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grandson of Mayer Svirsky ZL, the brother of the author
Nachke Svirsky Z'L was born in Dunilovichi to Yoel Pinie (Pinchas) Svirsky and Ester nee Chanovitz of Vilna. In 1940 he immigrated to Argentina following his brother and his sister in law, Meyer Svirsky ZL and his wifen Itke ZL, daughter of Shmuel Ligumsky . Meyer and Itke arrived in Argentina in the 1920s. Nachke lived and worked with his brother. He was very attached to the family of his brothers' only daughter. There were two girls from the Svirsky family who survived the holocaust, they lived in the Soviet Union. The family, who mostly lives in Israel today, lost touch with them and wishes to reunite.
from the people pictured, only Nachke
( standing in the middle) survived the war
Two large lakes surrounded Dunilovichi. The young people of the shtetl would often go boating on the lakes during the summer and ice-skate on the frozen lakes during the winter. A river spanned by two bridges cut through the shtetl. One bridge crossed the river and the other linked the two lakes. Abundant with color, verdant and dense forests encircled the scenic town.
Although the owners of metal and fabric businesses tended to be better off then others in the community, few wealthy Jews resided in Dunilovichi. With no credited physicians in town, the barber-surgeon served as a doctor and the pharmacist was a Jew. Considering the size of the shtetl, too many poor Jews worked as wagon-drivers. If one of their horses fell dead, they would not allow Torah readings to continue on the Sabbath until one of the Gabbaim (beadles) promised to supply them with a new horse.
A significant number of tailors and shoemakers worked in the shtetl. Earning their daily bread with difficulty, they labored from the early hours of the dawn until the dark hours of the night. In comparison, the glaziers were better off since they were not stationary, traveling through the neighboring villages. Jews who sold soap, cartwheel grease and kerosene also earned their fill of bread.
There were three synagogues in Dunilovichi. There was a mitnagid synagogue (A traditional orthodox synagogue, as opposed to Hasidic). As the oldest and largest synagogue in town, the synagogue supported its own rabbi. Most of the poor Jews prayed in the small shul, the most strictly observant synagogue in town. The wealthy and not-so-observant Jews prayed in the aristocratic shul.
The only bathhouse belonged to the Jews. The well-off Jews would rent this place out. Much of the income used for such services supported the rabbi and the doctor. There was also a gmilut chesed society with a small fund dedicated to free loans. They loaned individual Jews a few rubles, which they could repay in small sums, free of interest.
There were three Heders (small schools) in the shtetl. Zalman was the Melamed (teacher of religious studies) for the beginners. He always carried a whip in his hand. The second Melamed was also named Zalman. He was nicknamed the he-goat. He would teach Humash and Gemara. He also supplemented his income by baking buns and bagels. The third Melamed was Pesach Leib Mushkat, a teacher that followed the modern fashion. Besides teaching Chumash and Gemara, he also taught classes to develop proficient writing skills in Hebrew and Yiddish.
(secular Jewish elementary school). Winter 1922
However, on one nice day, the front suddenly came closer and shells began to fall on the shtetl. Amidst great panic and indecision, people asked each other, Where should we go? Others asked, Should we remain here and hope that it will pass or should we run away to the east, away from the rapidly approaching front?
We saw many of the Jewish people running into Shmuel-Yehudah's cellar. When we arrived there, we met numerous families, loaded with all of their bedding. There were a few amongst us who were sick with very high fevers. Covered only with white sheets, the afflicted lay like corpses on the bare earth.
Deathly silence reigned there. No one dared utter a word. In this way we spent several days and nights. We found ourselves stuck between two fires. When it momentarily got quieter, we ran back home to take a look, to see whether the peasants had robbed us of our humble possessions. Many of the non-Jews did not hide. After the Jews left to their hideouts, they used this opportunity to wander about the Jewish homes and steal whatever they wanted.
After a few days, the bombardment finally ceased. During the battle between the two armies, many homes were damaged. Curious as to whether the shtetl belonged to the Germans or the Russians, the Jews began to creep out of their hiding places. Suddenly, Yisroel-Laizer appeared in front of us. Everyone found their tongues and began asking him, Who controls the shtetl? He said that he knew nothing about this. He quipped, I only know that Merke, my wife, is cooking shtshav (sour leaves) and eating it. The crowd laughed at this sign that the danger was over and that we could allow ourselves a bit of fresh air. The children climbed out of the crypt. With their belongings in hand, everyone spread out onto the streets of the shtetl.
When it all quieted down, we came out and found that we were under Polish rule. The first meeting with them ended tragically. On the first day, the Polish soldiers seized a Globokie Jew, who had all his life traveled through the villages and sold needles and soap. When they looked through his sack and found other merchandise, as well as a pair of Tphillin to boot, they were sure that they had captured an honest-to-goodness spy. They beat him brutally and then took him to the cemetery, where they shot him. This made a strong impression on everyone. It didn't take long before the Poles retreated from the shtetl and the Bolsheviks took over. The first person to come out of the hiding place and greet them was Tzire Gendel. She immediately ran back to the cellar and announced that the comrades have arrived and there is no reason to fear them. Upon hearing these words, everyone grabbed their bedding and returned to their homes.
Dunilovichi soon revitalized. The air was filled with proclamations, flowers and fiery speeches, which promised that good products were plentiful in Russia. People actually danced for joy in the streets. An end to slavery arrived; everything belongs to us now: The forests, the fields, the lakes! All belong to the people. We are the proprietors of everything. We indeed went out to the forests and brought back enough wood for heating our homes for the winter. Whoever didn't have a horse, borrowed one, and brought back dry twigs. A rumor spread later that anyone who wanted potatoes could go into the nobles' fields and dig out as many as he wished. For many days people lay in the fields and filled their sacks with potatoes. We, the insignificant ones, went into the fields of Graf Sod, shook the trees and pulled off apples and pears. We used the fruits to cook up a compote, the best treat to eat with bread.
Once while sitting in the trees at the right height for putting apples into a sack or holding it in our bosoms, a non-Jewish boy ran up to us and began yelling at us to stop. But no one listened to him. Within a few days, nothing but leaves remained in the orchard. The Jewish-owned domestic animals also had a party. Previously they had the worst pasture, and now they pastured with the Graf's domestic animals.
