A new Norfolk, Mass. elementary school will be dedicated this weekend and formally named in part for a Norwich University alumnus and Norfolk native, Adam Kennedy, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. At the age of 25, SGT Adam Kennedy ’04, US Army, of Norfolk, Mass, was killed during his first tour of duty in Iraq from an improvised explosive device south of Baghdad on Sunday April 8, 2007.
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Johnson State College welcomes two new full-time faculty members to the college for the 2012-2013 academic year: Associate Professor David Plazek Ph.D formerly of Lyndon State College, will teach political science as a member of JSC's Department of Humanities.
National Bank of Middlebury has recently welcomed Eleanor “Misse” Smith as its New Horizons Club Program Coordinator.
Ecologist Kristian Omland has joined the Environmental Services division of Stantec. Based in the firm's South Burlington, Vermont, office, Omland's work focuses on statistical data modeling for ecological and
biological research efforts.
Dr. David Mindich, professor and chair of the Saint Michael's College department of media studies, journalism and digital arts, was honored with the top annual award of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The Presidential Award was presented to Professor Mindich at the annual meeting of the AEJMC held in Chicago.
Champlain College recently named Sugarbush Resort Owner and President Winthrop Smith the Champlain College 2012 Distinguished Citizen.
Gov. Peter Shumlin announced the appointment of Brattleboro Union High School student Lachlan Francis to the Vermont Board of Education. Francis lives in Putney.
Chiropractor Dr. Andrea Kannas has joined the Sharon Health Center’s sports medicine team part-time.
Dr. Kannas, who is also in private practice in Woodstock, is a Rutland native and Middlebury College graduate who went on to Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minn., for her doctor of chiropractic (D.C.) degree.
Paul Frank + Collins P.C. and the Vermont Paralegal Organization, are pleased to announce that Burlington paralegal Heather Moreau, RP® has earned certification by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. (NFPA®) as a PACE Registered Paralegal® (“RP”).
In a recent event in Charlotte, North Carolina, Governor Martin O’Malley of Maryland and U.S. Senator Mark Begich of Alaska celebrated the first 100 NewDEAL Leaders, a group of rising elected officials from across the country who champion ideas to build broadly-earned, sustainable economic growth.
Dr. Paula Fives-Taylor of South Burlington, VT is being recognized by Cabot Creamery Cooperative, best known as “Makers of The World’s Best Cheddar,” for her selfless volunteerism with the non-profit, home health and hospice Vermont Visiting Nurse Association.
Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene welcomes Sarah Taylor-Black, MD to the Department of Allergy/Immunology. As an Allergist/Immunologist, Dr. Taylor-Black cares for patients of all ages with a variety of medical conditions related to chronic or unusual infections or allergic reactions to foods, medicines, insect stings and other sources.