Scholarships help SIU medical students with rising cost of education

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SIU School of Medicine provides more than 20 scholarships to students annually. The following students received six of these scholarships: Max Crouse, Dominic Phemister, Chelsea Still, Emily Palomaki, Erica Bohmer and Alexandra Barger.

SIU School of Medicine student Max Crouse is the recipient of the Dr. Eli and Claire Borkon Scholarship. Crouse, a first-year medical student, is the son of Mike and Dana Crouse of Carbondale. He graduated from Carbondale Community High School (2010) and the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana with a bachelors degree in molecular and cellular biology (2014). The Borkon Scholarship is awarded annually to an SIU medical student from southern Illinois. Borkon worked as an adjunct professor of physiology at SIU for more than 20 years before he was hired as assistant dean at the medical school in Carbondale.

Dominic Phemister, a first-year medical student, was awarded the Kurt Heisler, M.D., Scholarship. Phemister graduated from Webber Township High School (2006) and earned his bachelors degree in microbiology at SIU in Carbondale (2014). The Kurt Heisler Medical Student Scholarship Fund was the first scholarship established at the School of Medicine, and since its inception in 1976, the endowment has annually awarded a total of $92,680 in scholarship funds to 86 medical students. Heisler was a family medicine physician who practiced in southern Illinois until he retired in 1976.

Chelsea Still was awarded the Virginia J. Hertweck Memorial Endowment Scholarship. Still, a first-year medical student, is the daughter of Steve and Tammy Still of Mt. Sterling. She graduated from Brown County High School (2010) and earned a bachelors degree in biology at the University of Illinois in Springfield (2014). The Hertweck Scholarship, established in 2001 by Virginias husband, Wolfgang Hertweck, is given annually to an SIU medical student planning to enter the primary care field and who is from Schuyler, Cass or Brown counties or other rural areas.

Emily Palomaki was awarded the Dr. Hildegard C. Landecker Memorial Endowment Fund. Palomaki, a first-year medical student, is the daughter of Jon and Mary Palomaki of East Moline. She graduated from United Township High School (2010) and Valparaiso University in Indiana, where she earned a bachelors degree in biology and chemistry (2014). Palomaki is the 32nd recipient of the award, which is given annually to a freshman female medical student with high academic standing. The Landecker fund was established in 1982 by the late Manfred Landecker, Ph.D., who was on the political science faculty at SIU Carbondale, in memory of his mother, who was a pediatrician.

Erica Bohmer is the recipient of the Kate Burkhart Medical Scholarship Endowment. Bohmer, a second-year medical student, is the daughter of Mike and Sandy Wood of Granite City. She graduated from Granite City High School (2003) and SIU in Edwardsville, where she earned a bachelors degree in biology (2013). The Burkhart Scholarship was established in 2003 by Kate Burkhart Daniel, a 1938 graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Her grandfather, James Monroe Burkhart, was a trustee of the university in the 1890s when it was called Southern Illinois Normal University. Her father, Carl Burkhart, was an 1897 graduate.

Alexandra Barger was awarded the J.S. Templeton, M.D., Memorial Scholarship. Barger, a first-year medical student, is the daughter of David and Kelly Barger of Murphysboro. She graduated from Murphysboro High School (2008) and Washington University in St. Louis, where she earned her bachelors degree in biology (2012). The Templeton Scholarship was established in 1993 by Harriss Malan of Carbondale and Jane Templeton Minton of DuQuoin, in memory of their uncle and father, Dr. James Scott Templeton. Templeton was a general practitioner who practiced in the Pinckneyville area for more than 60 years. He also was a founder of Pinckneyville Community Hospital.

Gifts received by the Southern Illinois University Foundation support the growth of the School of Medicine. Individuals interested in making a donation can contact the SIU Foundation office at 217-545-2955 weekdays or online at http://www.siumed.edu/foundation.

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Medical schools see uptick in enrollments

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NEWS University sees steady enrollment, increased minority representation by Maddy Weingast | Nov 03 2014 | 11/03/14 12:41am

The Association of American Medical Colleges announced that medical school enrollment numbers have reached record highs, with a total of 20,343 students enrolled in medical colleges this fall. Along with the record increase of 1.4 percent, the number of underrepresented minorities rose as well, with Latinos increasing by 1.8 percent and African Americans by 1.1 percent.