Within a few weeks the Bolsheviks had to retreat and the Poles returned ( c 1920). The difference was immediately felt and the atmosphere changed. People lost their confidence and this was obvious on the faces of all. We found out that Mendl Abes had been shot for no reason while sitting on his own porch. Even though the front was now far from the shtetl, we were afraid to be on the street. The remaining few hooligans became the lords.
Slowly, life returned to normal. People began to work, stores opened again, peasants brought their produce to market on Tuesdays to sell and buy their necessities in the stores. The front had moved to the area of Glubokie-Disne.
At this point, I must recall a horrendous event. One early morning, I heard terrible screams piercing the quiet of the street. I ran out to see what had happened. Panicking people were running everywhere and filling the streets. What had happened? A soldier had passed by Michael the blacksmith's house and noticed a few girls on the porch. He had removed his rifle from his shoulder and shot one of them, hitting her in the head with a dum-dum bullet (which explodes), so that the entire wall was splattered with her brains. The town of Dunilovichi had never witnessed such a tragic funeral. They had to gather up pieces of the girl's skin and place it in a sack. Her uncle Shmuel-Yehudah Skiransky rolled on the ground and screamed with shrieking sounds. I had never before seen a whole shtetl cry with such anguish. When the public went afterwards to demand justice from the Commanding Officer (there was martial law and the military was in charge), the soldier excused himself by saying that he meant only to fool around and had not thought that his gun was loaded. The entire incident ended in this way. There was no one else to complain to. The fate of the Jews of the shtetl lay in the hands of a few hooligans. Since the border was far from the shtetl, it was there that trade (illegal trade with the Soviet Union) developed. There was a shortage of many products. Sugar, for example, couldn't be found at all. People started drinking tea with saccharine or dried fruits. There wasn't much of a supply of bread either. Salt was completely lacking. People struggled to sustain themselves until peace was declared between the Bolsheviks and the Poles and Dunilovichi became part of Poland.
The new Polish rulers without delay demonstrated their capacity to govern. In a short time, they set up a city council, a bailiff (judge) and a Jewish village magistrate. His name was Aron-Zelik Drutz, a shoemaker, who couldn't read or write. Nevertheless, he held the position for 4 years. When he had to deal with documents concerning taxes, he would touch them with his fingers and say, Here, this must be for you! Interestingly enough, he rarely made a mistake. It was often said in the shtetl that Aron-Zelik reads with his fingers better than the bailiff reads with his eyes.
Dunilovichi became poverty stricken during the war years. The stores were empty and after being robbed so many times, the former wealthy had become poor. Many people left as the front came near and moved east to Russia. Some died during the war as soldiers, and a few remained as prisoners of war in Germany. In short, Dunilovichi was emptied of most of its populace.
The will to survive slowly caused people to forget the hard times. They started to look forward to the future. It seemed that everyone, each in his own way, set about looking for some source of livelihood. The Dunilovichi Graf, whose name was Tiskevitski, owned all of the walled stores, some houses and the well. Many of the buildings and homes were bought from those who had previously lived in them.
The new Polish rulers quickly set about converting this old White Russian area into a Polish community. The local inhabitants had spoken their White Russian language for hundreds of years. No one there spoke Polish or even understood it. In a short while, the White Russian Orthodox Church became a Catholic Church. This greatly angered all of the Belarusian villagers in the area. The root of the anger was the fact that the Holy Portraits had not been turned over to them in order to be transferred to the nearby village (Azun), 5 kilometers from the shtetl. In this White Church, many Jews had hidden during the crossfire that had taken place during the war.
Quickly a notice arrived from the government, announcing that a beginners' school would be set up to serve the entire population. The teaching would be done in the Polish language. Tuition would not be required and it would be free for all. Despite this, a very small number of children enrolled in the new Polish school. I don't know the reasons, but it is a fact that from the entire shtetl, only ten Jewish children enrolled. The remaining children continued their studies in the Heders with Peise-Leib and Zalman Razov. Rozov was by this time a qualified teacher and not just a melamed (Heder teacher). One could learn Yiddish, Hebrew and singing from him. I recall that one day during the period between the afternoon and evening services, Alter, the rabbi's son, told the group to take a break until the evening service. We all went outside. When we returned, the rabbi asked where we had all gone. When no one answered, he made us stand in a line and gave each one of us three heavy piles of logs to hold. Everyone kept quiet, but one kid by the name of David Skriansky threw the pile away. The rabbi honored us with a couple of smacks and sent us home.
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What Do Teachers Want?
Dear Deborah,
We heard a lot last month about the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher. It showed that teachers across the nation are demoralized and that their job satisfaction has dropped precipitously since 2009. The proportion thinking of leaving teaching has gone from 17 percent to 29 percent, a 70 percent increase in only two years. If this is accurate, it would mean the exit of one million teachers. I hope it is not true.
What has happened in the past two years? Let's see: Race to the Top promoted the idea that teachers should be evaluated by the test scores of their students; "Waiting for 'Superman'" portrayed teachers as the singular cause of low student test scores; many states, including Wisconsin, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio have passed anti-teacher legislation, reducing or eliminating teachers' rights to due process and their right to bargain collectively; the Obama administration insists that schools can be "turned around" by firing some or all of the staff. These events have combined to produce a rising tide of public hostility to educators, as well as the unfounded beliefs that schools alone can end poverty and can produce 100 percent proficiency and 100 percent graduation rates if only "failing schools" are closed, "bad" educators are dismissed, and "effective" teachers get bonuses.
Is it any wonder that teachers and principals are demoralized?
Another survey, released about the same time, has not gotten the attention it deserves. This one conducted by Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is called Primary Sources: 2012. It contains valuable information about what teachers think.
Among other things, the survey asked teachers what they believe will have the greatest impact on improving academic achievement.
This is what teachers said were the most important factors:
1. Family involvement and support (84 percent said it would have a "very strong impact");
2. High expectations for all students (71 percent said it would have a "very strong impact");
3. Fewer students in each class (62 percent said it would have a "very strong impact");
4. Effective and engaged principals and building-level leaders (57 percent said it would have a "very strong impact").
These were the factors that teachers said were least important in improving academic achievement:
1. A longer school day (6 percent);
2. Monetary rewards for teachers based on the performance of the entire school (8 percent);
3. Monetary rewards for teachers based on their individual performance (9 percent);
4. A longer school year (10 percent).
Other factors that teachers thought were relatively less important: common assessments across all states (20 percent thought these would have a "very strong impact" on academic achievement); and common standards across all states (29 percent).
