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arolina C Summer 2001 NURSING IN THIS ISSUE 4 A Letter from the Alumni Association President 5 Honor Roll of Giving July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001 10 “Why I Give” Jane Snyder Norris, BSN ’56 11 Innovations in Nursing Education: A New BSN Option 12 Cover Story: Building the Future on a Strong Foundation 18 Noteworthy Nurses Nancy Mooney, BSN ’77 Carolina Nursing is published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing for the School’s alumni and friends. Dean Linda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN Alumni Association Director Kelly Almond Content Editor Lisa Mincey Ware Writer Lisa Mincey Ware Contributing Writer Shelley Clayton Photography Brian Fleming Lisa Ware REGULAR FEATURES 2 Roll Call 20 SONdries 21 Alumni Notes 23 Continuing Education Calendar Design and Production Alison Duncan Design School of Nursing The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carrington Hall, CB #7460 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 (919) 966-1412 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.unc.edu/depts/nursing About the Cover: An architectural rendering of the addition to Carrington Hall ROLL CALL 172 graduates receive degrees at May commencement exercises On Sunday, May 20, a sea of Carolina-blue robes and tassels washed over the Dean Smith Center as 172 doctoral, MSN, BSN and RN-to-BSN students became official SON alumni. In addition to diplomas, many awards were given, with Clinical Assistant Professor Betty Woodard and Clinical Professor Dee Lowdermilk chosen to receive Undergraduate Nursing Faculty Awards for educational excellence in classroom and clinical instruction, respectively. Among graduate faculty, Assistant Professor Anne Skelly was recognized among MSN faculty and Professor Margarete Sandelowski was honored among PhD faculty. Clinical Associate Professor Debbie Thompson and Betty Woodard were named outstanding RN-to-BSN faculty. The celebration began at 1:00 p.m. with a reception in the Bowles Room of the Koury Natatorium, where students received the gift of an elegant black pocketknife to adorn their key chains, courtesy of the SON Alumni Association. From there, students and faculty filed in to the Dean Smith Center at 3:00 p.m. for the pomp and circumstance of completing their nursing education at Carolina. Congratulations, graduates! Senior BSN students graduate with honors Senior honors students, l to r: Dee Lozares, Amy Drake, Brandi Hamlin, Kristen Watkins, Emily Joubert, Leah Adams, Julie Reynolds, Laurie Creech, Adam Kokoszka, Nicki Wrenn, Susan Zucker, Kelly Rogers For 12 senior BSN students, Monday, April 30 was perhaps the only day of the spring semester that rivaled the excitement of commencement exercises. On that day, they presented the research projects that comprised the fruits of their labors as participants in the SON Honors 2 CAROLINA NURSING Program. Nine students gave oral presentations on such topics as stem cell research and the patient’s perspective on the presence of a family member during an invasive procedure. Three of the students presented posters on their research topics, which included increasing diversity within the nursing profession and a local study on car seat safety. The work undertaken by these students was in addition to their required coursework. The extra toil is rewarded with the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member to conduct original research, as well as earning the right to graduate with honors. Those students who demonstrate exceptional abilities above and beyond the requirements for the honors designation graduate with highest honors. In addition, the students receive a monetary award from the Tammy Flake Fund, established in honor of an undergraduate student who was killed in a car accident just prior to her graduation in 1989. The SON offers special congratulations to our Class of 2001 honors graduates: H IGHEST H ONORS Laurie Creech H ONORS Leah Adams Amy Drake Brandi Hamlin Emily Joubert Adam Kokoszka