LEBANON: The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) recently recognized Dartmouth Health psychiatrist Jeffrey C. Fetter as a NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist. In his role as chief medical officer at NH Hospital, Fetter oversees the delivery of evidence-based, trauma-informed services for adults with complex mental health and medical needs, including those who are forensically involved and those who have co-occurring disorders. Additionally, he is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where he helps train the future mental health workforce in evidence-based practices and models of care.

DURHAM: The Entrepreneurial Studies program at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at UNH is recruiting companies to take part in their Fall 2023 Internship program, which places senior undergraduate students with area businesses focusing on financial analysts, project management, business development, marketing, operations and more. Students will intern for 8-10 hours per week, starting in early September through the beginning of December (13 weeks). To learn more about program eligibility and how to apply, email laura.hill@unh.edu or call 603-862-3341. Deadline to apply is August 11.

NASHUA: Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) and McGovern Auto Group introduced Girls Inc. to the automotive industry at a recent community event at Toyota of Nashua. Nearly 50 girls in fourth through sixth grade took part in an interactive learning experience on basic automotive skills. Taught by all female technicians from across the region, the girls learned new skills, such as hydrogen fuel cell technology and hybrid vehicles, as well as future career options for the next generation of automotive technicians. LRCC offers three automotive technology degree and two certificate options, including the Toyota T-Ten program.

LACONIA: Bank of New Hampshire broke ground on their new downtown headquarters in Laconia last week, which is being constructed side by side with the bank’s current headquarters until the new one is completed in fall 2024. The old building, where the bank has been since the early 1970s, will then be demolished. The new building will economize space by including the drive-thru and ATM in the main building, including up-to-date technology and materials such as a rooftop solar array, so the new building will be more energy efficient as well.

KEENE: Anew Behavioral Health, a mental health-care provider, opened the doors to its second location at 372 West Street, after the first opened in Ohio in the fall of 2020. According to Anew’s CEO Jayson Pratt, the facility had just over 400 active patients on its roster as of last month. Pratt — an Ohio native who has lived in Keene the past five years — said he wanted to expand to New Hampshire because of the statewide lack of access to mental health services. ANew currently offers services such as psychiatry, individual therapy and group therapy, as well as medication-assisted treatment for people with substance-use disorders.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. House passed a bill last week to bar the use of public K-12 school facilities to shelter migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. The bill, approved 222-201, is known as the “Schools Not Shelters Act,” and if enacted into law, public schools and public higher education institutions would risk losing federal funding if they provide shelter to migrants who have not been admitted into the country. The bill has an exemption for short-term sheltering, such as a disaster declaration made by the state or federal government. The bill also applies to schools in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.