Enrollment figures at the University have remained relatively constant, Assoc. Medicine Prof. John Densmore said.

Our enrollment numbers are stable, as we have a fixed class size, Densmore said in an email.

Densmore said the University has seen a significant increase in underrepresented minorities enrolling during the past five years.

For this years class, the University received 4,804 applications. The Medical School currently has 620 students enrolled. According to the AAMC, nationally, first time applicants reached 36,697 in 2014 an increase of 2.7 percent from last year. The total number of applicants applying reached 49,480, marking a 3.1 percent increase from last year.

The number of first-time female applicants increased nationally by 581 3.3 percent since 2013, while the number of Hispanics/Latinos attending medical school rose by 1.8 percent to 1,859 enrollees. The University Medical Schools student body currently is 51 percent women and 28 percent identify as minorities typically underrepresented in medicine.

The AAMC notes that the increase can be in part attributed to the creation of new medical schools as well as existing schools efforts to expand their class sizes in reaction to the AAMCs call in 2006 for a 30 percent increase to avert future doctor shortages.

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11 11 2014 Radio Liberty in Tajik to CeAs 1508 on 7475 Udorn Thani, 11975 Lampertheim – Video

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I #39;ve come across three slightly-crusty 1st-generation Subaru Legacy GT station wagons. Interestingly, they are the former fire and rescue vehicles of the Autopolis Racetrack in ita, Japan....

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Liberty's Willie Williams scores three times in Lions' historic NCS win

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Willie Williams scored on a kickoff return and a punt return in the first half to set up Liberty's first North Coast Section victory in school history, a 33-14 win over Amador Valley Saturday in a Division I first-round game.

Williams' two returns gave Liberty a 16-0 halftime lead. He then extended the Lions' lead to 23-0 early in the third quarter when he took a screen pass from Joseph Tolentino and shrugged off multiple Amador Valley defenders for a 38-yard touchdown.

The visiting Dons cut the deficit to 23-7 less than two minutes later when Ledre McCullough went 78 yards off-tackle for a touchdown. Liberty extended the lead back to 19 points before the end of the third quarter, however, on a Stirling Strong field goal.

Amador Valley made one last effort to cut into the lead when McCullough scored from 3 yards out early in the fourth quarter and Collin Miller recovered the ensuing onside kick, but the Lions defense held and Liberty was able to put the game away.

The Lions advance to the quarterfinals with the win and play next Saturday at fourth-seeded California.

Granada 55, Northgate 20: Rob Payne, playing offense for the first time this season, ran for 199 yards and four touchdowns on just 11 carries as the 10th-seeded Matadors (3-8) advanced to the Division II quarterfinals.

Payne, a starting defensive back, was pressed into service on offense because of injuries. He was stopped for no gain on his first carry, then went 44 yards on a sweep the next time he touched the ball, knotting the game at 7-all with 39 seconds left in the first quarter.

He scored on runs of 27 and 17 yards in the second quarter as visiting Granada built a 31-14 lead against Northgate (5-6).

Quarterback Brian Barnett also scored on a 60-yard run, and Matthew Dremelas kicked the first of his two field goals from 30 yards out, with 12 seconds left.

Payne scored for the fourth time, bolting for 55 yards on the second play of the third quarter.

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Lawhorn's Lawrence: Liberty Memorial Central Middle School

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Liberty Memorial Central Middle School sixth-grade students look at historical features of their school during a Traditions and Heritage Assembly Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. The assembly teaches students about the significance of the school and the story behind the building, a monument to WW I veterans.

There are perks to being the principal of Lawrences Liberty Memorial Central Middle School. Having business cards the size of a Trapper Keeper to accommodate your schools name perhaps is not one of them.

But giving tours to other school district employees, now that is fun. They come in from other buildings spread throughout the district, and LMCMS (Ill buy a vowel, please) Principal Jeff Harkin gladly shows them around. One place always gets featured on the tour: The balcony of the schools auditorium.

From that perch, you really get the sense of this room. The tall, ballroom-like ceilings, the panes of stained-glass windows, the heavy red velvet curtains that look like they could house a phantom of the opera, ornately carved trim work, mammoth bronze plaques, and even a stanza of a Rudyard Kipling poem in large letters above the stage.