Deidre Lozares Julie Reynolds Kelly Rogers Kristen Watkins Leigh Wrenn Susan Zucker ROLL CALL Rasch receives recognition Congratulations to Clinical Associate Professor Randy Rasch for being chosen to receive North Carolina Central University’s W. Kaye McDonald Award from the Pi Sigma Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. The award is named for a former chair of the NCCU department of nursing and was given to Rasch in recognition of his vision and scholarly excellence. Rowsey inducted into Picayune, Mississippi, Hall of Fame On May 29, Assistant Professor Pamela Johnson Rowsey traveled back to her hometown of Picayune, Mississippi to take her place in the tiny hamlet’s history as one of the first inductees into the Picayune School District Academic Hall of Fame. Rowsey, a 1972 graduate of Picayune Memorial High School, was chosen to receive the honor because of her lifelong career in science. The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to provide academic role models for students. Rowsey was nominated by Dr. John Wierengo, a native of Picayune and her chemistry professor from Mississippi State University for Women, where she received her undergraduate degree in nursing. "He was a great teacher. He really inspired me to pursue science," she said. Rowsey went on to receive her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Southern Mississippi and her doctoral degree from the University of Michigan. She came to the SON in 1996, where she has conducted research on exerciseinduced core temperature elevation, as well as the study of environmental toxins and fever. Ancient Chinese secrets to be subject of new traditional medicine course Clinical Assistant Professor Huan-guang “Charlie” Jia will use a $10,000 award from the John T. Lupton Special Opportunities fund to design and teach a course in traditional Chinese medicine for undergraduate and graduate students at the SON. Although the School of Medicine and the Department of Anthropology offer courses that incorporate certain aspects of Chinese medicine, Jia’s systematic examination of Chinese medical practice will be the first of its kind at the University. Jia, who received his diploma in medicine from the Fencheng Health School, Shanxi Province, China, in 1971, has extensive knowledge of not only traditional Chinese medicine, but also the current state of health care in China. This summer, he will travel to Heilong Jian Province to participate in the final evaluation of a women’s health pilot training program he designed prior to beginning work at the SON in 1999. The unique program provides much-needed culturally relevant training courses in women’s health, domestic violence prevention and AIDS education in the Chinese language to primary health workers in rural China. The program has been so successful that it is being expanded from Harbin, the city in which it was initially launched, throughout the entire province. Randy Rasch Pamela Johnson Rowsey Huan-guang “Charlie” Jia SUMMER 2001 3 A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N A Letter from the Alumni Association President “The SON is taking its place among leaders of the field to produce leaders in the field — a host of exceptionally well-educated, well-trained nurses to care for our communities.” CAROLYN GRAHAM Dear Fellow Alumni, In this issue of Carolina Nursing, as in all its summer issues, the SON has printed its Honor Roll of Giving as a means of recognizing those donors who have contributed their resources to the School over the past fiscal year. It is an impressive list, comprising the names of more than 1,000 generous alumni and friends. Each gift— much-needed and much-appreciated— demonstrates both financial and idealogical support for the SON’s goals of providing the best in nursing education, discovery and service to the communities of North Carolina and beyond. Perhaps never before has the service of the School of Nursing been more needed than now. As we face the nationwide crisis of the nursing shortage, the SON is taking its place among leaders of the field