Business Briefs

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation, 1 Constitution Square, New Brunswick, began offering conflict resolution training sessions for teachers. Training on the middle/high school level will be Feb. 10. Two-day training on the elementary level will be March 3 and 4, and on the middle-high school level March 24 and 25. Training is free, and teachers attending the entire training will receive professional development hours for one-day and two-day sessions. An advanced training session on the elementary level will be March 25, and middle/high school level March 4. All sessions are 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. A $100 refundable security deposit ($25 per person, must attend in groups of four) is required for the two-day sessions, and $20 deposit for one-day sessions.

Peer mediation for teachers, administrators or counselors will be Feb. 16 for grades three through five, with sessions from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Teachers attending the entire training will receive professional development hours. A refundable $20 security deposit is required.

A free public seminar on estate and federal income tax will be Feb. 15 from 7-9 p.m. Speakers will include attorney Brian Reynolds, Mantell & Prince, Murray Hill, and Richard Greenberg, a partner at Greenberg & Schulman, Woodbridge. Registration is required for all the above, which will be at the Foundation’s office. To register, call 1-800-373-3529.

Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors, North Brunswick, recently recognized sales associates for the month of December. Scott Daly, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, has been recognized for listings. North Brunswick resident Maria Reynolds, broker, relocation specialist, has been recognized for volume and units. Reynolds has been a recipient of the President’s Circle and the New Jersey Association of Realtors Circle of Excellence Awards since 1987.

The Middlebrook/New Brunswick Business & Professional Women will hold a business/dinner meeting Feb. 21 from 6-9 p.m. at Omega Diner & Café, 1337 Route 1 south, North Brunswick. State Sen. Bob Smith will speak on women’s issues. Cost is $20, and reservations are required. For reservations, call Shirley at (732) 562-2382.

The Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA), Cranbury, recently received two national marketing and communications awards for its brochure about services at Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice at Roosevelt Care Center, Edison. The MCIA was named a gold winner for the Marcom Creative Awards, a competition for marketing and communication professionals. The MCIA’s pamphlet also received a bronze award for the 2005 Spotlight Awards of the League of American Communications Professionals.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), New Brunswick, was recently named a primary stroke center and awarded the gold seal of approval by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, one of only eight hospitals statewide to be designated as such. To earn certification, RWJUH demonstrated adherence to national standards and guidelines for stroke care.

MultiCare Therapy, 1527 Route 27, Somerset, recently added a pulmonary rehabilitation program to its programs. The program is designed for pulmonary patients suffering from chronic lung conditions. The center’s respiratory therapists, physical therapists, registered dietitians, and social workers are all involved in the program which runs for eight to 12 weeks, and is held in two to three sessions weekly. For more information, call MultiCare at (732) 545-7474.

Keep Middlesex Moving Inc. (KMM), has introduced “Fuel Your Pool!”, an incentive that awards $100 gas cards to commuters who form and maintain carpools. Carpools must have a work destination in Middlesex County. Interested commuters must register with KMM, carpool at least 30 times during three months, and record commute mode weekly. Gas cards will be awarded at the end of the three-month period. For more information, call Cristina at (732) 745-4318. To register, go to www.kmm.org.

Paula Sjolund, D.O., South Brunswick, has received the Honorary degree of Fellow in the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI) for excellence in the practice of internal medicine. Sjolund has an internal medicine practice at 72 Washington Ave., Milltown. The ACOI represents more than 3,500 osteopathic internists and medical subspecialists nationwide.

Rina Pantano, Dayton section of South Brunswick, president and CEO of NJ Gateway Federal Credit Union, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick was recently re-elected chairman of the board of directors of the New Jersey Credit Union League (NJCUL). At age 36, she is the youngest person to serve as chairman and only the second female to head the board. Prior to her first term as chairman, Pantano served as vice chairman. She is a trustee and past treasurer of the South Brunswick Public Library Board of Trustees. Prior to joining NJ Gateway in 2002, Pantano was president and CEO at Rutgers Federal Credit Union. She is a 1991 graduate of Rutgers University’s Douglass College.

Charschan Chiropractic and Sports Injury Associates, 490 Georges Road, North Brunswick, will hold its third annual “Shoes for the Needy” program Feb. 14-March 30. Donations of new shoes or shoes with little wear, as well as children’s shoes will be accepted at the office to donate to individuals who cannot afford adequate footwear. For more information, call the office at (732) 846-6400.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, has announced its nursing care and food departments have been rated among the 2 percent in the nation according to Press Ganey, a company that measures and reports hospital patient satisfaction. Evaluations of nurses were based on friendliness, promptness of response, attitudes toward requests, attention to personal needs, skill and how well nurses kept patients informed. Food was evaluated based on the quality, temperature, how well a restricted diet was explained, and courtesy of the individual serving the food.