‘A Life-Changing Opportunity’: New Pharmacy Technician Recalls Unlikely Journey to Finding a Job She Loves
Students in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center apprenticeship programs for medical assistants, pharmacy technicians and medical coders often bring experiences and circumstances to the classroom that are different from those of the typical freshman entering college. For example, nearly 30 percent of the first 100 students in the program were over the age of 40, and 8 percent were veterans. Cassie Audette was as atypical as they...
Money Talk: Insurance Options for Overweight Husband
Question: My husband doesn’t qualify for term life insurance because he is overweight and pre-diabetic. Although he’s working on getting in shape, I’m afraid something might happen. I should add we have a 3-year-old daughter, and he is the main breadwinner. What would you suggest we do to ensure we are covered if something were to happen? Answer: Just because your husband was turned down by one insurer doesn’t mean others won’t accept...
SCORE Stories: For Math Major, Art Career Adds Up
Hand-painted canvas floor coverings were not uncommon in Colonial days. They went out of vogue when mass-produced linoleum became a relatively inexpensive and practical way to cover well-trafficked floors like kitchens and hallways. Lisa Curry Mair, the owner of Canvasworks, came upon the artisanal craft of “floorcloths” almost by accident and now sells her custom-made canvas rugs and murals to individuals and museums across the...
SCORE Stories: For Math Major, Art Career Adds Up
Hand-painted canvas floor coverings were not uncommon in Colonial days. They went out of vogue when mass-produced linoleum became a relatively inexpensive and practical way to cover well-trafficked floors like kitchens and hallways. Lisa Curry Mair, the owner of Canvasworks, came upon the artisanal craft of “floorcloths” almost by accident and now sells her custom-made canvas rugs and murals to individuals and museums across the...
Tuk Tuk’s Dream Comes True
Hanover — There’s a word beyond language — call it a useful noise — that stretches across disparate regions of the globe. Whether it be in Cairo, Bangkok, Phnom Penh or Guatemala City, a stranded traveler need only extend a hand and shout, “Tuk-tuk!” And to answer that call, evoking the putt-putt of a diminutive engine, a taxi little more than a covered motorcycle will appear to carry that person away. With the opening last month of...
