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Fictitious Names – Week Ending March 19, 2017

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On the Move - March 2017

Assistant PRCA Director elected President of Florida Recreation and Park Association Foundation Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department (PRCA) Assistant Director Michelle Park, C.P.R.P. has been elected as President of the Florida Recreation and Park Association (FRPA) Foundation to serve on the Foundation Board through 2018. Michelle Park has been with the City of Gainesville...
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Thomas Center Facilities Coordinator wins meeting planning award

Erica Chatman has received the Planner of the Year Award from the Central Florida chapter of the Society for Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP). Chatman has been a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) since 2013, and is the first PRCA employee to achieve this certification. The CMP designation is recognized globally in 55 countries as the badge...
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Upcoming luncheon to honor local women making a difference

Juliette Gordon Low believed in the power and potential of every girl. Through her vision, Girl Scouts was created to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. Four of the six honorees of this year’s Women Who Make A Difference award were personally involved in scouting at some...
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UF researchers to study dignity therapy and palliative care for elderly patients

A University of Florida College of Nursing researcher and her team have received grant funding for a five-year study to evaluate whether dignity therapy led by a nurse or a chaplain for elderly patients facing a cancer diagnosis and receiving palliative care could improve outcomes, including the patients’ spiritual well-being. “Today’s health care system tends...
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Fictitious Names – Week Ending March 19, 2017

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Aspiring Leader Academy program helps shape teachers into future school leaders

The Aspiring Leader Academy (ALA) is a six-month program designed to equip Alachua County Public School teachers who are interested in pursuing leadership roles with the tools and training needed to excel in school leadership in Alachua County. The ALA program is currently in its first year and is the first phase of the district’s...
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Lead North Central Florida guides a new generation of local leadership

When Vincent Cambrea was named Director of the Florida School of Massage in 2014, he had already been an instructor there for 12 years and had opened his own gym. However, tasked with taking the school to a level of success that it hadn’t experienced before, he quickly realized that this was an entirely new...
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UF Health’s pediatric heart transplant program tops the nation in patient survival

UF Health Shands Hospital has surpassed all pediatric heart transplant programs in the nation with zero deaths over a two and a half year period, according to a report released in January by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), a database that analyzes and evaluates organ transplantation programs across the nation. According to SRTR’s...
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Tipping point for women in leadership

“The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.”  ~ Malcom Gladwell Since the women’s movement of the 1970’s, women continue to create meaningful change regarding women’s rights, bias, and gender pay gaps. Today, women are still breaking barriers and gaining momentum as...