Carthage High School will hold its homecoming October 12, 2012. Homecoming activities began Tuesday with student dress up as favorite Super Heros, Wednesday is Twinkie Day, and Thursday is favorite decade day. Also Thursday from 7:30 to 8 p.m., a Candlelight pep rally is planned. Friday is Bulldog Red Day and Friday night at 6:50 p.m., duchesses will be presented. All Distinguished Alumni will be presented after the duchesses.

Homecoming duchesses are Kenze Curry, Jacqueline Jackson, Katelyn Pope, Laramie Smith, and Shelby Soape.

Kenze Curry

Curry is the daughter of Norman and Rachel Curry and grandparents are George and Velma Gregory, and Bobby Curry, and Mitch Weldon.

Kenzes extracurricular activities include 2011-2012 Technology Student Association Chapter Team, National Honor Society, and Future Farmers of America. Kenze was first place in her class in FFA. She serves as vice president of the National Honor Society, and is a member of the State Champion Technology Student Association Chapter Team. Kenze also works as a Carthage Primary student aide, and helps with the Shreveport Fire Department Childrens Christmas Parties.

Kenze plans to attend Stephen F. Austin State University and major in accounting.

Kenzes escort is Will Harris, son of Robert Harris, Jr. and Candace Harris. Wills grandparents are Robert Harris, Sr., Joan Shadowens, and R.V. Mercer.

Wills extracurricular activities include Future Farmers of America, National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, UIL Academic Team of Current Events, Social Studies, and Science; football, basketball, baseball, track, and powerlifting.

Wills honors include Student Council President, FFA Area 6 vice-president, the Hugh OBryan Youth Leadership Award, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, 2011 Academic All-District Football, 3 time Regional Qualifier UIL Academic Team, and Lonestar Farmer Degree, the highest degree offered by Texas FFA.

Will plans to attend the University of Texas A&M and major in Biomedical Science. He hopes to attend medical school to achieve his doctorate.

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By Leslie Krowchenko SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Ten years after naming its first legion of Star Alumni, Delaware County Community College has added a new quintet to the list.

In celebration of its 45th anniversary, the college honored graduates who have achieved success in business, medicine and public safety while affirming the values of their alma mater. More than 110 members of the board of trustees, educational foundation, graduates and staff attended the Sept. 28 event, held at Harrahs Casino and Racetrack.

We are proud of our 45-year history, said President Jerry Parker. The impact of community colleges is seen in our ability to provide an affordable education and transform lives.

With 24 faculty and 307 students, DCCC began in 1967 as an evening program using rented facilities in Ridley High School. The following year, after considering more than 20 possible sites, the 123-acre Gideon Stull property in Marple was chosen as the permanent home and the main campus dedicated in 1974.

DCCC currently serves nearly 28,000 students annually at eight locations in Delaware and Chester counties, including the main campus, Southeast Center in Sharon Hill and newly opened Upper Darby Center in Barclay Square Shopping Center. With the ability to grow in response to workforce demands, the college has become a center of educational opportunity.

The honorees were introduced with videos detailing their lives and accomplishments. The list included Delaware County residents Karen Bogosian, of Newtown Square, President and CEO of Visual Sound Inc.; Bob Boyden, PhD, of Aldan, the owner of Public Safety Concept Group and Carl Needles, of Havertown, the Pennsylvania Market Executive with Beneficial Bank. The group was completed with Paul Adack, Vice President of InvestEdge, and Louise Del Negro DO, an attending physician at Coatesville VA Medical Center.

I went from GED to Ph.D. and the availability of the college afforded me the opportunity to take the first steps towards that accomplishment, said Boyden. It was a major influence in my life.

Rising Star awards were presented to Johnny Archer, news reporter with the ABC affiliate in Louisville, Ky., Esther Castillo and Hiu Sin Cheung, owners of Advanced College Consulting, and Catherine Porter DO, a fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine.

The college also presented the Wong Moss Outstanding Alumni Award to Joseph Oaster Jr., a senior education analyst with the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The honor recognizes alumni for professional accomplishments, support of education and active involvement in service to the community and Oasters contribution literacy and math programs for pre-GED students in the Philadelphia School District and 25 years with the Folcroft Fire Company epitomize the true spirit of the award.

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Lefkowitz is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. He shares the award with Brian K. Kobilka, M.D., of Stanford University School of Medicine, for their work unveiling how an important group of receptors helps cells to sense their environment. Kobilka was a postdoctoral fellow in Lefkowitzs lab in the 1980s. Their work has driven an enormous field of pharmaceutical research and development. Their discovery of how cells receive and react to certain information has led to an entirely new direction for pharmaceutical research.