Teachers believe that families are crucial for improving student academic performance, but about half of the teachers surveyed say that parent participation in their school has declined, and only about 10 percent said that parent participation had increased.
Sixty-two percent of teachers say that the best measures of student performance are ongoing, formative assessments, the kinds that are integrated into daily instruction and give the teacher immediate feedback. Fifty-five percent of teachers say that class participation is "absolutely essential" as a measure of student performance. Performance on class assignments" is viewed as "absolutely essential" by 47 percent of teachers.
The least valuable measures of student academic achievement, according to teachers, are: tests from textbooks (4 percent); district-required tests (6 percent); state-required standardized tests (7 percent); and final exams (10 percent).
When teachers were asked whether the state standardized tests were "meaningful benchmarks" to measure students' progress or to compare schools, only 5 percent agreed strongly.
It is interesting that the least useful measures, in the eyes of teachers, are the state-required standardized tests that policymakers use to punish and reward students, teachers, principals, and schools. Only 7 percent of teachers consider them to be "absolutely essential" measures of their students' academic performance. Yet, to policymakers, this same measure is the only one that matters.
Teachers are quite willing to be evaluated, contrary to popular myth spread by politicians. But they want to be evaluated in a professional manner, by principal observation and review, by formal self-evaluation, by peer observation and review, by their department chair's observation and review, and by assessment of their content-area knowledge.
When asked about the challenges they face, 62 percent of teachers say they have more students "with behavioral problems that interfere with teaching" than in the past; 56 percent say they have more students living in poverty; 50 percent say they have more English-language learners; 49 percent say they have more students who arrive at school hungry; and 36 percent say they have more students who are homeless. Policymakers tend to dismiss all these social and economic issues as unimportant. Teachers don't, because they see them every day in real time.
Our policymakers often say that merit pay will lead to the retention of the best teachers. Teachers don't agree. They say that the factors that are "absolutely essential" to keeping them in the classroom are "supportive leadership" (68 percent); "more family involvement in students' education" (63 percent); "more help for students who have behavioral or other problems that interfere with learning" (53 percent); and "time for teachers to collaborate" (50 percent).
By contrast, teachers rank the following factors as least important in keeping them in the classroom: "pay tied to teachers' performance" (4 percent); "in-school teaching mentors/coaches for first 3 years of teaching" (15 percent); "opportunities for additional responsibility and advancement while staying in the classroom" (15 percent).
What do teachers want? They want to spend less time on discipline and more time collaborating with their colleagues and preparing lessons. They want more resources for the students with the greatest needs. They want more training to reach every student in their care.
Unlike the MetLife survey, the Scholastic-Gates survey found that 51 percent of teachers plan to teach "as long as I am able," even past retirement age, and another 32 percent expect to teach until they reach retirement age. So while MetLife concluded that 29 percent were ready to quit, Scholastic-Gates tallied this group as 16-17 percent.
To the policymakers who seem to think that teaching is an easy job, and to those who write letters to the editor asserting that teachers don't work hard enough or long enough, consider this: The Scholastic-Gates survey says in its conclusion that "On average, teachers work about 11 hours and 25 minutes a day." (Although on Page 13 of the report, the survey says that "teachers work an average of 10 hours and 40 minutes a day, three hours and 20 minutes beyond the average required work day in public schools nationwide.") Whether it is one or the other doesn't really matter. This is a demanding job that requires enormous dedication and gets inadequate support from families, from policymakers, from elected officials, and from the public.
The teacher comments that accompany each page of the report are illuminating. One teacher says, "In my school, we are feeding the children, clothing the children, and keeping many of them from 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m." Another says, "I am a general education teacher, but at least 50 percent of my class each year has special needs. At least 25 percent of these students have extreme behavior problems which interfere with teaching the other students to learn."
The goal of the survey "is to place teachers' voices at the center of the conversation on education reform by sharing their thoughts and opinions with the public, the media, and education leaders." Is anyone listening?


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Farmers Weekly reported in mid-August that the badger cull could be extended to 10 new areas this autumn, including Derbyshire, as part of government efforts to tackle bovine TB.
Natural England has received 14 applications from prospective farmer-led culling companies to kill badgers in "high risk" and "edge area" counties of England, it writes.
If the government approves 10 of these areas, as expected, it would increase the number of cull zones stretching from Cornwall to Cumbria to over 40.
The cull zones have still not been officially announced as of 8th September 2019, although preparations are known to be well under way in some areas.
A decision to extend badger culling to Derbyshire has polarised opinions. And as of this week, it is understood that despite preparations having been made to begin in the county, the cull here has been shelved.
The NFU said the reservoir of disease in wildlife was "endemic" in the county.
NFU county adviser Andrew Critchlow told Farmers Weekly: "We have been working with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust on badger vaccination in the original edge area. But culling is a tool in the box. One would think that there is a need for it [culling]. It has been endemic in wildlife for a long time on the western side of Derbyshire."
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust began vaccinating badgers on its nature reserves as an alternative to culling in 2014. It has launched a petition to urge the government not to extend the cull to the county.
Dominic Dyer, chief executive of the Badger Trust, described the government's decision over any culling extension to Derbyshire as "difficult, very sensitive".
"We think the whole badger cull extension is a mess. If they go into Derbyshire, we think it's completely insane."
Defra and the NFU say there is "anecdotal evidence" from farmers that badger culling is helping to reduce cattle TB herd breakdowns.
But Dyer insisted that there was "little evidence of a significant reduction in TB outbreaks on farms".
A review of the government's 25-year bovine TB strategy for England, led by population biologist Professor Charles Godfray, was published last November.
It concluded that it was a "judgement call" for ministers to decide whether the benefits of culling to the farming industry outweighed the animal welfare and environmental concerns.
Dyer said he was disgusted that Defra still had not officially responded to the findings of the report, almost 10 months after it was published.
A Defra spokesperson said a government response to the report would be published later this year.
