HOLIDAY EVENTS
Lois Christie, founder and CEO of Christie & Co. Salon • Spa in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center, with City Councilmember Dan Halloran stand in front of a charity tree. Christie, who is also the president of Intercoiffure America Canada, collected donations for Life’s WORC with a “Giving Tree.” Life’s WORC is a private, not-for-profit agency that provides comprehensive support for individuals with developmental disabilities including mental retardation and autism. Life’s WORC is committed to providing all supports necessary to facilitate the full integration of these individuals into the communities in which they live. To learn more or to help, visit www.lifesworc.org.
APPOINTMENTS
Fidelis Care, the largest government programs-based health insurance company in New York State, announces the appointment of Kraig Zaharia as Marketing Supervisor and Mitchell H. Rubin, M.D., FAAP, as vice president and Medical Director for Quality Health Care Management (QCMI) Program. Based in Fidelis Care’s Greater New York Regional Office in Rego Park, Zaharia will be responsible for training, supporting, and coaching marketing representatives serving Nassau County. Rubin’s primary responsibility will be in engaging the top 100 provider groups participating in Fidelis Care’s QCMI Program. Individuals seeking affordable health insurance coverage should contact Fidelis Care toll-free at 1-888-FIDELIS (1-888-343-3547) or visit www.fideliscare.org.
Kraig Zaharia
Mitchell H. Rubin
Queens Library has named Dale McNeill as Director of Public Library Services. In his expanded role, McNeill’s mandate will be to maximize the outstanding level of service Queens Library’s customers receive in truly state-of-the-art facilities. McNeill has been with Queens Library since 2005 as Director of Community Library Services. He oversaw operations and staff in 61 community library facilities and a key contributor toward conceptualizing and implementing the library’s new integrated library software.
Katie H. Kim took office as executive director of YWCA of Queens on January 11. Since her start at the YWCA of Queens in 2006, she has been serving as program director for the adult education programs and social services. An inauguration service was held Tuesday, January 19 at the YWCA.
Arthur Dawson, Ph.D., a member of the New York Hospital Queens Board of Trustees since 1998, has been appointed vice chair of the Board, the governing body that oversees the 489-bed community teaching hospital. “New York Hospital Queens has been fortunate to have Dr. Dawson as one of our most active trustees for 12 years and now our community will continue to benefit from his expertise and commitment to excellence in patient-centered health care,” said George F. Heinrich, M.D., board chair.
Arthur Dawson
Farrell Fritz, P.C. is pleased to announce that partner, Christopher J. Kutner, has recently been appointed a member of Farmingdale State College’s Foundation Board. His appointment is effective through December 2012.
Christopher J. Kutner
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Providence College
The following local residents have been named to the Dean’s List at Providence College for the fall 2009 semester:
Raymond Andersen; Sheila Bambrick; Allison Cabibbo; Nicholas Koste; Jessica Mastronardi and Jennifer Nicastro all of Floral Park; Gabriella Carbone of Bellerose; Brigid Carragee of Queens Village and Jessica Connaughton of Garden City Park.
SUNY Canton
SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy and the College’s deans recently released the honor roll for the fall 2009 semester including the following local students:
Mellica N Barclay of Jamaica, NY; Shaday Delgado of Flushing; Constantina DeLuca of Flushing; Martin Liu of Woodhaven; Daynelle N Richards of South Ozone Park and Jabari Richards of South Ozone Park all made the Dean’s List.
Emily M Bouret of Woodhaven; made the President’s List.
Penn State Erie,
The Behrend College
Anthony Trochtchenkov from Rego Park was named to the Dean’s List at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, for the fall 2009 semester.
Quinnipiac University
Antonina Suppa of Glendale was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2009 semester at Quinnipiac University.
Morrisville State College
Wei Ming Lin, a resident of Flushing, graduated from Morrisville State College in December with a degree in Liberal Arts & Science – Humanities & Social Science.
Morrisville State College recently announced these local students who were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2009 semester.
Thelma Picardo and Tracy Picardo of Long Island City; Tarlok Singh of Astoria; Wei Ming Lin of Flushing; Herman Lin of Jackson Heights; Daniel Zukowski of Maspeth; Lashawn Webb of Cambria Heights; Nicole Williams of Queens; Alexander Tauber of Howard Beach; Marcus Figaro of Rosedale; Paul Rosenberg of Briarwood and James Smyth of Breezy Point.
SUNY Oswego
Several area residents have been named to honor rolls for the fall semester at SUNY Oswego. Named to the Dean’s List were:
Sinead C. Dignon of Briarwood; Adriana P. Vargas of Corona; Wei Chen and Yanyan He of Elmhurst; James Ciccarello and Tiffany M. Chiu of Floral Park; Joanna Tung of Flushing;
Elizabeth Reytblat of Jackson Heights; Alicia E. Grant of Jamaica; Lucila A. Rengifo of Kew Gardens,; Brittany L. Mischner of Oakland Gardens; Esthefania Rodriguez of Ozone Park; Kevin G. Leonard of Rockaway Park and John Valencia of Woodside.
Named to the President’s List were:
Rachel M. Ho of Fresh Meadows; Alexis A. Rosamilia of New Hyde Park and Christina M. Fargnoli of Whitestone.
Tufts University
Tufts University recently announced the following local students made the Dean’s List for the fall 2009 semester.
Michael Zigismund of Forest Hills; Shati Khan of Elmhurst and Charissa Ng of Forest Hills.
