Often described as an art and a science, nursing is a profession that embraces dedicated people with varied interests, strengths and passions because of the many opportunities the profession offers. They have many roles – from staff nurse to educator to nurse practitioner and nurse researcher – and serve all of them with passion for the profession and with a strong commitment to patient safety.

A 1952 alumnus of the University of Vermont College of Medicine and his family have established a $1 million endowed fund at the university to support the work of the Vermont Cancer Center at UVM and Fletcher Allen Health Care.

Arthur J. Perelman, M.D.’52, of Summit, N.J., sons Robert, Jon and Carl and their children established the Charlotte E. Perelman Cancer Research Fund in honor of their late wife, mother and grandmother. Nearly fifty family members and friends were on campus Saturday, June 22, to celebrate the gift and honor the late Mrs. Perelman.

Kip Steele, Quality Assurance Lead, Kip earned a BA from Lehigh University. He comes to us from Prudential, Thomson Reuters and FactSet, where he held various QA management roles. Kip developed a love for the outdoors while he was in the Marine Corps Infantry, and is looking forward to enjoying all that our great state has to offer.

With great excitement, the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center Board of Directors announces the appointment of Mark Naud as Executive Director, effective immediately.

VT/NH Marketing Group co-founder and past president George Duncan of Peterborough, N.H., has been named to The 101 Best Copywriters in the World. The list was compiled by PhraseHQ, a website for creative professionals.

Duncan’s copywriting career spans 50 years from Esquire Magazine in 1960 to Kennedy Information in 2008 and features more than a dozen national awards, including the VTNHMG’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Stephen P Marsh, president, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Community Bancorp and Community National Bank (CNB), welcomed close to 200 shareholders recently for the annual shareholders’ meeting. Louise Bonvechio, treasurer of Community Bancorp, and SVP, CFO and cashier of Community National Bank, reported on CNB’s financials for 2012. Mr.

“Borderlines,” an exhibit of Terry Allen’s photography is currently hanging in the lobby at Central Vermont Medical Center. It shows people and cultures on the edges of society and the cusp of change. Some photos soften the boundaries that divide people or blur the hard borders separating sky, water, and stone.

“These photographs are amazing,” remarked CVMC President and CEO Judy Tartaglia. “Subjects range from children at play in a Thai temple to a photo quilt assembled from quarry machinery shed to a cat on a graffitied car hood in Queens, NYC.”

Vermont Law School graduate Alison Milbury Stone has joined the northern New England law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC. Stone will be based in the Burlington office and will practice in the firm’s Energy and Telecommunications Practice Group.

“We are excited that Alison has joined DRM. Her knowledge and experience will help the firm meet the needs of our clients in energy and telecommunications as the industry continues to grow in Vermont,” explained Energy and Telecommunications Practice Group Chairman John H. Marshall.