"Bovine TB remains one of the greatest animal health threats to the UK, causing devastation for hardworking farmers and rural communities," the spokesperson said.
"There is no single measure that will provide an easy answer to beating the disease. That is why we are pursuing a range of interventions to eradicate the disease by 2038, including tighter cattle movement controls, regular testing and vaccinations."
Last year, 32,601 badgers were culled in 32 areas across Dorset, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset, Cheshire, Wiltshire, Staffordshire and Cumbria, under the government-backed programme.
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In the winter 2012 edition of its Investment Quarterly, asset management firm Neuberger Berman outlined 10 trends the firm expects will play out over the coming year. From uncertainty in the United States to uncertainty in Europe, there are a lot of moving parts for investors to keep their eyes on.
Global pressures play a significant role in the direction of the economy in 2012, but the hot political scene at the moment will have to cool down before investors can really understand how moves in Washington, D.C., will affect them.
The 2012 election cycle will cast a long shadow, according to Neuberger Berman. Key investment issues like budget and tax reform will have to wait until we know who's taking the White House. In Europe, on the other hand, politics and intra-governmental pacts should help soothe the sovereign debt crisis and influence investment returns in both the fixed income and equity markets.
Despite the election overtaking interest in investment-related issues, Neuberger Berman is confident President Barack Obama will win a second term. The firm notes that history is not on Obama's side, though. In the past 13 elections, no president has been re-elected with an approval rating below 48% and unemployment above 7.4%, according to the firm. Obama's approval rating is currently 43% and the Fed projects an unemployment rate for the end of 2012 of 8.6%.
In spite of this, Neuberger Berman believes Obama has had enough successes (e.g., nine straight quarters of economic growth, 22 consecutive months of private sector job gains, the death of Osama bin Laden, Libya) that Republicans' difficulty finding a candidate to unify behind will not be enough to defeat him at the polls.
"We do not have strong hopes for the economy," Neuberger Berman writes, but it's not as bad as it sounds. Things are bad, but the firm believes the country will see growth between 1.5% and 2% which will be enough to keep the United States out of recession. In other good (ish) news, the company is expecting steadier growth over the next 12 months, partly due to improvement in the labor and housing sectors.
4. European sovereign debt crisis reaches tipping point
European Union leaders are expected to adopt a new fiscal pact in March that will improve coordination among individual countries' economic policies. Neuberger Berman is confident this can happen and writes that while there is still much to be done, Germany, France and policymakers at the European Central Bank, have the "power and the will to keep the euro bloc intact."
5. China experiences a "soft landing"
On Nov. 30, the People's Bank of China cut its reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points, signaling, according to Neuberger Berman, that the country is ready to defend growth there, even as Europe's debt crisis worsens the outlook for global trade. "We believe this policy move, and those that follow, will allow China to avoid the much-feared 'hard landing,'" the firm wrote.
6. Broadening global monetary easing cycle
Several central banks have adopted "accommodative policy measures," including the Central Bank of Brazil, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the European Central Bank. Further easing in developed economies and emerging markets should aid global growth and support commodities and emerging market equities and debt in the year ahead, Neuberger Berman writes.
7. Favor high-quality equities
The company is looking at large-cap U.S. stocks, like Johnson & Johnson, with strong global footprints, diverse sources of revenue and exposure to faster-growing emerging economies. "Although periods of near-term volatility should be expected, we believe an improving economy and positive (albeit slowing) earnings growth will provide a better backdrop for large-cap U.S. equities in 2012," Neuberger Berman writes.
8. Income-oriented assets to offer attractive return profile
Neuberger Berman also looks favorably upon master limited partnerships and high-yield fixed income investments. These asset classes provide opportunities for upside potential in the event of a dramatic turnaround in the economy, but if not, they are an "attractive source of income."
9. Geopolitical tensions to remain elevated
Between the death of Kim Jong Il in North Korea, claims of election fraud in Russia and ongoing conflicts with Iran, the geopolitical scene is hardly quiet. However, Neuberger Berman writes, as long as these situations remain relatively contained, investors' attention will be consumed with the European sovereign debt crisis and China's growth outlook.
10. Sector rotation continues to be pivotal
The energy, information technology, consumer staples and health care sectors provide a good hedge to the twin risks of heightened volatility and elevated correlations, according to the firm. "Their exposure to faster-growing markets and strong underlying demographics should help these sectors offer an attractive return profile for the year ahead."
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COLUMBUS -- With Columbus' 2-2 draw against the San Jose Earthquakes last Wednesday, the Crew reached the one-third mark in their schedule, a perfect point in the season to compare where the team stood at this juncture last year.
Right off the bat there are a few similarities: The Earthquakes were the same opponent for Game 10 each season, matches in which Eddie Gaven scored the Crew's first goal both times and games in which Guillermo Barros Schelotto was a factor in the second tally.
The only differences between the two games are the outcomes and the way in which Schelotto contributed. In 2009, the Crew won 2-1 at home as Schelotto scored the winner; on Wednesday, the Argentine midfielder took the corner kick that was headed home by Chad Marshall for the temporary lead.
"We had a couple of great chances early in the game," Gaven said about Wednesday's match. "That's something that might come back to hurt us. Fortunately, it didn't. If we would have been a little bit sharper we might have gone up two, three-zero and the game might have been over at that point."
Luckily for the Crew, their position on the table last year as compared to this year are remarkably different. So far in 2010, Columbus are atop the Eastern Conference with a 6-1-3 record and 21 points. In contrast, the victory over San Jose last season improved the Crew to 2-2-6 (12 points) and moved it into fifth and the squad wouldn't ascend to first place until July 25.
"I think the big thing is we're starting to play better," midfielder Robbie Rogers said. "We haven't got the results we wanted or thought we deserved the last two games, but we're on the right track and the results will come."
Some other comparisons through 10 games: A year ago the Crew had scored 14 goals and allowed 16 without recording a shutout; this year it is 16-10 in goals with four clean sheets. The home record in 2009 was 2-0-3 (9-7 in goals) and the road mark was 0-2-3 (5-9); so far the Crew are 4-1 at home (7-4) and 2-0-3 in away matches (9-6). Finally, Schelotto had six goals in the first 10 games in 2009 to lead the club and is on top now with four.