to produce leaders in the field—a host of exceptionally well-educated, well-trained nurses to care for our communities. Of course, the gifts of alumni like you and me are essential to the process. Without our support, the School must go without funds to attract the highest quality students and faculty. It must delay the purchase of advanced technological teaching tools. It cannot hope for better facilities in which to educate and conduct the research that will affect the care we give and receive in the future. Indeed, our gifts have enormous impact on the School and its ability to meet (and exceed) the demands of a growing and aging patient population. I add my sincerest thanks to the Dean’s for your generous support of the School of Nursing and its work. Warmly, C AROLYN G RAHAM ’97 P H D President UNC-CH School of Nursing Alumni Association About Carolyn Graham BSN Ohio State University 1971 MSN Boston University 1976 PhD UNC-Chapel Hill 1997 “I wanted to be a nurse for as long as I can remember: At four years old, I announced I would be a nurse, despite being clueless about what a nurse did. A few years later, I wanted to give shots like the pediatric nurse who gave my immunization shots (such power!). During high school, I loved chemistry and science but wanted to work with people. After graduation, my first nursing job was teaching health education in rural sub-Saharan Africa in the Peace Corps. My most independent nursing job was several summers at a camp for children and adults with disabilities. We diagnosed strep throat using a flashlight (what lab?)… 4 CAROLINA NURSING worked from dawn to dusk and during the night… and cared for everything from cystic fibrosis to end stage muscular dystrophy, seizures to raccoon bites (I haven’t given rabies shots since then) and headache to morning sickness (the counselors, of course). After graduation, I intended to work in rehabilitation for a year but stayed for over 20, growing from staff nurse to clinical nurse specialist. Curiosity led to my dissertation research study about urinary incontinence following acute stroke. I am now in a new program as a patient resource manager for hospitalized neurology patients. As a PRM, I focus on outcomes, help coordinate moving along the healthcare continuum, provide discharge planning, and partner with physicians to develop cost reduction strategies.” Gifts received as of March 31, 2001 HONOR ROLL OF Giving T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I NA AT C H A P E L H I L L • S C H O O L O F N U R S I N G CARRINGTON SOCIETY $1,000 and up Andrea Mullins Ackermann Michael Friedrich Ackermann Benjamin T. Alexander, Jr.. Evelyn Farmer Alexander Audrey Joyce Booth Mary Norwood Booth William John Canata, Jr. Linda R. Cronenwett Margery Duffey Barbara Jo Lorek Foley Cynthia Mary Freund Anita Whitener Hoffler Margaret Karen Landreth Geraldine Snider Laport Robert Edmund Laport Melissa Dixon LeVine Barbara Williams Madden Margaret S. Miles Jane Snyder Norris Thomas Lloyd Norris, Jr. Evelyn Rose Paul Mary Elizabeth Ragsdale Bobby Carlyle Raynor Margaret Ferguson Raynor John P. Sall Virginia Ann Burkett Sall P Kay Wagoner DEAN’S CLUB $500–$999 Anne Elizabeth Belcher Joy Smith Burton Greer Amburn Cawood Rene Clark Denise Taylor Darden Rizza Duterte Hermosisima Patricia Ann Hunter Key Jean Marie Raue Larson Jane Mayes Link Carolyn White London Brenda Jarrett Matthews Lisa Powell-Fontana Colleen Cullen Powers Sharon Hill Price Anne H. Skelly Katherine White Slattery Margaret Weidel Sprott Patsy Schupper Theobald Margaret Boynton Wallace BENEFACTORS $250–$499 Pamela Ramsey Bonacci Margaret Lynn Campbell Judith Buxton Collins Emily Scovil Eklund Roberta Brown Feather Barbara Germino Sandra Regenie Haldeman Kimberly Ardell Hamden Wanda Langley Hassler Patricia Hildebrand Horton Jane Carey Karpick Linda D. Kessler Margaret Johnson Kistler Susan E. Labyak Judy Edmonson Lawing Sylvia Monteith Ledford Diane Ely Littlefield Elizabeth Hilton Long Tresha Lawing Lucas Kristina Ramthun MacPherson Janet Allen Marable Alene M. Mercer Sandra Roberts