has been promoted to dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, the first time in the medical schools 36-year history that one of its graduates has held the position.

" She will not only provide leadership and direction to the faculty and staff of the college, but she will also have the capacity to galvanize the alumni of the college to become more active participants in advancing its mission, as well as that of the university," said WesternU President Philip Pumerantz, PhD.

"With the looming implementation of the Affordable Care Act facing the nation and our own institution, Dr. Crone's experience as a humanistic, committed family physician, and her academic leadership in bringing forth our DO program in Lebanon, will put her firmly in control of guiding this university on its course to prepare all health professions for the form of practice that will evolve during the middle of this century."

After earning her degree, Crone completed her residency in family practice at Eastmoreland Hospital in Portland and opened a private practice, Creekside Family Practice LLC. She remained involved in education by serving as a preceptor to medical students, interns and residents.

Crone began serving as executive associate dean of the COMP-Northwest campus in Lebanon in 2009, and she helped welcome COMP-Northwest's inaugural class of 107 students in July 2011. She was named WesternU's Vice President for Oregon Operations in 2012. She then took on the role of interim dean of COMP at the beginning of 2013, after former COMP Dean Clinton Adams, DO, stepped down.

"I am honored and humbled to take on the role of dean of one of the finest medical schools in the country," Crone said. "I look forward to involving our alumni and engaging them to help educate the next generation of physicians. It is an exciting time to be involved in medical education as we help usher in a whole new era of medicine."

Western University of Health Sciences opened its doors in 1977 as the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, and welcomed its inaugural class of 36 students the following year. Today, WesternU is home to more than 3,600 students in 21 degree programs, as well as more than 1,000 employees, and is one of the most thriving enterprises in the Pomona and Inland valleys.

COMP has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, including 316 Lebanon students.

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Mercyhurst Preparatory School and the Alumni Board of Governors will host the Laker Legends Scholarship Gala on Friday, from 6 to 10 p.m., at the Marriott's Ambassador Center Crystal Ballroom.

The event recognizes outstanding alumni who have been nominated by their peers. Jessica Horan-Kunco, '89, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Career Award for her success as an Erie City Councilwoman. She is also the co-owner of Kunco Landscape Inc.

Caitlin Welsh, '97, a foreign affairs officer for the United States Department of State, will receive the Young Alumni Award.

The Rev. Donald Baxter Jr. and U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter, a current board member, will be honored with the Laker Legends Philanthropy Award; and Jovon Johnson, '02, who plays for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team, will receive the Laker Legends Sports Award.

In addition, Carla Betti, a Mercyhurst Prep social studies teacher, will receive the Mercy Award.

Alumni Association President Natalie Dwyer Haller said that for the first time the organization is awarding honorary alumni status to individuals who are not alumni of Mercyhurst Seminary or Mercyhurst Prep, in recognition of their proven friendship and service to the school. These individuals are Sister Maura Smith, RSM, and Sister Mary Ann Bader, RSM.

The evening will also feature live, silent and scholarship auctions, including a sunset cruise aboard the Lady Barbara with hors d'oeuvres and beverages for 15, a condo in Montana for a week, an adult Learn to Row and Sunset Happy Hour for 8, just to name a few.

All money raised in the scholarship auctions provides scholarship and financial aid for deserving MPS students.

Contact Tina Piano Espin, '87, for sponsorship, reservations or more information at 824-2161 or tespin@mpslakers.com.

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Overall, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey given to Newtons middle and high school students in last fall show that Newton youths are engaging in less risky behavior than the state averages, though concerns remain.

The risk assessment survey given to students every two years, was given to 6000 students between grades 6-12 last November. After the removal of frivolous and otherwise flawed responses, 3000 responses were analyzed.

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Forty seven percent of Newton Middle School students and 74 percent of high school students describe their lives as either somewhat stressful or very stressful.

Students most commonly report school issues are what causes them stress, followed by social issues, appearance issues, and family issues.

