When Irene C. Smith found out that her 14-year-old son had Type 1 diabetes, she vowed not to sit around and feel sorry for herself. When problems arose at her son’s school in New Jersey, she realized the disease itself was only the beginning of the struggle.
Touro University senior provost and CEO Michael Harter, who helped found the school in 2004, recently announced his impending retirement.
When she was growing up, Bailey Braner’s family kept Jewish traditions and observed Jewish holidays. But Jewish upbringing notwithstanding, Braner doesn’t remember learning much about the Holocaust as a child.
