Posted on: 9:54 pm, March 14, 2013, by Rebecca Roberts, updated on: 10:09pm, March 14, 2013

ST. LOUIS, MO (KPLR) On Thursday night, alumni of a St. Louis magnet school made their final plea to keep their institution from shutting its doors.

St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kelvin Adams set Thursday as the deadline to gather information before making this decision.

Cleveland NJROTC boasts high academic achievement and graduation rates. However, this junior naval academy is the smallest high school in St. Louis, with just 266 students. The superintendent says its low enrollment makes it too costly to keep open: Obviously that raises some concern for us about whats going to happen long term. The numbers have not necessarily been going up; theyve been going down or stabilizing, so we need to get more kids into the school.

Thats why several concerned alumni came up with a plan to raise awareness about Cleveland. Throughout the past few weeks, theyve been attending town hall meetings, gathering more than 2,000 signatures and going door to door throughout the neighborhood. Several alums also came up with a plan to increase enrollment, which they presented in a closed session to school administrators.

The multifaceted plan includes increasing parental support, raising funds to buy larger signs for the school, adding naval recruiters, and possibly combining the academy with a bio-medical school instead of keeping it in its current building.

Adams says hell weigh all of these suggestions when making his decision: I think they have galvanized really well, and have articulated how they feel about it, and thats positive. The superintendent will present his decision on closing Cleveland at Wednesdays school board meeting. The board will then vote on whether to approve his recommendation.

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SALT LAKE CITY, March 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ActiveCare, Inc. (ACAR) the service leader in managing diabetes and medical alert for seniors, today announced the addition of two members to its Strategic Advisory Board. This organization will provide expertise in the areas of medical care and research, best-of-class business practices and advancements in biometric monitoring technology. The newest members of the Advisory Board are Al Lewis and Dr. Bryan Bushick.

ActiveCare's Management Team is excited about several key additions. "Over the past several months we had become increasingly excited about the potential of our Advisory Board. Our first meeting in February exceeded our highest expectations," stated Michael Jones COO of ActiveCare. "Each member contributed unique insight to our approach. While the members validated many of our concepts, their challenges and contributions has rapidly refined our strategy," continued Jones. "Through the experience and expertise of our Advisory Board, ActiveCare now has access to the highest level thought leaders in the healthcare and insurance industries."

Al Lewis is founder and President of the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc. (DMPC). DMPC is the leading outcomes measurement evaluator and vendor procurement broker in the field of disease management for health plans for self-insured employers. Through the Health Care and Human Capital Consortium, Lewis provides similar services for corporations that want to improve outcomes through population health management. Al was founder and first president of the Disease Management Association of America and is the only two-time winner of their "Most Influential Person" award. He has been designated #1 in both of Managed Healthcare Executive's quadrennial reports on the Leaders in the Disease Management Industry. The 9th Annual Report on the Disease Management and Wellness Industries calls him "the leading care management outcomes analyst in the country." His new book Why Nobody Believes the Numbers, has received advance praise and glowing reviews from many industry leaders and respected trade journals, and recently was named Healthcare Book of the Year by Forbes. Al holds undergraduate (1978) and law (1982) degrees from Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa and taught economics at Harvard, and is currently a Visiting Scholar in health policy at Brandeis University.

Dr. Bryan Bushick joined Ansley Capital as Managing Director in 2012. Bryan has devoted his career to the growth and performance improvement of organizations that impact healthcare quality, cost-effectiveness, safety and service experiences. Bryan's diverse background, spanning over 25 years, has been rooted in IT-enabled innovation, population health management and enterprise-wide performance excellence. Prior to Ansley Capital, Bryan was Chief Health Care Strategy Officer of Covisint, Inc., a leading health information exchange company that acquired DocSite, LLC. As DocSite's COO, Bryan oversaw all market-facing functions as well as software engineering, and instituted organizational planning, staffing, operational execution, sales and customer relation improvements. In 2011, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce appointed Bryan to a three-year term on the Board of Overseers for the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. Bryan also currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Blueprint HIT Innovation Exchange Summit and was recently elected as a Director of the Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association, and is returning to that role after completing a previous term as President of the Association in 2009. Other volunteer roles have included five years as a Senior Examiner for the Baldrige Program and as a member of the 2008 Judges' Panel for Keystone Alliance for Performance Excellence. Bryan holds an MD from the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine, a MBA from the Wharton School and a BS degree from Dickinson College.

About ActiveCare

ActiveCare, Inc. is a leader in providing diabetes management and senior alert systems. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and publicly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under symbol ACAR, ActiveCare is committed to providing consistent excellence in quality and safety as well as friendly care for members and caregivers alike. To learn more about ActiveCare, Inc., visit the corporate website at http://www.activecare.com or contact investor/media relations at ir@activecare.com For a complete resume of the new Advisory Board, please contact ir@activecare.com.

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James Jim Ferrell, 66, of Newport, died Monday, March 11, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.

His service is at 2 p.m. Friday at Newport Baptist Church with the Rev. Gary Carroll and the Rev. Bob Lowery officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove with military honors.

