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Saint James School of Medicine Introduces New Logo, Website and Branding Campaign For Premium Campus in Anguilla

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 06, 2014

Saint James School of Medicine, a top Caribbean medical school based on the island of Anguilla in the Lesser Antilles, has introduced a new brand and website to match the needs of the students seeking a quality medical education in the Caribbean. A contemporary update to the institutions logo is complemented by a central branding message that spotlights the positive experiences of Saint James School of Medicine-Anguillas students and faculty. The new campaign has helped boost enrollment, and this week Anguillas campus welcomes its largest summer intake with 51 bright young students from the U.S. and Canada entering their first session bringing the grand total of students in the Anguilla campus to well over 300 students.

We wanted to present a fresh, authentic brand that exemplified our vision of optimism, quality and professionalism for our school in Anguilla, which we consider our premium campus, says Dr. Kallol Guha, President of Saint James School of Medicine.

The logo, brand elements and website created by TimeZoneOnes international advertising and design team, brings the personal story of students and faculty center stage, using first-hand experiences that illustrate why the Anguilla campus is a top choice for U.S. and Canadian students seeking a quality, affordable medical education in the Caribbean, and the opportunity to participate in clinical rotations in U.S. hospitals.

The new Anguilla logo respects the heritage and history of the schools brand, utilizing elements familiar to past and present students. It is a modern design highlighted by blue and golden yellow colors that evoke the premium nature of the school, complemented by gold signifying success, achievement and triumph. The included caduceus symbol (intertwining snakes) visually ties the school with medical education.

The new website refreshes and modernizes the online experience delivered to new and current students. The site is more engaging, using large images and inspirational quotes from current and past students, complemented by easy-to-use navigation and snapshot visuals of what the school offers for academic and student life. The resulting interactivity has positively impacted recruitment efforts which are personally supported by the schools expert enrollment team.

This rebranding strategically coincides with the opening of a brand new third campus of Saint James School of Medicine, adding to the current one in Anguilla and the flagship school in Bonaire. The newest campus is located on St. Vincent, the largest of the group of islands that make up the St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This campus opens its doors this month, and offers the same format of medical education with the Basic Sciences in the Caribbean campus and the clinical sciences in affiliated U.S. hospitals.

At Saint James School of Medicine, we believe that a medical career should be achievable for everybody with the commitment and ability to succeed, adds Dr. Guha.

Since 2000, the accredited international group of medical schools has offered a strong medical degree program led by highly experienced medical educators and physicians from universities and colleges in the United States and Europe.

For information on enrollment and tuition, visit http://www.sjsm.org or call 800-542-1553.

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IU President, Mayor Tour Site of Medical School Project

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Greeted by a huge show of support, the president of Indiana University makes his first trip to Evansville since the university's Board of Trustees selected the downtown Evansville site for it's new medical school.

Dr. Michael McRobbie was the keynote speaker at the Rotary Club meeting Tuesday afternoon. He received several standing ovations from the largest crowd to ever attend a Rotary Club meeting, officials said. In his speech, Dr. McRobbie applauded the work of numerous organizations who helped make the downtown medical school site possible.

McRobbie said the entire Indiana University community is excited to be a part of the continued growth of downtown Evansville.

After taking a few pictures and shaking dozens of hands, McRobbie toured the medical school site for the first time. McRobbie, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and about a dozen others hopped on a METS trolley bus and made their way to the medical school site.

Mayor Winnecke and McRobbie spent much of their time looking around the site and talking about the future.

"We looked at five general sites downtown," Winnecke said. "As the process went on, it became more and more apparent that this was the best site."

The $69.5 million medical school project will feature 18-hundred students on the day it opens which would likely be in 2017, officials said.

"There are a lot of wheels in motion but it's all going very, very well," Winnecke said.

Overall, McRobbie was very impressed with the synergy that the downtown site will bring.

"I was really struck with how the site here is so beautifully located to the hotel, apartments, the Ford Center," McRobbie said. "It's going to be an exciting and vibrant place to live and work. All of the organizations that are here at the moment or will be located here... will all compliment each other and build off each other. It will get that effect of the whole being greater than the sum of it's parts.