Lefkowitz and Kobilkadiscovered G-protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs, which are embedded in the cell membrane and cause important chemical cascades when a target molecule attaches to them. That target could be anything from a hormone such as adrenaline to neurotransmitters such as dopamine. Today G-coupled proteins play a role in about half of all medicines, and pharmaceuticals that bind and activate those receptors include beta-blockers, ulcer drugs, cortisone and antihistamines.

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10.10.2012 - (idw) HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is an outstanding business school, according to the education services company, The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com). The Company features the school in the new 2013 edition of its annual guidebook, "The Best 296 Business Schools" (Random House / Princeton Review, published October 9, 2012, $22.99). According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review Senior VP-Publisher, "We consider HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management one of the best institutions a student could attend to earn an MBA. We selected the schools we profile in this book 280 of which are in the U.S.A. and 16 are international -- based on our high regard for their academic programs and our reviews of institutional data we collect from the schools. We also solicit and greatly respect the opinions of students attending these schools who rate and report on their experiences at them on our 80-question survey for the book."

The Princeton Review's survey asked 19,000 students at the 296 schools their opinions of their school's academics, student body and campus life as well as about themselves and their career plans. The student surveys analyzed for this edition were all completed online at http://survey.review.com and conducted during the 2011-12, 2010-11, and 2009-10 academic years.

"The Best 296 Business Schools" has two-page profiles of the schools. They include write-ups on academics, career and placement, student life and environment, and admissions. The profiles also have ratings (scores from 60 to 99) for academic experience, admissions selectivity, and career services. In the profile on HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, the Princeton Review editors say that the school offers "a stellar reputation along with an affordable price tag. According to the students at HHL, the school is the best business school in Germany.

The Princeton Review does not rank the schools in the book on a single hierarchical list from 1 to 296, or name one business school best overall. Instead, the book has 11 ranking lists of the top 10 business schools in various categories. Ten lists are based entirely or partly on The Princeton Review's surveys of students attending the schools in the book. A few lists, such as "Best Career Prospects," use both student survey and institutional data. One list, "Toughest to Get Into," is based solely on institutional data. The lists in the book are posted at http://www.princetonreview.com/business-school-rankings.asp.

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is one of 236 schools (about 80% of the 296 profiled) in the book that do not appear on any of the book's 11 ranking lists. However, in the "Survey Says" sidebar on the book's HHL profile, the editors list topics on the survey about which HHL students surveyed had the highest consensus. Among them are: friendly students as well as solid preparation in: finance, accounting and general management.

"The Best 296 Business Schools" is one of more than 150 Princeton Review books published by Random House, Inc. The line includes "The Best 168 Law Schools" (also published in October 2012 and also featuring 11 ranking lists primarily based on surveys of students attending the schools in the book). Other Princeton Review books include "The Best 168 Medical Schools," plus guides to graduate school admission exams and application essays. Among them: "Business School Essays That Made a Difference."

The Princeton Review is also known for its many categories of college rankings, its classroom and online test-prep courses, tutoring, and its other education services. Headquartered in Framingham, MA, The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University, and it is not a magazine.

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TOWAMENCIN The North Penn Alumni Athletic Association will induct Gerson Gus Rosenberg to its Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Rosenberg, 68, who graduated from North Penn High School in 1962, said that he is pleasantly surprised with the honor.

Its not something Id ever really thought about, he said. Its not something (that) 50 years ago, Id have ever dreamed possible. When he thinks back to high school, Rosenberg remembers some of the friends and camaraderie. I was in the vocational program.

Rosenberg is the C. McColllister Evarts medical professor of surgery and bioengineering, chief of the division of artificial organs and codirector for the Biomedical Engineering Institute at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Rosenberg has more than 35 years of experience in the design, development and application of various circulatory support and heart replacement devices.

Rosenberg, who grew up in Lansdale, studied mechanical engineering at Penn State and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from that university. His research led to the development of a number of heart devices and he was part of the team that designed the universitys first heart-assist pump.

Rosenberg and his team developed the Left Ventricular Assist Device and an electric total artificial heart. Rosenberg led the team that developed the Arrow LionHeart, the worlds first totally implantable left ventricular assist device.

Rosenberg started on the work in graduate school in 1970, he said.

I pretty much devoted my career to circulatory support devices to help patients with end-stage cardiac disease, said Rosenberg. In 1976 (we had) our first patient with a heart assist device and I was concerned about keeping him on the pump one or two weeks and now patients can live for more than five years. For heart assist devices, its really a group of people, he said. The program is multidisciplinary, with engineers, physicians, material scientists, he said.