The Crew has made a living off corner kicks the past three seasons --including the Schelotto-Marshall combination that delivered the decisive goal against New York in the 2008 MLS Cup--, so there was no panic after failing on all 15 tries last Saturday vs. Los Angeles.
Rogers said there was wasn't extra emphasis on set pieces during Tuesday's light workout, yet Schelotto and Marshall were able to click once more against the Earthquakes.
"We have the same guys we've had the past few years, so it's pretty routine for us," Rogers said. "We have so many guys that are great in the air. Guille puts it in the right spot and guys are either there or fight for position to get to it."
After going scoreless off corners in the first six games, Andy Iro, Emilio Renteria and Marshall have tallied in the past four.
For the second time in less than a month, Rogers received an elbow to the head when San Jose defender Bobby Burling nailed him as they went for a ball on the ground in the 43rd minute.
At least Burling was given a yellow card on that play. Chivas USA's Michael Lahoud opened a cut above Rogers' eye on May 15, but wasn't even called for a foul.
The Crew's match at Colorado on Saturday is the last until they face D.C. United on June 26.
- Marshall became the eighth Crew to score this year.
- Gaven is second on the team with three goals.
- Schelotto broke a tie with Gaven and injured Frankie Hejduk with his third assist.
- The Crew dropped to 5-0-1 when scoring first and is 3-0-2 when tied at the half.
- The Crew have not worn their black uniforms this season. Since the start of 2008, they are 1-2-3 (1-0 home) when they play in their black kits.


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Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina is surprised by Victor Valdes' decision to leave Barcelona at the end of his contract but has downplayed suggestions he is a candidate to replace his Spain team-mate at the Nou Camp.
Last month, Valdes made the shock announcement that he would not sign a new contract with Barca after his existing deal expires in 2014, with the 31-year-old saying he wanted a new challenge.
Reina was among those caught off guard by the decision, and told MoviStar: "I was surprised because Victor is with the best team in the world."
Reina, son of former Barca goalkeeper Miguel Reina, came through the Barcelona academy and played several games for the senior side as a teenager after injuries to the club's first- and second-choice stoppers opened the door.
While his father has already said in the wake of Valdes' decision that he would love to see his son back at the Nou Camp, Reina was more reticent.
"When I sign a contract I fulfil it and I have signed with Liverpool until 2016," he said, before adding: "Barcelona is the best club in the world.
"I know what it means because I trained there as a player and as a person."


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Washington, D.C. - April 5 is National Arts Advocacy Day, a unique opportunity for you to join with arts advocates across the country as they speak up in support of the arts. The League is a national co-sponsor of Arts Advocacy Day and participates in the legislative planning committee that creates the messages carried by arts advocates in the nation's capital and nationwide. Whether you are in D.C. or at home, please join us in this national day of advocacy - it only takes a few minutes to contact your Senators and Representative on the issues that matter most to you!
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1) Contact your members of Congress on April 5 by taking part in any of the ready-made advocacy issue areas we have set up for you. Always remember to take a moment to personalize our sample letters with a few details from home - your elected officials are most motivated by real stories and examples that remind them of the local impact national policy has! We have been told by Congressional staff that elected officials regularly ask about the top handful of issues that prompt constituents to call or write. Help keep the arts on Congress's radar!
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Opera Software has always had a fairly sizeable and loyal fan base. The decades old browser never quite went mainstream, at least not on the desktop, but it attracted droves of power users thanks to its innovative streak and host of unique features. However, with its switch to the Chromium engine, Opera ditched almost everything that made it unique, and in the process disappointed most of its power users. It has gone from being a cutting-edge internet suite to a light-weight Chrome shell. There are still many users who use Opera 12 – released over two years ago, as their daily driver. The good news for all of them is that Jon Von Tetzchner – Opera's co-founder and Ex-CEO has announced his next venture, and he is not giving up on browsers.
Vivaldi is a brand new browser from the very same people who brought to you Opera. Like the current Opera browser, it will be using Google's Blink rendering engine. However, unlike the current Opera browser, Vivaldi aims to bring back most of the good stuff from Opera 12. The user interface of Vivaldi has been built using web technologies like Node.js, and Browserify. The first technical preview was released today with five key features:
- Quick Commands: This is similar to Launchy on Windows or Spotlight on Mac. It offers a quick and easy way to navigate through tabs, search through history, change settings, and a bunch of other stuff with just the keyboard.
- Panels: Panels used to be one of the many unique features in Opera, and it makes a comeback in Vivaldi. Right now the Panel provides quick access to bookmarks, downloads, and notes. In the future, you will also be able to access your mail and contacts from this section. Opera's Notes feature has been improved, and now supports webpage screenshots.
- Tab Stacks: You can organize tabs into groups (called Stacks) by dragging a tab on top of another. This is a really neat feature, but I hope that Vivaldi also brings back and improves the automatic tab stacking feature that Opera experimented with briefly.
- Speed Dials: Opera introduced speed dials – visual bookmarks that are quickly and easily accessible, which are now present in all major browser in some form or the other. Hence, it's hardly a surprise that Vivaldi also has speed dials. However, unlike most other implementations, Vivaldi supports folders in Speed Dials and you can also quickly open up your browsing history and bookmarks.
- Intuitive UI: Vivaldi is bright and colourful, yet simple. The URL bar changes its colour automatically based on the website that you are currently viewing, and hovering over a tab opens a thumbnail preview. Any tab that you close can be restored from the trash can.
Other things that Vivaldi is currently working on include online synchronization, spatial navigation, extensions, and an email client.
The technical preview is pretty stable, but it's obviously not ready to be a daily driver. Simple shortcuts like Ctrl+Enter are currently missing, and I did experience some stability issues. However, it already does enough to get me excited. It's a refreshing new alternative, which can hopefully become what Opera once was.


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This site is for current undergraduate students in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, and is designed to help these students navigate their curriculum as efficiently and painlessly as possible. Students will be able to find information about the advising, curriculum, opportunities, forms needed, the degree process, and finances. This site will also serve as a space for reminders and the undergraduate program calendar. If you have a program-related question, please consult this site first. If you cannot locate your answer, please feel free to email the program directly.
Looking for a research opportunity?
BME undergraduate registration process & what you need to know about it.
Academic Advising
Find your Academic Advisor based on the first letter of the last name.