Montgomery Marjorie Staub Mosher Margaret Berg Mullinix Virginia J. Neelon Audrey Elaine Nelson Barbara Ann Nettles-Carlson Brenda Marion Nevidjon Deborah Coates Parce Carolyn Buck Pearson Ona Mercer Pickens Charlotte Turner Powell Ann Bennett Propert Donna Renfrow Rutala Sheila Judge Santacroce Barbara Hedberg Self Barbara Heibel Senich Carol Rhodes Warden Joanne Hogg Welborne Jo Lentz Williams Karen Linda Williams PATRONS $100–$249 Margaret Evans Adams Carol Ann Consolvo Adcock Leah Nicole Adkins Lisa Mock Allen Leigh Sharp Ammons Kenneth George Anderson Linda Holt Anderson Frances Mervin Andringa Ruth Swann Askins Sally Smith Baldwin Patricia Rouisse Ballentine Kathleen Murphy Baum Judith Reavis Beauchamp Thomas Porter Bell, Jr. Paula Kirby Benway Carolyn Veronica Billings Donna Blair Booe Elaine Gettman Bourdeaux Lillian Ward Bryant Katharine Pickrell Bryson Ellen Ahern Buchanan Mary Green Buie Melanie Gayle Bunn Margaret Gorely Bye Marian White Byerly Dorothy Lynn Cage Ann Miller Calandro Lisa Barnette Callanan Daria L Campbell Debra Jones Campbell Dorothy Natoli Campbell Elizabeth Scovil Carlo Kimberly Elizabeth Carr Constance Lee Carroll Robert Dorian Casey Nancy Gibbes Chapman Cynthia deRoulhac Clark Franklin St. Clair Clark Henry Toole Clark, Jr. Susan Lesniak Clark Virginie Blackwell Cloutier M. Carolyn Cooper Jennifer Ann Cousins Emily Betts Cox Elizabeth Wolfe Craft Lee McCarter Cranford Mary Redfearn Creed Robert Walter Creed Janet Peele Crumpler Sharon Anne Cullinan Bette Leon Davis Beverly Desmond Davis Ann Davisson Claudia Barnes Deese Nancy Johnson Dewhirst Elizabeth Maynard Doles Susan Adams Doughton Veronica Strasser Douglas Mary Howard Dunn Julia Stout Dyer Cynthia Lee Earthman R Michelle Ekanayake-Lin Jacqueline Jones English Deborah Bass Everleigh Patsy Ruth Farlow Stephanie C. Farrell Jo Ann Grey Fincher Anne Hopkins Fishel Barbara Caldwell Fletcher Sara Blaylock Flynn Lucy Taylor Fort Ronda Kay Franke Peggy Carden Frankenstein Mary Bowsher Friedman Jane A. Frye Jane King Fulton Sandra Gail Funk Hettie Lou Garland Carol Zimmerman Garrison Sharon Speer Gentry Alice Johnson Gifford Barbara Sessoms Gillmer Kimberly Baker Gitter Carol Eiler Glover Marsha Newton Golombik Patricia Beatty Goodwin Diane Snakenburg Gordon David Martin Gorgonzola Karen Schillinger Gorgonzola Lelia Cornatzer Gray Olivia Womble Griffin Linda Joyce Cade Haber Betty Jean Haddock Dawn Logue Hafer Christopher Lochridg Haig Mary Harrison Hall Judith Hallock Joanne Summey Harrell Lynda Law Harrison Pamela Reeder Harsant Susan Stuart Harvey Donna Kneeland Hassey Carolyn Eleanor Hausch Patricia Dodson Hayes Geraldine Y. Haynes Lisa Janelle Hedgepeth Jessie Carraway Heizer Tonya Rutherford Hemming Martha Lillian Henderson Mary Anne Henderson Bonnie Keaton Hensley Kerry Allen Hensley Jo Ann Zaron Hiti Janice Joyce Hoffman Dene Raisner Hogge Carolyn Mayo Holloway John Russell Hoyle III Paula Efird Hoyle Cheryl Vaughn Howe Mary Boatwright Howie Gail Hodgson Hudson Patricia Whitley Hudson Timothy Scott Huffman Jolynn Edwards Hurwitz Judith Hartsfield Iannuzzi Carolyn Morgan Inman Jean Crisp Jackson Ann Linville Jessup Anne Glenn Johnson Denise Steigerwald Johnson Sue Roberts Johnson Christine Earle Jones Vicky Greene Jorgenson Sherry Jean Kelly Mary Haxton Kinard Debra Gay Kiser Karen J. Kissel Diane K. Kjervik Kendra Argo Kruse Leigh Beck Kuhnly Kathryn Robinson Kuykendal Susan Ruppalt Lantz Nancy Ann Laughridge Colleen Hamilton Lee James Alonza Leggette, Jr. Mary Anderson Leggette Dianne Hall Leloudis James Linwood Leloudis II Elizabeth Beattie Lewis Lynda Williams Lewis Paul Cameron Lewis Jane Ranson Little Janet Merritt Littlejohn Lynn Humphrey Locher Sharon Estelle Lock Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk Patricia Barlow Lowery Pamela Kay Lowrance Joan Steiniger Lucas Harold Cooley Mahler Sarah White Mahler Ann Robinson Mandel Jo-Anne Trowbridge Martin Elaine Crosbie Matheson Karen Magnuson Mauro Sandra Thompson McCormick Sharon Caston McDow Linda MacMorran McElveen Barbareta Welch McGill Rebecca Hartman McKee Janet Opp