Its not always one persons idea, said Rosenberg. Its very much a team effort.

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Upheaval over the proposed integration of the Rutgers-Camden campus and Rowan University is now behind the University, but its ramifications still linger.

The attempt to merge the universities as part of the New Jersey Medical and Health Science Education Restructuring Act was deterred by protests from students, faculty, alumni and the surrounding community.

While Rutgers-Camden remains a part of the University because of revised legislation, the campus has been dramatically impacted, said Rodney Morrison, associate chancellor for Enrollment Management.

Morrison said the enrollment of the overall student body was affected but most significantly for the Rutgers School of Law-Camden.

Last years enrollment for the law schools first-year class was about 265, said John Oberdiek, vice dean and law professor. This year, enrollment has decreased by more than 50 percent.

People stopped applying to our law school, fearing that wed cease to exist, Oberdiek said.

Though the enrollment in law schools nationwide has decreased 15 percent in correlation with the economic downturn, the Rutgers School of Law-Camden faced a much greater enrollment loss as a result of the uncertainty around its future, Oberdiek said.

Conversely, despite the decrease in applicants to the law school, the relative LSAT scores of the admitted students do not appear to have changed significantly, he said.

Though the short-term consequences of the merger talk were mostly negative, there were some unanticipated positive externalities, Oberdiek said.

The experience of our first-year students is excellent because of the small class sizes, he said. In a perverse way, it has been a good thing.

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The Carthage Independent School District Alumni Association is pleased to announce the 2012 inductees into the school districts Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.

This years inductees are: Kay Lynn Vincent Brumbaugh, class of 1985; JoAnn Hooper Parker, class of 1964; and John Randall Randy Taylor, class of 1971.

The honorees and their families will enjoy a day of festivities at homecoming on October 12. CHS juniors and seniors will be inspired by the lives and accomplishments of these graduates at a school assembly. A reception and program will follow at 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, and everyone is invited. The honorees will be introduced and presented keys to the city during the Carthage Homecoming ceremonies at Bulldog Stadium.

Everyone is encouraged to attend the reception, the ballgame, and the homecoming activities.

JoAnn Hooper Parker is a dedicated businesswoman, community leader, and compassionate philanthropist. She graduated from Carthage High School in 1964 and has spent almost fifty years giving back to others.

The daughter of Carlene Carswell and Pierce Berdett Hooper and sister to Larry and Terry, JoAnn grew up in Deadwood. After graduation and marriage to Thomas Ronald Parker, she began her business career as an executive secretary in the Housing Supply Office for the U. S. Air Force in Sembach, Germany. Upon her return to the United States, she started the American Realty Mart of New Iberia, Louisiana, which she sold in 1977.

In 1981, JoAnn left the real estate field and started Pro-Log, Inc., an oilfield manufacturing, sales, and rental service company providing blast resistant portable buildings and specialized equipment to the oil industry. During her thirty years as company president, Pro-Log has grown and expanded with offices in several states.

Parker, with her daughter Heidi Parker Martin, opened Acacia Design and Desktop Publishing to handle design and marketing for her companies and a number of non-profit agencies. She also established and maintains Solimar EE, LLC, which provides specialty drilling mud products and services to the oil industry in the southern Rocky Mountains, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana.

In 2009, Hole Pluggers, LLC was founded with JoAnn as a partner and a member of the board of directors. This company worked with the LSU AgCenter to develop and patent the process of turning recycled plastic and cellulosic fibers into Tiger Bullets which can be used for lost circulation control in drilling oil and gas wells. This product was nominated for the prestigious Acadiana Innovation of the Year award in 2010 and has been in use internationally since 2011.

JoAnn returned to her early roots and, with her husband, established East of Eden Ranch in southwest Panola County where she has reintroduced native flora and fauna in cooperation with the Texas Wildlife and Fisheries Department. Exotic and endangered species of animals are protected and established on the 1,000 plus acres.

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A full week of school spirit activities will lead up to the 2012 Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District Homecoming celebration on Friday, Oct. 12.

Students and faculty members are encouraged to show their Trojan pride by dressing in different theme-inspired clothing throughout the week, culminating in a pep rally for grades K-8 at 1:45 p.m., and a pep rally for high school students at 3 p.m. on game day in the COHS gym.

Before the game on Friday, tailgating activities will heat up at 4 p.m. in the Coldspring-Oakhurst High School parking lot. Kick-off for the traditional Homecoming football game is at 7:30 p.m.,when the COHS Trojans face-off against the Splendora Wildcats. At halftime, the COHS Homecoming Court will be introduced and a king and queen will be crowned.