DegreeWorks (DW) shows what classes you have taken, what you still need to take, provides a "What If" scenario if you want to see what would happen if you change majors, or graduate in a different catalog year, and several other useful tools.
DegreeWorks is not perfect, particularly because some of the courses you all will take will fall to the "Fallthrough Courses" area, when in reality they are going to be used, probably for depth or breadth elective credit. The registrar's office or your advisor can move these to their proper place in time.
DegreeWorks Notes: (fyi, click on "Process New" to see your most updated DW record)
The Degree Requirement Spreadsheet is a way for students to figure out their GPA via a spreadsheet. This can be helpful if you are trying to figure out if you get a certain grade in all of your classes how it will affect your overall GPA. Just plug in your grades, the GPA appears at the top. Make sure it matches your transcript to be accurate. See your advisor if you need help. Also, if you need help figuring out your GPA, go to http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/students/gpa.php.
SAB Course Guide
The unofficial course guide represents the opinions and experiences of bmedSAB members and other students in the Biomedical Engineering Program at Georgia Tech. While this guide is by no means official, we do hope that it gives you insight on the nature of the classes you will be taking while pursuing your BME degree.
SGA Course Critique
Registering for classes just got a whole lot easier.
Students may satisfy the requirements for the B.S. BME degree by meeting all the requirements listed in any one of the catalog years in effect during the period of their enrollment at Georgia Tech. Click on the 4 year plan below to view the required BME core courses.
- The suggested schedule for the current degree requirements is listed here: 4 year plan. Click on the BME courses for a description and syllabus.
- The suggested schedule for the current degree requirements for students following the pre-health breath electives is listed here: 4 year plan pre-health
Planning your schedule
Our curriculum offers great flexibility in setting your semester-by-semester schedule. To facilitate this flexibility, we offer all core BMED courses in both fall, spring, and summer semesters.
Start the process of setting the best schedule possible, talk with your advisor and sign up for a mentor.
General Education Courses
Students must have 12 hours of humanities. Six hours are satisfied by ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102. The other six hours will be satisfied by Institute approved humanities course courses.
Students must have 12 hours of social sciences. Three hours are satisfied by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112, INTA 1200, POL 1101 or PUBL 3000. The other six hours will be satisfied by Institute approved social science course courses.
Students must also take a two hour health course, either APPH 1040 or APPH 1050.
A description of all BMED courses can be found here: http://catalog.gatech.edu/coursesaz/bmed/
Twelve hours of biomedical engineering depth elective courses are required. Use the below listed Projected Course Offerings* to help plan your depth electives. You may choose any of these electives to satisfy the depth elective requirement.
Up to six hours of research for credit (BMED 2699/4699) will be allowed to count as BMED depth elective credit, see "Research" tab for additional information. Depth elective courses may also be selected from those that include significant engineering component or from the list of approved courses other majors*:
Highlighted courses or those that have the number 8 as their second digit are special topics courses that might change from semester to semester. If you are interested in one of the above special topics courses or an engineering course that builds on the core BME curriculum email a copy of the current course syllabus to the Director of Undergraduate study for evaluation. Seniors with a grade point average of at least 3.5 may schedule graduate level BMED courses as acceptable alternatives, subject to the approval of the course professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
* You must be logged onto GaTech Active Directory (your GT login) in order to view SharePoint documents.
This is a list of courses needed to take a follow up course. Note that students no longer need a C in any BME courses. However, an average grade of C is need for the core math course and the core BME courses.
|Prerequisite Chart 2020
|Prerequisite Chart 2019
|Prerequisite Chart 2018
|Prerequisite Chart 2017
Doing engineering research for credit can be used for BME depth or breadth elective credit, not both. Details are below. Students must register research in the same lab for at least two semesters (does not have to be consecutive) to be able to count that research for credit, with the rare exception that research for two semesters in the same lab is not possible (see #7 below). Students can satisfy the two semester requirement by doing research for pay for one of the semesters. Note: Volunteer research, meaning you are not registering the research, does not count as one of the two semesters.
The BME Department @ GT & Emory is a vibrant community filled with diverse individuals who come together to form innovative and groundbreaking organizations!
Undergraduate Organizations
The Biomedical Engineering Honor Society
AEMB is the national biomedical engineering honor society. Founded in 1979, AEMB recognizes scholarship, leadership, and service in Biomedical Engineering students.
American Medical Student Association
The largest pre-health organization on the Georgia Tech campus. Providing opportunities for students who are interested in a future involving various types of health care ranging from surgery to pediatrics to dentistry.
Capstone Design Project
The BME capstone senior design courses provide student teams with hands-on experience in project planning, concept and prototype development, design verification testing, FDA Quality Systems Regulations, design controls and regulatory pathways for the commercialization of medical devices.
Have you ever wanted to build something you designed from the bottom up?
The BME machine shop is available for use by students & faculty. It is equipped with several mills, a lathe, a drill press, 3D printers, and assorted hand tools. Machining and manufacturing experience is a valuable complement to the biomedical engineering curriculum.
Undergraduate Mentoring Program
The mentoring program is a face to face peer mentoring program that ensures all incoming freshman have an upperclassmen mentor, and is part of a family of mentors there to support them.
BMED Student Advisory Board
This group serves as a liaison between nominated students and the faculty. Dedicated to representing students and improving the BME experience for all.
The Biomedical Engineering Society
The Georgia Tech branch of the national BMES organization. The BMES exists to promote the increase of Biomedical Engineering knowledge and its utilization. The organization holds social events, performs philanthropic and outreach activities, and hosts industry speakers.
Engineering World Health
Engineering World Health at Georgia Tech is one of the student chapters of the global non-profit organization. Their mission is to mobilize the biomedical engineering community to improve the quality of healthcare in resource-poor communities of the developing world.
U.A. Whitaker's 4th Floor Student Learning Commons
The BME Learning Commons is an area for students to study, socialize, and get involved. Students can use the space in any way they please and take full advantage of the new technology and activities held there to help them further their BME success here at GT!
Medical Device Entrepreneurship Society
GT-MDEA is dedicated to providing its members and the campus community with resources that include (but are not limited to) design and business related education, mentorship, professional development and networks, and a collaborative community.
Ready to Learn, Design, Build Robots that help save lives?
