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Erin Provistalis, of South Glastonbury, director of campus life for student centers and student involvement at Quinnipiac University (Autumn Driscoll / Quinnipiac University)
Quinnipiac University s Erin Provistalis named National Orientation Directors Association Region IX Orientation, Transition and Retention Professional of the Year
HAMDEN, CT – Erin Provistalis, of South Glastonbury, director of campus life for student centers and student involvement at Quinnipiac University, has been named the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) Region IX Orientation, Transition and Retention Professional of the Year. I m incredibly humbled by this recognition, Provistalis said. There are numerous colleagues within Region IX that are deserving of this award, especially when you consider the heavy lifting that many orientation, retention, and transition professionals have been doing since the onset of the pandemic.
UpdatedThu, May 6, 2021 at 12:22 pm ET
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Former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy is running for governor of Virginia. (Campaign of Jennifer Carroll Foy)
I grew up in Petersburg, Virginia, one of the poorest communities in our Commonwealth. It s a town that had been left behind. Too many families struggled to get by including my own.
Luckily, I was raised by my grandmother, Mary Lee Carroll, a powerhouse and leader in our neighborhood, who taught me what I hold true: that even if you don t have much, If you have it, you have to give it.
That s why I chose to put service first. I became one of the first women to ever graduate from Virginia Military Institute and fought for those who could not fight for themselves as a foster mom, public defender and member of the House of Delegates. It s also why I m running for Governor.
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(Karine Szymaszek, cafeteria manager at Lincoln Middle School in Meriden Public Schools (MPS), the state 2021 Manager of the Year. )
The non-profit School Nutrition Association of Connecticut (SNACT) has named Karine Szymaszek, cafeteria manager at Lincoln Middle School in Meriden Public Schools (MPS), the state Manager of the Year. Considered the highest honor a school nutrition manager can earn, the award recognizes a cafeteria manager in Connecticut who has demonstrated dedication and ingenuity to improve his or her school meal program. This is the fourth year in a row that MPS has taken home the statewide Manager of the Year title.
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Medfield PTO s (Virtual) Book Fair
The Medfield PTO is hosting their annual elementary school book fair for grades pre-K to 5, though it is taking a different form this year. Because of COVID precautions, we aren t holding a giant one-day, in-person event like we did in previous years, explained book fair co-chair Mary MacInnes. Instead, the Park Street Books will be hosting the book fair online all week and has kindly offered to host three smaller in-store extended shopping nights, one for each school.
Community members can shop online any time during the book fair using the Medfield elementary book fair link on the Park Street Books website (https://parkstreetbooks.com) and the code MEDFIELDREADS2021. Park Street Books will donate 20% of any purchases using the code to the PTOs of the three elementary schools. Park Street Books is also very generously donating 20% of any in-store purchase made during the book fair week when customers mention the Medfield Book Fair. T
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HAMDEN, CT – Holly J. Raider, PhD, has been appointed dean of the School of Business and professor of management at Quinnipiac University, according to an announcement made today by Provost Debra Liebowitz. Dr. Raider is a dynamic leader with a distinguished record collaborating with faculty to develop curricula and educate students who are sought by major corporations, Liebowitz said. She understands how to shape interdisciplinary, future-oriented programs that position students for success in tech and data-savvy environments.
Raider will begin her tenure as dean of the School of Business on July 1, succeeding Matthew O Connor, PhD, who will return to the finance faculty after serving as dean and advancing the school s distinctions for 12 years. Raider will lead Quinnipiac s business school, with 1,500 undergraduate students enrolled in the school s 14 programs and almost 600 graduate students enrolled across seven programs.