This year, for the first time, the Coldspring-Oakhurst Education Foundation will follow the football game with its fall fundraiser kick-off event, Alumni and Friends Meet & Greet, in the COHS cafeteria immediately after the game.

Superintendent Dr. LaTonya Goffney said, We invite all who can to attend the pep rally, to visit Trojan Tailgaters, and to support our education foundations inaugural event. We are also asking all fans to wear Trojan colors red, white and black to the game.

It is going to be a great night. We hope that many alumni return torenew friendships and we hope our community comes out to join us in celebrating the Trojan spirit.

Trojan Tailgate spaces are still available for businesses, civic organizations, and churches. Fundraising is optional.

Parent organizations, student clubs, and families may reserve a spot as well.

Space fees range from $20 to $70. Single spaces are $20 each or two spaces for $30. Commercial spots of four individual parking spaces are also available for $50. Two larger commercial areas of five individual parking spaces are also available for $70.

Spaces may be reserved and paid for in advance in the COHS administrative office. Space fees benefit the COHS Spirit Account. For more information, call Johnny Walker or Fannie Ellisor at 936-653-1140.

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By LESLIE KROWCHENKO Times Correspondent

CHESTER Ten years after naming its first legion of Star Alumni, Delaware County Community College has added a new quintet to the list.

In celebration of its 45th anniversary, the college honored graduates who have achieved success in business, medicine and public safety while affirming the values of their alma mater. More than 110 members of the board of trustees, educational foundation, graduates and staff attended the Sept. 28 event, held at Harrahs Casino and Racetrack.

We are proud of our 45-year history, said President Jerry Parker. The impact of community colleges is seen in our ability to provide an affordable education and transform lives.

With 24 faculty and 307 students, DCCC began in 1967 as an evening program using rented facilities in Ridley High School. The following year, after considering more than 20 possible sites, the 123-acre Gideon Stull property in Marple was chosen as the permanent home and the main campus dedicated in 1974.

DCCC currently serves nearly 28,000 students annually at eight locations in Delaware and Chester counties, including the main campus, Southeast Center in Sharon Hill and newly opened Upper Darby Center in Barclay Square Shopping Center. With the ability to grow in response to workforce demands, the college has become a center of educational opportunity.

The honorees were introduced with videos detailing their lives and accomplishments. The list included Delaware County residents Karen Bogosian, of Newtown Square, President and CEO of Visual Sound Inc.; Bob Boyden, PhD, of Aldan, the owner of Public Safety Concept Group and Carl Needles, of Havertown, the Pennsylvania Market Executive with Beneficial Bank. The group was completed with Paul Adack, Vice President of InvestEdge, and Louise Del Negro DO, an attending physician at Coatesville VA Medical Center.

I went from GED to Ph.D. and the availability of the college afforded me the opportunity to take the first steps towards that accomplishment, said Boyden. It was a major influence in my life.

Rising Star awards were presented to Johnny Archer, news reporter with the ABC affiliate in Louisville, Ky., Esther Castillo and Hiu Sin Cheung, owners of Advanced College Consulting, and Catherine Porter DO, a fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine.

The college also presented the Wong Moss Outstanding Alumni Award to Joseph Oaster Jr., a senior education analyst with the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The honor recognizes alumni for professional accomplishments, support of education and active involvement in service to the community and Oasters contribution literacy and math programs for pre-GED students in the Philadelphia School District and 25 years with the Folcroft Fire Company epitomize the true spirit of the award.

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STEUBENVILLE - Franciscan University of Steubenville alumni back on campus to receive awards said Friday the university was a significant part of their success in life.

The university recognized eight alumni Friday during its 24th annual alumni banquet.

Alumni receiving awards included:

ALUMNI AWARD Franciscan University of Steubenville held is 24th annual alumni awards banquet Friday on campus. Seated from left, Deacon Larry Meagher, accepting on behalf of his son, the Rev. Joseph Meagher; award winners Mary Lundrum, Christi and Bobby Aborn and Dr. Adam Berman. Back from left, award winner Nathaniel Pollock and the Rev. Terence Henry, T.O.R., university president; Chris Wright, alumni board president; and Tim Delaney, alumni relations director. John Henricks and Michael Kehoe also received awards. -- Mark Law

- The Rev. Joseph Meagher, class of 1984, 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 of Houston, class of 1972, 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 of Alexandria, Va., class of 1991, 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 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops;

- Bobby Aborn, class of 2012, and Christi Aborn, class of 2009, both of Steubenville, the Rose M. DeFede Faithful Franciscan Award, for their service to Franciscan University 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 of Evans, Ga., class of 1994, 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 of Dublin, class of 1968, 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; and the

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