Medical Robotics is a club that learns, designs and builds robots related to medicine and healthcare. Our goal is to learn skills to build robots and apply those skills to design, prototype and build robots that save or improve people's lives!
Encouraging undergraduate research in neuroscience at Georgia Tech, Emory, and Georgia State.
The Georgia Tech Chapter of oSTEM, promoting professional development among the LGBTQIA community at Georgia Tech.
Undergraduate Mentoring Program
A competitive scholarship program that serves to develop the next generation of leading bioengineering and bioscience researchers by providing a comprehensive undergraduate research experience for a full year. Participating graduate students serve as mentors.
BME Student Newsletter
The Pioneer is a BME Student Newsletter. It is a monthly student newsletter based in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech & Emory.
Dedicated to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community.
Enhancement of the college experience for Hispanic students and students of Hispanic descent at Georgia Tech.
Undergraduate Achievements in Research
The Tower is an interdisciplinary research journal for undergraduate students at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The best thing to do if you are interested in studying abroad is to visit the Office of International Education's Study Abroad website. Most BME students study abroad through Georgia Tech faculty-led and exchange programs, but students can study through other college and university programs as well. Humanities/social science courses, and introductory science and engineering courses are readily available in most of these programs, which make them attractive to students from many majors. A few programs, including three BME programs, offer courses targeted to appeal to specific majors.
The BME Galway Summer Program is situated in the West of Ireland, which has become the European capital for the healthcare and medical device industries. This program, a collaboration between the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and the National University of Ireland, Galway, seeks to leverage this remarkable concentration of medical device companies. It is designed for third and fourth year BME students who are interested in an international experience which enables them to combine classroom learning with field trips to medical device companies to learn first-hand their R&D and manufacturing practices.
The Nakatani Research and International Experiences for Students Fellowship Program sends up to 12 Georgia Tech biomedical engineering undergraduate students to laboratories in Japan for 10 weeks starting in mid-May. Working at various universities in Japan, students are paid to perform research and get exposed to the latest technologies in addition to gaining new cultural experiences. The program also sends up to 12 Japanese undergraduate students to Georgia Tech, including the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, for five to six weeks starting in mid-August.
Students may also choose to pursue opportunities to work abroad. The Georgia Tech Global Internship Program provides students the opportunity to gain experience in their field, develop the skills employers need in a global economy and get exposure to cross-cultural communication and learning. Registering an internship is free and the internships are often paid positions. The duration can be from 10 weeks to one year.
Our Biomedical Engineering Department aspires to be the best in the world. Our vision is to be a leading force in the new era of medicine, and our mission is to shape and advance biomedical engineering through innovative research and inspiring education. Central to achieving this vision is the success of our biomedical engineering undergraduate program.
In 2014 the Learning Commons was launched to support our undergraduate program in new and innovative ways.
Our graduates must be ready to play a leading role in creatively solving global and complex healthcare challenges. They must be capable of working on collaborative teams whose members come from multiple disciplines with culturally and philosophically diverse viewpoints.
Our graduates must have outstanding communication and social skills and be capable of explaining complex engineering challenges and advances to policy makers who lack scientific and technological expertise.
In short, our graduates must have the scholarly and entrepreneurial confidence needed to thrive in today's healthcare industry, which is characterized by an ever-quickening pace of technological change and innovation. The Learning Commons prepared our undergraduates for all of these things.
What will the learning commons be used for?
1. Space to meet, study, collaborate, connect, and relax
2. Opportunities to make personal connections with each other and with faculty
3. Tutoring and support for core BME courses
4. Guidance for navigating the BME curriculum
5. A mechanism to explore and better understand post-undergraduate career options
6. Inspirational events and activities
7. Technological resources to support undergraduates work
BME Mentoring Program
The mentoring program is a face to face peer mentoring program that ensures all incoming freshman have an upperclassmen mentor, and is part of a family of mentors there to support them.
For assistance with cooperative education (co-op) programs, contact the Georgia Tech Center for Career Discovery and Development.
For assistance with internship programs, contact the Georgia Tech Center for Career Discovery and Development.
The Center for Career Discovery and Development has an advisor assigned to assist specifically Biomedical Engineering students with career opportunities and exploration. At present, our advisor is Mr. Rob Rogers, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Global internship opportunities are available through the Office of International Education.
For more information on co-ops, internships, and other career related matters, contact the BME Corporate Relations Manager Brenda Morris, email@example.com.
The International Plan is a challenging and coherent academic program for undergraduates that develops global competence within the context of a student's major. It is a degree-long program that integrates international studies and experiences into any participating major at Georgia Tech. Students will work closely with the International Plan office and the Biomedical Engineering Academic Office to make sure they are taking the right classes to lead to graduation.
Here are some quick facts about the program.
- Students must apply and be admitted into the program.
- There is no GPA requirement for first semester freshmen applying to the International Plan. All other applicants must have at least a 2.5 GPA at the time of application.
- The IP is intended for students in their first four semesters of college level study, but students who have already completed more than four semesters may still apply.
- Students can choose either the Foreign Language Option (recommended) or the English Language Option.
- Students must be abroad for 26 weeks. This time can be study, work or research, approved by the IP and academic major offices. The time abroad can be all at once, or broken up.
- International Plan students must complete a core set of courses that address international issues that transcend the student's major. These courses may be taken at Georgia Tech and/or overseas and include at least one course focused on international relations, at least one course that provides an understanding of the global economy and at least one course that provides familiarity with an area of the world or a country.
- There will be a capstone course in the BME major designed to tie the international studies and experiences together with the student's major.
- Undergraduate Research Form for BME Students doing BME research
Use this form if you are interested in doing research for credit or pay in a BME lab and would like to receive credit in either depth or breadth (Research Option) elective categories.
- Undergraduate Research Form for BME Students doing non-BME research
Use this form if you are interested in doing research for credit or pay in a non-BME lab and would like to receive depth elective credit.
Use for any of the following:
- To withdraw from school past the deadline
- To be readmitted after being placed on DROP status
- To be granted an individual course substitution
- Waiver of the 10-Year Rule
- Other various requests for the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
- Grade Substitution Form
Use this form only after you have received the new grade that you want to "replace". Turn in the form by the drop date the semester after you received the new grade.