They usually just stand here with their mouths open and ask how did you guys get this? Harkin says.

Thats the thing about Liberty Memorial Central Middle School: The one thing larger than its name may be its history.

We have things that other schools dont have, Harkin says to the schools sixth-grade class as he stands in the auditorium. We would not see a school built like this today. They couldnt afford it.

It's hard to imagine that we ever could. But then again, you have to imagine a different day. When Liberty Memorial High School was built at 14th and Massachusetts streets, the country was feeling pretty good about itself. We had just fought the War to End all Wars, and apparently we didnt know much about false advertising yet.

We also hadnt bought in much to the idea of statues of Gen. George Pershing and such. The town wanted to create a memorial for those who died in World War I, and it thought big.

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Reyes, Bucs run through Liberty, 38-36

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Charleston Southern rolled up 576 yards of offense - a CSU record in Big South play en route to a 38-36 win over Liberty on Saturday afternoon at Williams Stadium.

The win moves the Buccaneers to 8-3 overall and 3-2 in Big South play. It also propels the Buccaneers into contention for an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, finishing conference play with three-straight wins. Liberty falls to 7-4 overall and 3-1 in conference play.

With the win, the Bucs end an eight-game losing streak against the Flames.

CSU head coach Jamey Chadwell, who has now beaten every team in the Big South in his first two seasons, was ecstatic with his team's performance and road win. He also didn't overlook the contribution the win makes to a monumental 24 hours for CSU athletics.

The focus coming up here wasn't about ending the streak, Chadwell said. It was more about coming up and playing our best to see if it was good enough. I thought our team was resilient and we overcame turnovers. It was a good back-and-forth game and I thought you saw the character of our team. We've been talking about finishing and to finish the way we did was big.

"It's big for our senior class and some of the other guys that have been here and never beaten Liberty before. To come up here at their place and the play the way we played with was on the line for them, just a special day. Last night, watching the basketball team beat Ole Miss I think it gave us that extra jolt of 'hey, we want to feel that euphoria.' We wanted to feel what they were feeling and that locker room afterward was pretty special."

One of the ways CSU finished was by riding its workhorse, who turned in one of the best performances in CSU football history.

Running back Christian Reyes had a career-high 188 yards rushing and two touchdowns to carry the Bucs to over 37 minutes in time of possession. Reyes, CSU's all-time leading rusher, went over the 2,000-yard mark for his career early in the win.

He was huge, Chadwell said of Reyes. I thought where he made a huge impact was the passing game. He made a big fourth down catch, a big third down catch. All around, he was phenomenal. When we get him going, we can take some chances down the field and I think you saw that. We were able to get some big plays and then that opened him up even more because they were respecting our passing game downfield. He is finishing his career here in amazing fashion. He had close to 200 yards and it was well-deserved.

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NCS playoffs: Liberty 33, Amador Valley 14

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BRENTWOOD -- Willie Williams scored on a kickoff return and a punt return in the first half to set up Liberty's first North Coast Section victory in school history, a 33-14 win over Amador Valley Saturday in a Division I first-round game.

Williams' two returns gave Liberty a 16-0 halftime lead. He then extended the Lions' lead to 23-0 early in the third quarter when he took a screen pass from Joseph Tolentino and shrugged off multiple Amador Valley defenders for a 38-yard touchdown.

The visiting Dons cut the deficit to 23-7 less than two minutes later when Ledre McCullough went 78 yards off-tackle for a touchdown. Liberty extended the lead back to 19 points before the end of the third quarter, however, on a Stirling Strong field goal.

Amador Valley made one last effort to cut into the lead when McCullough scored from 3 yards out early in the fourth quarter and Collin Miller recovered the ensuing onside kick, but the Lions defense held and Liberty was able to put the game away.

The Lions advance to the quarterfinals with the win, and a date next Saturday at fourth-seeded California.

Liberty 33, Amador Valley 14

Amador Valley 0 0 7 7-- 14

Liberty 9 7 10 7-- 33

L -- Safety, fumble recovered in end zone

L -- Williams 62 kickoff return (Strong kick)

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