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DR. FERNANDO BOYD NAMED TO PENN DENTAL MEDICINE´S BOARD OF OVERSEERS |
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We are pleased to announce that our active board member, Fernando Boyd, Penn Dental ´83, has recently been named to the Penn Dental Medicine´s Board of Overseers. This board primarily serves as an advocacy group as well as an advisory board to the Dean. |
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Fernando will attend the Board meeting al Penn in June of this
year where he will be introduced to the other Board Members. Congratulations Fernando! |
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NEW MEMBERS |
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| Patricia Arrocha, WG ´03 | |
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We extend a hearty welcome to Patricia, who recently joined the Penn Alumni Club of Panama. Patricia is presently Global Marketing Manager at Peripheral Vascular Division of Medtronics, Inc., at Santa Rosa, California. In Panama last week, Patricia took time out to meet with our President |
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and join our club. She mentioned that among her duties at Medtronics, she travels regularly to Wharton to recruit staff for the company. Her email is: patricia.arrocha@metromedic.com. |
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| W. Thomas Frost, Law ´77 | |
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We are pleased to welcome Tom, who recently re-located to Panama from Tampa, Florida and joined the club, as soon as he heard about us. Tom has been practicing law in the US and is a Legal/Maritime Consultant and active U.S. Attorney. He is also a retired Master Mariner. He is here with his wife, Joan. Tom has established offices in Panama and can be reached by phone alt 317-1145 or by email at: wtfrost@alumni.upenn.edu |
| Roxana M. Maffei, B.S. Nursing ´03, MS Wharton & School of Nursing ´05 | |
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Our newest member joined the Club on Thursday, March 9th and attended our monthly board meeting upon the invitation of our President. Roxana is th daughter of Mario and Natalia Maffei, originally from |
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Colon and now living in the US. Roxana contacted us through our Penn Alumni Club of Panama website last August, about the possibilities of working in Panama to gain valuable experience in nursing prior to going on to the PhD program at Penn. She has a Masters of Science in Nursing & Health Care Administration from The Wharton School and the School of Nursing. She is a Registered Nurse and through our contacts was offered employment al Centro Médico Paitilla, where she plans to be for at least one year. Roxana´s email is: roxanamaffei@hotmail.com. |
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MEMBER UP-DATE, PHOTO AND WEBSITE INFORMATION |
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We are in the
process of updating the information on file and would appreciate if
you would go to our website and register as if you were a new member:
http://www.pennalumnipanama.com/join_us.php |
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NEXT ACTIVITY
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The Board of
Directors is actively pursuing a presentation by Dr. Charles Dwyer,
professor at Wharton, to speak on "How to get Anyone to do Almost
anything you want". His website is:
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/faculty/dwyer.html |
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INVITATION TO OUR MEMBERS |
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All of you are invited to write articles, opinions, up-dates in our Newsletter which we hope to publish quarterly. We are interested in what you are doing and net-working among our membership as well as with our Alma Mater. |
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CELEBRATING BEN´S 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH |
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Happy birthday Ben! |
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TREASURER´S REMINDER |
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Our Treasurer, Ramiro Parada reminds all the members to pay their 2005-2006 dues. for those having graduated within a three year period, the dues are $25.00 for the year. For those having graduated longer than 3 years, the annual dues are $100.00. Please call Lizbeth at 260-2275 and she will send for your check. |
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NEXT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING |
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Next board of directors meeting:
Thursday, April 6th at 12 noon. Place: Joe Fidanque's board room.
Every member is invited to attend our board meetings prior to
confirming attendance to
info@pennalumnipanama.com.
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WHAT ARE OUR MEMBERS UP TO? |
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As a way to increase participation in or Club, we have initiated this new section which we sincerely hope will be utilized by the members to let other members know what they are up to. For this first edition, we have asked Rogelio Henriquez to tell us about Boquete Country Club, a beautifull project being developed in Boquete under his leadership: Dear Maurice,
Thanks you again for the opportunity to transmit my activitiy to our club members. |
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