Eighteen percent of students report experiencing depression and 8 percent reported seeking medical attention for depression. Twelve percent of students reported hurting themselves on purpose in the previous 12 months.

Four percent of students reported attempting suicide in the previous twelve months. Statewide, 7 percent of students reported attempting suicide.

Several school committee members said that while overall, the trends were positive, but any number of students attempting suicide is alarming. Committee member Jonathan Yeo asked what the administration plans to do to with the information to get the numbers even lower.

Of course you want the numbers to be zero, but you know theyre never going to be, said Committee Chair Claire Sokoloff. This couldnt be more important."

Assistant Superintendent for Student Services Judy Levin-Charns said that she would share the survey results with all principals and continue to refine her efforts to serve students social and emotional needs.

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Mary Frances Schneckenberger, an administrator in the Buffalo Public School System, a world traveler, bowler, gardener, avid golfer and bridge player, died Tuesday in Buffalo General Medical Center after a brief illness. She was 88.

Born in Buffalo, she attended Fosdick-Masten Park High School and became vice president of the newly formed Alumni Association in 1947. She earned her bachelor and masters degrees from Buffalo State Teachers College. She was a doctoral candidate at the University of Buffalo where she earned a degree of specialist in educational administration. A member of Casting Hall at Buffalo State, she played the title role in I Remember Mama, directed by Mina Goosen. She was president of the student government, a member of Alpha Honorary Society and Delta Sigma Epsilon.

Her teaching career began in Kenmore. She also taught at the Harlem Road School in Snyder, and she was among the first faculty of the new Allendale School in Snyder.

While her sons were young, she was a substitute teacher for three years in West Seneca. Returning to full-time teaching in Buffalo, she then became an administrator at Schools 53 and 69, Dr. Martin Luther King and the Poplar Street Academy. She retired after 30 years in education in 1985.

A member of Ebenezer United Church of Christ in West Seneca, she served on the Christian education board, also as trustee, deacon and elder. She served as greeter chairman for more than 40 years. She was an active member of the senior citizens group and also West Seneca Senior Citizens.

She was a member of the Museum of Science and served as a docent after retirement. She was also a docent, in recent years, at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. She was a longtime member of the Elma Meadows Womens Golf League and of the El Rio Golf Club in Fort Myers, Fla., where she had a home.

Her husband of 57 years, Lloyd L., died in 2008. She is survived by two sons, Marc and Steven.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 12 in Ebenezer United Church of Christ, 630 Main St., West Seneca.

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Thanks to a number of donors, a corridor of the Boston University School of Medicine is now decorated with restored plaques, portraits and pictures commemorating significant figures in the schools history.

BU MED students and officials gathered Tuesday to honor the restoration of several works of art and historical artifacts now decorating the medical campus. MED Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Douglas Hughes and various donors made the renovations possible, said Provost of the BU Medical Campus Karen Antman.

Over the course of about three or four months, Dr. Hughes identified a number of items that were important to the history of the school and arranged to have faculty and staff make donations so that they could be renovated, Antman, who is also MED dean, said.

During a brief reception on the MED campus, Antman thanked faculty, staff and alumni who made the restorations possible with their donations.

Its important to have a culture of philanthropy on the medical campus, she said in her remarks. We certainly have some very supportive alumni who have donated to scholarships and to research support, but weve also got staff and faculty who have stepped up to the plate and each done a part of these projects.

The additions will improve academic life for students as well as promote the schools history, Antman said.

What you see [here] makes an immense difference, she said Having access to history makes for deeper appreciation of the history of the school.

Restored works include a fountain that now sits outside MEDs central building, an antique grandfather clock and a number of photographs and pictures. Many of the pieces commemorate leaders and other significant figures in MEDs history.

Honored historical figures included Samuel Gregory, original dean and founder of Americas first female medical school, which later became BUSM, Israel Talbot, original BUSM dean who created Americas first co-ed medical school, and BUSM graduate Anna Howard Shaw, who chaired the National Womens Suffrage Association.

You all, through your donation, have brought our history back to life, Hughes said.

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