Jim graduated from Jones Central High School in 1964. He served in the U.S. Navy and graduated from Highway Patrol School in 1972. He owned and operated Ferrell Plumbing. He was active in the Newport Pig Cooking Contest, West Carteret High School FFA and the Festival on the Neuse in Kinston. He will be missed by many.

Jim is survived by his wife, Joyce Ferrell; children, Eddie Albanese and wife Tammy of Oak Grove, Ala., Jamie Ferrell of Vanceboro and Melissa Welles and husband Bill of Kinston; brothers and sisters, Kenneth Ferrell of Lancaster, S.C., Sandra Smith of Snow Hill, Della McCain and husband E.L. of Newport, Carol Tyndall of Comfort, Brent Stilley and wife Debra of Granthom, Mona Boyette and husband Ben of Pollocksville and Greg Stilley and wife Sharon of Pikeville; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth and Alma Ferrell, and by his son Wesley M. Ferrell.

Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Munden Funeral Home.

Flowers welcome or memorials may be made In memory of Jim Ferrell to West Carteret High School FFA Alumni, 4700 Country Club Road, Morehead City, N.C. 28557.

Arrangements are by Munden Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. of Morehead City. Online condolences may be made to the family at http://www.mundenfuneralhome.net.

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Published: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 9:00p.m. Updated 16 hours ago

Keith Nonnenberg's career selection was a no-brainer.

Nonnenberg, 42, of Plum saw how much his mother, the late Carolyn Nonnenberg, enjoyed her job as a teacher in the district.

I saw the enjoyment she got from teaching, said Nonnenberg, a teacher himself for nearly 20 years in the Plum School District.

Carolyn Nonnenberg died July 25, 2012 of cancer, her son said. She retired in 2005 after nearly 40 years in the district.

Carolyn Nonnenberg is one of five Plum graduates selected as members of the Plum High School Distinguished Alumni Class of 2013. She was a 1961 graduate of Plum High School.

The honorees are set to take their place on the Alumni Wall of Distinction, just outside the Plum High School auditorium.

In addition to Nonnenberg, the 2013 class members are:

Dr. Michelle Fisher Freeman completing her fellowship training in palliative medicine and hospice care at UPMC and pursuing her master's degree in medical education at the University of Pittsburgh, Class of 2001.

Judge Lee Mazur senior judge in the Family Division of the Court of Common Pleas, Class of 1957.

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The Universitys various graduate programs have once again received high marks in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools Rankings, a widely-read publication.

The Universitys Medical, Law and Education Schools all moved up one spot in overall rankings from last year and improved in several specialty areas. The Engineering and Business Schools both moved down a rank, but stayed in the top 15 in their respective categories.

The Ross School of Business graduate programs moved down from 13th to 14th, sharing the position with the University of California, Los Angeles. Harvard University and Stanford University tied for first place in the business school category.

The University ranked first in higher-education administration and second in secondary-teacher education. The School of Social Work was also ranked number one in the nation, tying for first with Washington University in St. Louis.

The School of Information achieved strong rankings with the information systems and archives and preservation programs rating number one in their divisions.

Within engineering specialties, the University ranked second in both nuclear engineering and industrial manufacturing and systems engineering.

University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the University is pleased with the rankings, but cautioned that students should rely on other factors as well when choosing the university they want to attend.

(U.S. News) is perhaps the most widely recognized ranking of U.S. universities, Fitzgerald said. We know that there are lots of people who pay attention to the rankings, but I would just underscore that its one piece of information. It takes much more than just looking at the rankings to decide whats the best place for you.

The Universitys Medical School retained its position in eighth place for primary care and moved up two spots from 10th to eighth in research medicine. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked first in primary care, while Harvard University topped the list for research medicine.

Medical School Dean James Woolliscroft said he rarely pays much attention to the rankings, instead preferring to focus on how students of the Medical School perform after graduation.

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After working for five years in California as a musical supervisor for film trailers, Nick Martin decided to tap into his analytical side at Texas Christian University's Neeley School of Business.

As part of his business school studies, he works as a digital marketing and advertising intern for a medical technology company, where he is being recruited for a position after he graduates. With his background, getting hired there was a long shot, he says. But his employers were impressed by how well he managed a market opportunity analysis students did for the company.

Administrators at Neeley and elsewhere are scrambling to find new ways to sharpen graduates' edge in a leaner, meaner business world. In some cases, change has been sweeping.

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The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School rolled out a whole new plan last fall that allows students greater leeway to customize their studies within six "pathways," including Managing the Global Enterprise and Understanding and Serving Customers.

Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management will infuse its entire curriculum with four themes that cut across the traditional disciplines like accounting and marketing: innovation and entrepreneurship; private enterprise/public policy interface; markets and customers; and "architectures of collaboration."

Most institutions, like Neeley, are working within their existing curricula to allow students opportunities to specialize earlier, expanding offerings on entrepreneurship and innovation, and integrating experiential learning as well as more (and more sophisticated) ways to get a global perspective.

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Schools are responding to new pressures to compete among themselves, too. Applications were down at nearly two thirds of the country's full-time MBA programs last year, according to a study last fall by the Graduate Management Admission Council.

"The increasingly competitive nature of the MBA landscape mandates that you are always on the leading edge," says Stacey Whitecotton, associate dean for MBA programs at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business.

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