Online registration is now open for the Maine Association of Diabetes Educator’s Annual Fall Training Conference Taking the Diabetes Journey Together: Walking side by side with those we teach will be held on Sunday, October 4 – Tuesday, October 6 at Point Lookout in Northport, Maine. We hope you will join your colleagues at breath-taking

If you have a special mentor, person you feel has gone the extra mile in contributing to the field in Diabetes Education, – consider one of these scholarship options… and send their story to our committee members for review.  Selections will be announced at our June Meeting. Dick Smith McBean Little 2015[1] Mary Ellen Driscoll

Please read the attached and make your recommendations for our next future leaders of our organization…. GSDE Nominating Committee Request for Nominations

Granite State Diabetes Educators Inc. (GSDE) and the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services, are surveying professionals involved in diabetes self-management education to obtain up-to-date information about demographics, current employment, and services. The survey is anonymous and only summary information will be reported. This survey should take approximately 15-20 minutes

GSDE Members save $100 on registration. Note early bird registration ends 6/27/14. For more info, click on the link below: http://www.cardiometabolichealth.org/

Online registration is now open for Diabetes and Aging: Care, Concerns and Solutions – The Cindy Hale Memorial Spring Meeting on Friday, May 16 at Maple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center in Hallowell, Maine. Four excellent presentations are planned: Considerations for Treating Diabetes in People Over 70 John Devlin, M.D., Director, Mattina F. Proctor

The INs and OUTs of Diabetes Management When: Fri, April 11, 8:00am – 4:30pm Where: Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Garrison Wing, 789 Central Avenue, Dover, NH 03820 (map) Description: Build your skills on diabetes management in the INpatient and OUTpaient settings. Target audience is Pharmacists, Providers, PAs, NPs, RNs, RDs, and CDEs working in hospitals, schools, visiting nurse

Each year GSDE invites you to participate in the process of nominating potential officers for the organization.  In 2014, we are looking for a President-elect (to be President in 2016), a treasurer for 2015, and 3 members for the 2015 Nominating Committee. GSDE is a strong organization, including some of the most dedicated professionals that

GSDE loves to celebrate “us” as an organization.  Each year members suggest other outstanding members for the Dick Smith and Mc Bean Little Awards. Awards are presented for outstanding service to the organization. The following attachments, Dick Smith McBean Little 2014  and Previous Recipients Dick Smith McBean Litle 2014 describe the awards and previous recipients.  A potential recipient