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CHEER for CHILDREN BALL Benefiting the Georgia Center for child Advocacy October 18th, 2013 The Foundry at Puritan Mill 916 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW, Atlanta 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm Black Tie Optional Event Co-Chairs: Scarlet Pressley-Brown & Karla Sadler HOPE ...for a brighter future fs r GEORGIA CENTER for CHILD ADVOCACY For more information visit: cheerforchildren.org Platinum Gold Silver Furthering Your Education Takes Courage. Business Administration student Bruce Bochicchio recently received a first place $10,000 National Executive Women International ASIST scholarship. Be Fearless Learn more about advancing your education by attending a GPC open house from October 19-24. See website for campus dates and times. FREE GPC application fee waiver*—a $20 savings! *Advance sign up and student attendance are required to receive fee waiver. Application fee waivers must be used by December 31, 2013. Limit one fee waiver per household. openhouse.gpc.edu Perimeter College e 18 | OCT. 4 — OCT. 17,2013 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net EDUCATION 'Sttxfent Student Profile: ► Veronica Sondervan, junior ► North Springs Charter High School Veronica Sondervan has always had a passion for the sciences. “I’ve always loved science since I was a little kid,” Veronica said. “It was one of my favorite subjects in school. In kin dergarten and first grade we had this af ter-school program called ‘Mad Sci ence,’ where people would come and do lots of fun and interesting science exper iments.” Veronica’s passion for science has paid off. She recently was selected to be one of the few students around the world — as well as the only student from Georgia — to attend the three-day Glob al Youth Institute hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa, this October. The 16-year-old won a place in the Global Youth Institute by researching and writing a five-page paper discussing strategies to assist Indonesians in gain ing more and better access to food. Del egates to the institute are able to discuss their research papers with other dele gates, as well as scientific leaders. “I am so proud of her,” said North Springs Advanced Placement environ mental science teacher, Science Bowl and Science Olympiad team sponsor, Patti Lawrimore, who will accompany Veronica to the conference. “She will be presenting her paper to a team of glob al leaders and researchers, while interact ing with Nobel and World Food Prize laureates, and participating in other planned events associated with the prize. ... It’s a real honor.” Institute participants are also eligible to apply for a free, eight-week summer internship doing research in the partic ipant’s choice of one of many countries worldwide. The Global Youth Institute is not Ve ronica’s first scientific foray. At North Springs Charter High, Ve ronica is enrolled as a dual science and visual arts magnet student. She’s found er and president of the school’s comput er science club, and in 2012 was award ed the Steve Fowler Emerging Scientist Award for the school’s most promising science student. After school, she volun teers at Fernbank. In 2011, Veronica founded Pot- cake EARS, an international, ongo ing behavioral study of the potcake dog breed from the Bahamas. The study has had nearly 400 participants so far from across the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos. “I volunteered with an animal res cue called Royal Potcake Rescue for two years. Along with rescuing cats and dogs around Atlanta, they would frequently bring stray potcake puppies from Abaco to Atlanta for adoption, and worked to set up clinics to control the overgrown stray population,” she said. “It is difficult for potcake owners to learn about their dogs, since, unlike oth er dog breeds, there are no guidebooks describing them or their personalities. So I decided to research them and their behaviors so potcake owners could learn more about their pets. I think it’s nice to be able to know more about your pet and to be able to identify with other potcake owners.” that’s Next: Veronica hasn’t settled on a college yet, but knows she wants to do some thing related to science. Tins article was prepared by Blake Flournoy, a student at Riverwood In ternational Charter High School. NEW APPROACH - BRINGS HOPE Research indicates a connection between many neurological disorders and poor blood flow in the brain. A condition called Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) can be associated with: Multiple Sclerosis Chronic Lyme Disease Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Fibromyalgia Neurological Disorders 9 Ci CCSVIATLANTA Scanning for Health Call 404-941-2000 for an Evaluation 455 East Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA • ccsvi-atlanta.org