- Major Change Form
Use this form to change majors, or add another major.
- Readmission Form
This is the information and link page to the readmission form, used by students who want to be readmitted to the school. Use this form if you have been out of Georgia Tech for two or more terms. Also use this form if you have been academically dismissed, or withdrew for a semester.
- Transient/Special Student Form
This form is for Georgia Tech students who wish to attend another institution for a term and plan to return to Georgia Tech, such as attending school somewhere else over the Summer.
- Degree Petition Form and Instructions
Download and print out this form. Then fill it out and make an appointment with the academic advisor to go over your petition.
- General information about minors, and the form to add or remove a minor
- Links to all minors at Georgia Tech
- Grade mode change form
- FOCUS tutoring this semester is for BMED 2210, 3100, and 3520. The tutors are all BME students. It's like an open office hour hosted by students, for students. FOCUS leaders can help with homework, test review, or just concept review, depending on the student's needs Check out the FOCUS flyer. http://gtbmelc.wixsite.com/bme-learning-commons/academic-support
- Reboot — An academic recovery program for first- and second-year students who are not meeting their own academic expectations. http://success.gatech.edu/programs
- PLUS Program - The Peer Lead Undergraduate Study (PLUS) Program provides opportunities for students enrolled in traditionally challenging courses to work together to review course content, develop learning and study strategies, and prepare for exams. These voluntary sessions are offered several times each week and are facilitated by peer leaders (PLUS leaders) who have successfully completed the course in a previous semester. See the attached PLUS flyer. http://success.gatech.edu/tutoring/plus
- Professor/ TA Office Hours - Every TA and professor has office hours, which are usually listed in the course syllabus. Be sure to use professor/TA office hours for questions and extra course support.
- 1-to-1 Tutoring – 1-on-1 tutoring is a free, appointment-based, CRLA Certified, tutoring program offered to all Georgia Tech undergraduate students by the Center for Academic Success. It is available for weekly appointments, day and evening hours.This service is free to all GT students through the Center for Academic Success. http://success.gatech.edu/1-1-tutoring
- OMED - OMED offers walk-in tutoring services for all students in math, computer science, chemistry, management, biology, and major specific engineering courses. Go to http://omed.gatech.edu/academic-support/tutoring for the schedule and list of supported courses. Individual and group study sessions available at all times per student request.
- Commons Tutoring – Commons tutoring is on the 2nd floor of the Clough Commons in Suite 273, offering tutoring in chemistry, computer science, math and physics. Please check the schedule for Help Desk hours each semester. http://success.gatech.edu/tutoring/commons
- Learning Assistance Program - The Learning Assistance Program is designed to provide residents with academic support through tutoring in core courses outlined by Georgia Tech core curriculum, Areas A-E. The Learning Assistance Program provides tutoring in Math, Physics, Chemistry, Statics , Computer and Electrical Engineering courses and Computer Science. http://oldweb.housing.gatech.edu/academicservices/lap.cfm
- Tech Prep: The Calculus Advantage — This non-credit, residential program reviews fundamental calculus concepts as well as strategies critical for academic success in calculus and other first-year courses. http://success.gatech.edu/programs
- Communications Lab - The Communication Center is located in Clough Commons 447 with trained professional and peer tutors to help undergraduate and graduate students with written projects, multimodal projects, graduate school applications, lab reports, senior design papers, individual and group presentations, poster designs, grant proposals, cover letters, resumes and CVs, and much more. http://www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu/
- Academic Coaching — Provides students with the chance to work individually with professional staff members to enhance their academic skills, gain confidence, discover motivation, and improve performance. http://success.gatech.edu/programs
- Success Summit – A half-day program especially designed for Tech students who are on academic probation and who want to make changes to move into good standing. http://success.gatech.edu/programs
Change of Major
In order for a "Change of Major" form to be processed, the form must be completed by the student, signed by all appropriate offices, and submitted to the Registrar's Office in room 104 of the Tech Tower (Administration Building), or faxed to 404-894-0167.
Changes are generally made within 5 business days of submission. IF PHASE 2 REGISTRATION FOR THE TERM HAS ENDED, CHANGES ARE NOT MADE FOR THE CURRENT TERM, BUT ARE EFFECTIVE FOR THE NEXT TERM.
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- Degree Candidate FAQ's are here:
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Accreditation assures that a program has met quality standards set by the profession.
To employers, graduate schools, licensure, certification and registration boards, graduation from an accredited program signifies adequate preparation for entry into the profession. In fact, many of these groups require graduation from an accredited program as a minimum qualification.
The following undergraduate programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org):
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Enrollment and Graduation Statistics
- Published enrollment and graduation data can be found at https://irp.gatech.edu/college-engineering-public-disclosure
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Contact the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, telephone 404-679- 4500, http://www.sacscoc.org for questions about the accreditation of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Resources in BME
Brenda Morris is a critical resource to the career development of our BME students. She serves as a sounding board to students when brainstorming their career options, and provides many other services to students, a few of which are listed here:
- Full time advisement
- Internship searching and application guidance
- Networking opportunities
- Resume/CV advice
- Career workshops as well as other career development events
- GT Biotechnology Career Fair
- Job postings


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Cascata al Crap de Scegn, Isolaccia, Valdidentro
When asked about the most beautiful natural wonders in Alta Valtellina, the waterfall Rin de Scegn at Crap de Scegn immediately springs to mind. Located above the village of Isolaccia in Valdidentro and wedged into a truly magical natural environment, this waterfall is almost a hundred meters high.
From Bormio take the main road 301 towards Livigno, reach Isolaccia and park either at the start of the village or close to the church.
From the church square at Isolaccia, follow the road to Livigno and after the bridge which crosses Rio Scianno, continue until the road dips slightly. Turn off right onto Via Plomp Plomp and return to Rio Scianno once again. Before crossing the bridge however, walk up some steps and coast along the stream and then follow the old mule track leftwards. Reach a large boulder covered by moss, on its right there is an old shelter for animals.
The path that ascends left leads the Baita Spigolon, while our route heads up right, through the beautiful fir tree forest. After three hairpin bends the mule track steepens, but don't be discouraged as the spectacle that awaits will immediately make you forget about all the hard work. After ten bends you finally reach the point which offers sweeping views onto the waterfall.
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