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In This Issue

Watching Surgery at LSC

Verizon Helps Tsunami Victims

Ensuring a Safer Future at NJCU

Verizon Top 50 for Women Execs

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Scrub Up and Wash for, uh, Watch for Surgery at LSC

Liberty Science Center For those old enough to remember, the closest you came to surgery in high school was possibly dissecting a frog in biology class. Years later, technology is putting New Jersey high school students right in the operating room, thanks in part to a grant from the Verizon Foundation.

Liberty Science Center's (LSC) "Live From" series uses videoconferencing to connect more than 5,000 students each year to witness live surgery performed at hospitals. Surgeries range from cardiac, kidney, neurology to robotic surgery.

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When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, it didn't take long for Verizon to move into action. Within days the company implemented a mobile-giving program that makes it easy for customers to contribute to Japanese relief efforts. The company has also initiated free wireless calls and texts to Japan in addition to waiving charges for calls to Japan for most residential customers.

The new program allows Verizon customers to make free phone calls and send free texts to Japan to get in touch with loved ones in Japan. Verizon's post-paid customers can make free calls to Japan through April 10, and post-paid customers in the U.S. will receive free text and multimedia messaging to Japan for the same time period.

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The events of 9/11 shook the world and in its aftermath created a new area for job growth in homeland security. Today, college students are increasingly pursuing degrees that will provide them with the core competences that will better position them for future careers in that field. Graduates go on to assume the responsibilities of a security professional/manager (corporate), as well as a career in the national security field (CIA, NSA, NIS, FBI).

The Verizon Foundation recently awarded the New Jersey City University Foundation two grants totaling $15,000. A grant for $10,000 is being used to fund the 2010 Verizon Communications and Information Security (COMMOINFOSEC) Scholarship program for national certification in cyber security. In addition, $5,000 through the Verizon Foundation's "Check Into Literacy" program will be used to support the NJCU America Reads Program, a program through which University students tutor elementary school students.

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For the seventh consecutive year, the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) has named Verizon to the organization's NAFE Top 50 Companies and 10 Nonprofits for Executive Women.

The list recognizes organizations whose policies and practices encourage women's advancement and whose numbers at the highest levels of leadership demonstrate that commitment.

According to NAFE, 2011 marks an important milestone: At the 2011 NAFE Top Companies, women executives run 23 percent of operations that generate more than $1 billion in revenue.