14 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 11 Number 8


SunTrust Receives 2017 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Award


property in Fredericksburg for a deserving


wounded warrior and HEALTH


volunteered at other veterans services organizations including the Richmond Fisher House, the McGuire Veterans Trauma Center and Operation Homefront


at Fort Lee. The


Bank is a staunch supporter of the United Way, having raised more than $1 million each year in the past decade in central Virginia alone.


“Our teammate volunteers


truly bring our purpose to life, helping people reduce financial stress and build confidence,” said Dorinda Smith, President and CEO of Richmond-headquar- tered SunTrust Mortgage. “I am honored to accept this award on behalf of our teammates and the work they do in our communities, with such energy and enthusiasm.”


Smith and Virginia President


John Stallings received the award from Governor McAuliffe.


was organized by the Office on Volunteerism


SunTrust leaders with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe. L-R: Hampton Roads Community Development Manager Mark Johnson, Governor McAuliffe, Mortgage President and CEO Dorinda Smith, Community Engagement Leader Robin Pope-Moss, Risk leader Ann Moore and Virginia President John Stallings.


Richmond. Virginia Governor


Terry McAuliffe announced the recipients of the 2017 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Awards during a special ceremony held at the Executive Mansion. SunTrust, Virginia, was named Outstanding Corporation.


the outstanding efforts individual volunteers


and


These awards spotlight organizations make


on behalf of citizens throughout the Commonwealth.


“It is an honor and a privilege to announce this year’s Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Award recipients,” Terry McAuliffe.


“We


said Governor should


all


strive to follow the examples set by these individuals, organizations, and companies and give back to our own communities, which helps to make Virginia such an extraordinary place to


live and work.” Among SunTrust's corporate


commitments is “employee volunteerism that helps to build and strengthen communities.” This commitment and culture of caring is evident among SunTrust employees. more


During 2016,


teammates volunteered for a host of organizations,


than 800 SunTrust Virginia contributing


nearly


38,000 hours of service. Nearly 3,000 volunteer hours were spent delivering


financial literacy information budgeting to


students through Junior Achievement, a program where volunteers helped more than 6,000 K-12 students gain basic


knowledge and


foundational understanding for how local economies function.


helped


In addition, SunTrust volunteers fully renovate


a donated twitter.com/H_R_Messenger


on Service the Virginia


The awards ceremony and Community


Services, in partnership with the Governor’s Advisory Board and Volunteerism Service


and Foundation.


These organizations are charged by the Governor with recognizing Virginians who have significantly contributed to the life and welfare of the Commonwealth and its citizens.


FROM PAGE 5


In their study, the Janelia team and Gerfen similarly showed that the thalamus plays a crucial role in sustaining short-term memory, by cooperating with the cortex through bi-directional interactions. Mice needed to remember where to move after a delay of seconds, to gather a reward. In this case, the thalamus was found to be in conversation with a part of the motor cortex during planning of those movements. Neuronal electrical monitoring revealed activity in both structures, indicating that they together sustain information held in the cortex that predicted in which direction the animal would subsequently


move.


Optogenetic probing revealed that the conversation was bidirectional, with cortex activity dependent on thalamus and vice versa.


“Our results show that cortex circuits alone can’t sustain the neural activity


required to prepare for


movement,” explained Gerfen. “It also requires reciprocal participation across multiple brain areas, including the thalamus as a critical hub in the circuit.”


May 2017


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