
Wendelken to join RMH Foundation
Janet Wendelken has accepted the position of development officer with the RMH Foundation.

Janet Wendelken has accepted the position of development officer with the RMH Foundation.

A student in a Building the Machine marketing class that I was teaching recently was surprised to learn that I had anything positive to say about traditional forms of advertising.

Mike Burris has been named vice president and chief financial officer for the Sentara Blue Ridge Region, which is currently comprised of RMH Healthcare in Harrisonburg and Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville.

The Eastern Mennonite men’s basketball team snapped a two-game losing skid Saturday afternoon, taking apart Maryland Bible College 112-61 at the Don Glick Classic in Bridgewater. All 16 Royals in uniform played in the contest with 14 of the men getting into the scoring column.

One proud graduate came from Oregon. Another from Lancaster, Pa. They were two of nine who gathered one day in the fall of 2012 to celebrate completing the first online master’s degree program offered at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) – a master’s of science in nursing program.

Beth Bland joined Valley Program for Aging Services as Director of Senior Services, Regional Director for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County on December 10.

Employees of Valley’s Exxon (McGaheysville and Elkton) offered a total of $1,301.05 in the form of personal gifts, gift cards, fruit baskets and a cash donation to the East Rockingham Senior Center on December 10. The gifts, gift cards and fruit baskets will be delivered to Meals on Wheels clients, and a $200 donation was presented to the East Rockingham Senior Center.

Sounds like James Madison University football coach Mickey Matthews may have had a recent come-to-Jesus meeting with athletics director Jeff Bourne.

On Dec. 1, RMH launched an Inpatient Pediatrics Service to better serve the medical needs of children and newborns while they are in the hospital.

On Saturday, Dec. 15 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. a Community Health Fair will get underway at the Booker T. Washington Community Center, 1114 W. Johnson Street, Staunton, to provide an opportunity for neighbors and friends to come and enjoy free live holiday music, health screenings, public information booths, and toys for the children.
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