In Brief
Family, friends of Chris Elser create scholarship in his
honor
The family and friends of Chris Elser, who was stabbed
and killed inside his fraternity house in April, have
established the Christopher B. Elser Scholarship to
celebrate his life and carry forward what he lived for
— his friends, soccer, his studies and the community
around him.
The scholarship will be awarded annually to a bright
and talented student who shares Elser's passion for
athletics and dedication to community. His family hopes
that this scholarship will be awarded to an upperclassman
already attending Johns Hopkins; in turn, the student
receiving this needed financial support will keep Elser's
vibrant spirit alive on the JHU campus and beyond.
To inquire about supporting the scholarship, contact
Sara Rubin, director of development in the Krieger School
of Arts and Sciences, at 410-516-8722.
Congressional praise for new JHU Baltimore Scholars
Program
Reps. Benjamin Cardin and Elijah Cummings of Maryland
responded to the announcement of Johns Hopkins' new
Baltimore Scholars Program, which provides full tuition to
accepted graduates of city public schools, by spreading the
word: The two men sent an article that appeared in the June
2 Baltimore Sun to all their colleagues in Congress.
Stating that these types of programs "have the
potential of going a long way in helping a frequently
underserved population come closer to realizing their
college dreams," the men wrote, "We would like to praise
Johns Hopkins University for this meaningful effort and
hope that other universities around the country will do the
same."
For more on the JHU program, go to
www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2004/07jun04/07full.html.
CCP wins regional Emmy for HIV/AIDS
documentary
A documentary co-produced by
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health /
Center for Communication
Programs won an Emmy Award June 12 at a gala event in
Washington, D.C. The 29-minute HIV Positive Voices received
the award for the Best Documentary aired in 2003 by a local
television station in the National Capital/Chesapeake Bay
Region.
In HIV Positive Voices, four Baltimore residents
living with HIV tell their stories, including how they got
infected and how HIV/AIDS impacts their lives. One segment
focuses on a woman who details a path of self-destruction
that stemmed from her discovery that she was HIV positive
from a brief relationship in college; another, on a
teenager who was infected perinatally.
Baltimore has one of the highest AIDS rates in the
nation, ranking third in reported AIDS cases per 100,000
population.
CCP and Stuart Television Productions of Concord,
Mass., co-produced the documentary, which also will be
recognized in July at the International AIDS Conference in
Bangkok and featured in an exhibit by the Federal Drug
Enforcement Agency in Times Square, New York City, in
October.
Principals named for city schools guided by JHU
researchers
Principals have been named for the two innovation high
schools opening in Baltimore City this fall under the
guidance of Johns Hopkins researchers.
Veteran city educator Jeffrey Robinson will lead the
citywide nonselective Baltimore Talent Development High School, a
collaboration between the Baltimore City Public Schools and
the university's Center
for Social Organization of Schools. Opening with about
180 ninth-graders, it will be located at 1500 Harlem Ave.
Robinson most recently was an assistant principal at
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
The Academy for College and Career Exploration,
sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Employment Development
in partnership with JHU's Institute for
Policy Studies, will be headed by Christopher Ndeki
Maher, formerly director of education for the
Baltimore-based Advocates for Children and Youth. The new
school, hoping to open with 150 ninth-graders, is located
within the Samuel L. Banks Professional Development Center
at 2500 E. Northern Parkway. Its mission is to help
Baltimore high school students develop a love of learning,
a constructive direction for their lives and confidence in
their own abilities to succeed.
Both schools will add a grade each year.
JHU pitcher drafted by Detroit in 21st round of MLB
draft
International studies major Matthew Righter graduated
from Johns Hopkins in May with more than a great education;
his success on the Blue Jays baseball team brought him an
offer from the Detroit Tigers. The righthander from
Clarion, Pa., was selected by the Tigers in the 21st round
of the 2004 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft
on June 15. He is expected to join the Oneonta Tigers,
Detroit's Class A affiliate in the New York-Penn League.
Righter, an All-Centennial Conference First Team
selection this year, was chosen with the 613th pick of the
draft, the highest a Johns Hopkins player has ever been
taken in the draft.
Miracle Network Telethon meets goal for Children's
Center
The 21st annual Children's Miracle Network Telethon,
aired live on WMAR-TV on June 6, met its goal of a
"million-dollar day" to benefit care at the
Johns Hopkins
Children's Center. Funds will support the Child Life
department, which helps to meet the emotional needs of
pediatric patients through special activities such as
medical play therapy; bereavement programs for families who
have lost a child; child safety programs; and other
projects.
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