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Marlene Bednarczyk
NEDSS Lead,
Research Scientist 1 Coordinator, Department of Health and Senior
Services (NJDHSS),
State of New
Jersey

Marlene
Bednarczyk graduated from NGS with her MSQSM in 2000 from the
cohort in Fort Dix, New Jersey. She is also the wife of Senior
Faculty Member, Dr. Allen Bednarczyk. Marlene says the
application of the knowledge acquired beginning with the
first course, The
Principles of Quality Systems Managmeent, along with
the MSQSM received in 2000, enabled her to improve the New Jersey
Congregate Housing Services Program (CHSP), which provided
supportive services to the elderly in subsidized housing. In her
position as a Program Development Specialist 1 and Coordinator of
the CHSP, Marlene was able to expand the program from 30 to 43
sites.
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NGS is
accredited by The New England Asociation of Schools and Colleges
(NEAS&C). NEAS&C may be contacted at http://cihe.neasc.org/ or
(781)
271-0022.
NGS is
a not-for-profit institution.
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FEATURED
NGS Annual Board Meeting Honors Former
Deputy Secretary of Education
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Process
Improvement for the U.S. Department of Education, Dr. Katherine
Tobin, will be the keynote speaker at the NGS annual board meeting
on June 3, 2011 at the NGS Oyster Pond Center. NGS Board
Chair, Dr. Thomas Kneavel, welcomed former secretary Tobin for “her expertise at
the most senior levels of national education thought
leadership.”
As Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S.
Department of Education, Dr. Tobin focused on strengthening the
Department’s capacity to work most productively with its political
and educational partners. Prior to her appointment as Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Dr. Tobin served three years on the Board of
Governors of the U.S. Postal Service. She brought eighteen years
of experience in education to the Department when she joined in
September 2009. She has also served as a university
administrator and faculty member, and worked twelve years in
corporate America. She led research teams at Hewlett-Packard,
IBM, and Catalyst, a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of
women in business.
Dr. Tobin earned a Ph.D. and Master of Arts degree
from Stanford University’s School of Education and a Master of Arts
degree in Teaching from the University of Massachusetts.
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Next month NGS will launch its brand new
website! Be sure to keep your eyes open for our new, modern
website that makes getting the information you need a breeze!
Along with the new site, we will be going social and introducing
new Facebook and LinkedIn pages - making it easy to interact with
the school, classmates, alumni, etc.
As part of our new site, we will feature a weekly
blog from Dr. David McIntyre, NGS Vice President, Academic Affairs,
Homeland Security Management called, "Quality
Matters." Click here for a sneak peek at the
blog!
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Join NGS at the Military Healthcare Convention &
Conference
Once again, NGS representatives will be
attending the annual Military Healthcare Convention & Conference
at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas on
June 14-15, 2011. Stop by and see us in booth #300.
The MHCC is a "national military event where
healthcare professionals, both military and non-military, can come
together to discuss the latest in the continuum of care, technology
advancements and best practices in their discipline.
"The theme of this year's event is, "Advancing the
Contiuum of Care: Sharing Critical Information & Best
Practices From Pre-Deployment to Veterans Care."
To learn more, visit www.militaryhealthcareconvention.com.
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Call for Homeland Security Papers
The eleventh annual IEEE Conference on Technologies
for Homeland Security (HST '11), will be held 15-17 November 2011
at the Westin hotel in Waltham, Massachusetts. IEEE is
currently seeking technical paper, poster and tutorial session
submissions. Submissions should focus on technologies with
applications available for implementation within about five years.
All areas will cover the following common topics:
- Strategy and threat characterization,
CONOPs, risk analysis
- Modeling, simulation, experimentation,
and training
- Testbeds, standards and evaluations
The IEEE HST ’11 committee will review technical
paper submissions and select best papers for presentation at this
conference. Best Paper awards for each technical track will be
announced at the conference.
For
more information, visit http://www.ieee-hst.org/
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Meet Your Professor
Paul Larson
Professor Paul Larson attended Alfred University,
where he earned his BA in General Science with a minor in
Chemistry. He also participated in the Army ROTC program at
Alfred, which led him to his first significant work experience in
different leadership capacities in a Nike Hercules Air Defense
missile battery. After his Army experience, Paul spent several
years in the paper industry, working his way up from a position as
a Production Planner to the Manager of a corrugated container
plant. It was during this period that he received his MBA from the
University of Bridgeport with a major in Management and Industrial
Relations, and a minor in Finance.
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