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Liberty Twp. voters approve police levy renewal

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LIBERTY TWP.

Voters here approved a 3-mill renewal levy Tuesday that pays for the townships law enforcement services, according to final, unofficial results from the Butler County Board of Elections.

The Butler County Sheriffs Office provides service to Liberty Twp.s 38,800 residents. Taxpayers started paying for those services via a levy in 1995, then approved a 3-mill renewal levy in 2005 and a 3-mill replacement levy in 2009, officials said.

Collections for that levy, which generate on average around $2.4 million, were set to expire at the end of this year.

The township asked residents to approve the renewal levy to continue receiving those funds, which pay for a nearly $2.5 million police budget that covers police protection and equipment the township receives via the Butler County Sheriffs Office.

Trustee Vice President Tom Farrell said one of the most important things any township is responsible for is ensuring the safety of its citizens.

We cant do it without the help of the police and the fire department and we cant do that without the help of the taxpayers to make sure that they keep the dollars in there to make sure we can afford the police force they deserve, Farrell said. By voting this in, obviously, it gives us the confidence that theyre willing and they appreciate the support that theyre given.

Approval of the levy does not come with a tax increase. Taxes will remain at approximately $94 a year for a home valued at $100,000, according to township officials.

Ian Mead, 51, of Liberty Twp., said he supported the Liberty Twp. police levy, but only because it was not seeking an increase in the tax collection.

Im very anti-tax, Mead said.

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Santorum Dismisses Rand Paul: The Republican Party Is Not a Libertarian Party

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Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum has a penchant for dismissing the libertarian movement, and he made that once again on Monday evening when he dismissed the electoral prospects of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), telling CNN that the Republican Party is not a libertarian party.

Crossfire host Van Jones asked Santorum for his thoughts on the Kentucky senator, who is currently the frontrunner for the 2016 GOP: Do you agree with his ideas, are you going to support Rand Paul?

Theres diversity in the Republican Party, Santorum hesitated, but Jones pressed further: Is he the new face of the Republican Party? Is this your leader?

Well, no, hes not my leader, I can tell you that for sure, the former senator scoffed. His father and I had some disagreements during the last campaign.

Jones then asked him outright: If a libertarian like him becomes the leader of the Republican Party gets the nomination would you vote for them?

First off, I dont think that will happen, Santorum asserted, because the Republican Party is not a libertarian party, it is a conservative party. And it will nominate a conservative, and not a libertarian.

Santorum then went on to reassert his belief in modestly increasing the federal minimum wage.

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Libertarian Charlie Earl will miss Tuesday's primary after U.S. Supreme Court justice denies emergency order

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COLUMBUS, OhioLibertarian gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Earl will not appear on Tuesdays primary ballot after a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied.

Late Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas denied a request for an emergency order to force Earl and Steve Linnabary, the Libertarian candidate for attorney general, onto the primary ballot.

However, Libertarian Party of Ohio attorney Mark Brown said the party will continue to fight in court to add Earl and Linnabary to the general election ballot.

In March, Secretary of State Jon Husted in March struck the names of Earl and Linnabary from the primary ballot on the grounds that petition signature collectors for him didnt properly disclose that the party employed them.

The Libertarian Party of Ohio asked Thomas to issue a stay and an emergency injunction to overturn Husteds decision. Thomas denied the request on Monday afternoon without comment, according to a Supreme Court notification sent to Libertarian Party attorney Mark Brown.

Two federal courts previously sided with Husted in the case. Justice Elena Kagan also declined to issue an emergency order.

By missing the primary, Libertarians fear Earl and Linnabary will be prevented under Ohio's "sore-loser" law from attempting a write-in campaign for governor in the general election.

Brown said the Libertarians will petition a federal appeals court by the end of the week to have the two added to the general election ballot.

If Earl appears on the ballot, observers say he could draw conservative support away from incumbent Republican Gov. John Kasich to the benefit of Democrat Ed FitzGerald.

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