I Metro HERE'S TO... Judith Goren, Ph.D., writer and psy- chologist, has been awarded three writ- ing prizes in the Detroit Working Writers (DWW) annual spring competition: first place for Personal Essay and Poetry and second place for Poetry. She will receive a cash prize and publication by DWW. She will read her winning work at the DWW luncheon in June. Also, an essay by Goren appears at www.ReadtheSpirit.com ., an online magazine covering religion, spirituality and diversity, edited by David Crumm, former religion editor for Knight- Ridder Newspapers. Sara Nathanson, a senior at North Farmington High School and editor-in- chief of the NFHS Yearbook, received the award for "Top Yearbook Student in the State of Michigan:' the All-MIPA Yearbook Award, given by the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association at the 2010 Spring Conference in Lansing. This honor includes a scholar- ship award. Sara is the daughter of Sheryl and Nathanson Gregg Nathanson and the granddaughter of Karen and Jack Singer and Corinne Nathanson. corresponding secretary; and Marc Zupmore, recording secretary. Newly installed direc- tors include Jerry Beigler, David Bloom, Arnold Garvin, Roy Goodman, Dana Michelson Gulick, Jeff Hollander, Leo Hollander, Arnie Joseff, Barry Lepler, Joe Novick, Lee Turner and Larry Warren. Jody Kohn of Ann Arbor was selected by the American Pain Foundation (APF) to lead efforts in raising awareness of pain management issues and advocacy in Michigan. As part of this leadership responsibility, Kohn was awarded a scholarship to attend the American Pain Foundation's Action Network Advocacy Summit in Minneapolis. The goal of the APF Action Network is to unite the mil- lions of people affected by pain and to transform pain care. For more information see www.APFActionNetwork.org . Ashley Maloff, a 2008 graduate of Berkley High School, has received the Jack and Ingrid Wallach Endowed Scholarship in Education from Michigan State University's College of Education. Maloff will be a junior in the special education program at MSU, focusing on learning disabilities and language arts. She is part of the Global Educators Cohort Program. She is co-director of the Friendshop after-school program. She is a plan- ning team member for 1) the Global Initiative Forum for Future Teachers and 2) Action for International Movement and Sustainability. Her parents are Larry and Michele Maloff. Jamie Michelson began his second term as president of the Temple Beth El Brotherhood at installation ceremonies at the Bloomfield Township synagogue on May 21. Other officers installed were Larry 'merman, first vice president; Kevin Gorman, second vice president; Jerry Cole, treasurer; Mark Cooperman, DESIGNS IN DECORATOR WOOD & LAMINATES, LTD. Robert Ira Goldberg of West Bloomfield, a teacher at Berkley High School, will travel to Washington, D.C., this June to attend the Supreme Court Summer Institute. The Institute, open to teachers Images by E ileen Harned p hotograp hy Carley Sirlin, formerly of West Bloomfield, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Israeli Defense Forces. She is on an educa- tion base in the north of Israel with new Sirlin immigrants, teaching Zionism and Judaism to those who need to convert. Also, she was accepted into the master's program in linguistics at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheva. Lois Haron Allied Member ASID 248.851.6989 20 May 27 • 2010 A new way to cry "Help" put three Technion-Israel Institute of Technology students at the top of 30 teams from nine institutes competing in the Israeli Microsoft Imagine Cup Challenge. Yoav Cantor, Keren Gorenstein and Amit Gil devised "Help," touch-triggered mobile phone software that sends Bluetooth and text messages to emergency responders. The winning team will represent Israel in the worldwide finals of the Imagine Cup in Warsaw from July 3-8. Second place went to "Meth;' also cre- ated by a team of Technion students. This project enhances emergency response by transmitting medical alerts from a patient's monitoring device to doctors and medical authorities. The Haifa-based Technion's dominance of the Microsoft Imagine Cup should be no surprise — Microsoft's Imagine Cup calls for students to "imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems:' something Technion students are asked to do every day. ar-ALL SUMMER ART CAMPS! • Complete kitchen and bathroom remodeling as well as fUrniture • . piirom install ations-including 'granite, wood and other materials. who demonstrate outstanding ability in the field of law-related and civic educa- tion, is co-sponsored by street law inc. and the Supreme Court Historical Society. 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