McPherson Sara Jane McVicker Janet Cheyfitz Meckler Betsy Smith Miller Karen Marie Miller Margaret Magdalene Miller Amie Modigh Mary McConville Mogan Jane Kelly Monroe Susan Bos Moore W. Hunter Morgan Ilene Allen Morrison John Calvin Morrison Judith Musial Carol Fraser Myers Delia Ruth Nickolaus Wanda Shelton Oakley Willis Lathrop O'Brien Margie Mayo Oldham Jo Kandace Orr Kay Overcash-Jenkins Nancy Kiley Overstreet Nancy Hege Paar Michele Morton Page Elizabeth Buchanan Paramore Constance Newnam Parker Schquthia Fearrington Peacock Anne Whitaker Peedin Gloria Huss Peele Mary Ann Rohrhurst Peter Julius Caesar Phillips, Jr. Karen Bradshaw Phillips Linda Garner Phillips Marjorie Williams Phillips Laura Carlo Piver Julia Hardison Pjetraj Linda Grissom Polacheck Ann Marie Polk Gaye Williard Poteet Georgia Marshall Pruitt George I. Rand Nancy Charles Rawl James Thomas Raynor Frances Ader Read Linda Trembath Reeder Susan Forney Reichman Cheryl Winn Reinhart D Thomas Roberts, Jr. Martha Tate Roberts Carolyn Triplett Robinson Elizabeth Moate Robinson Leota Lovina Rolls Mary Coleman Rose Ann Elgin Van Meter Rudeen Elizabeth Taylor Russell Celia Strader Sabiston Mary Gray Gilchrist Sachtjen L Warren Sams, Jr. Margarete Sandelowski Mary Hamrick Saunders Diane Fites Schifter Julie Michelle Schneider Karen Harnach Schnell Beverly Ann Segee Mary Roberts Shapiro Teresa McDonald Shoup Betsy Daniel Siegel Paula Gentry Siegel Catherine Ellen Smith Joyce Ann Smith Lee Walker Smith Mabeth Vanessa Smith Marilyn Greene Smith Nancy Morton Smith Nancy Noble Smith Karen Kellogg Soderstrom Pamela Linhart Sonney Alesia Risnes Sova Jennifer Ballard Squires Margaret Ceips St. Andre Benjamin Clyde Staples Charles Tillman Stewart Elizabeth Shrum Stewart Elizabeth Shoupe Stewart Jo Frances Christian Stow J. Brinkley Sugg Elizabeth Pugh Summey Richard Anderson Sutton Dana Snipes Svendsen Barbara Grassi Swann Susan Christman Sweeting Sally Mozelle Taylor Susan Wells Taylor Esther Mae Tesh Jane Peace Thielman Deborah Thompson Mary Jean Thorson Cynthia Calderwood Tomlin Ameran Skerret Tooley Mary Vallier-Kaplan Gwendolyn Hightower Waddell-Schultz Deborah Kerens Wagner Lois McCauley Wagner Carole Barrow Warren Pamela Bowling Watson Carol Lynne Watters Elizabeth Sawyer Webber Eugenia Hruslinski Weeks Edward R. Whitehurst, Jr. Elaine Morrison Whitehurst Donna Mease Wiggins Jacqueline Lancaster Williams Kathryn Prescott Williams Mitzi Searcy Willis Sarah Simpson Wilson Betty Lou Sorrell Winslow Kimberly Collins Woodard Glenda Sue Wooten Charles Herman Wray, Jr. Jane Cox Wrenn Carolyn Roberts Wright Mabel Broadwell Yelvington Carol Sue Yoder FRIENDS Louis Paul Abraham Michael Friedrich Ackermann Carol Ann Consolvo Adcock Benjamin T. Alexander, Jr. Larry Stephen Alston Kenneth George Anderson Kelly Tyson Andrews Ronnie Gene Armstrong Todd Aaron Ashe Warner King Babcock Thomas Porter Bell, Jr. George Simon Best, Jr. Debra Monsein Black R. Bruce Bowers Donald Sigmon Buckley Kimberly Rice Byrd Kyle Darren Caddell William John Canata, Jr. Robert Dorian Casey Greer Amburn Cawood Franklin St. Clair Clark Henry Toole Clark, Jr. Bradford Creamer Connett Marcia Fonville Cope Robert Walter Creed Nancy Gordon Dameron Larry Steve Davidson Mollie Hood DeWalt Margery Duffey K. Bradford Earle Daryl Albert Emig III O. Homer Erekson Sandra Kathleen Evans J Thomas Fox, Jr. W. Patrick Frye Hettie Lou Garland Alice Johnson Gifford Mark Lloyd Gordon David Martin Gorgonzola Beverly Allen Greene Dianne Greenhill Christopher Lochridg Haig Brenda V. Hayes Joseph Michael Hayes Richard Louis Hayman Bobbie Brank Head Anne Marie Afifi Heath G. Melvin Hipps, Sr. John Russell Hoyle III Sue Roberts Johnson Nancy Claire Julian John William Kachel Anne Troutman Kelly Robert Travis Kennedy Harold Bleckley King III Eric Hillested Kolb Robert Edmund Laport James Alonza Leggette, Jr. James Linwood Leloudis II William L. Littlejohn, Jr. James Monroe Long Harold Cooley Mahler J. Ronald Martin Paul Worsley Mayberry Rebecca Hartman McKee Mary McConville Mogan Ernest Emerson Montgomery W Hunter Morgan John Calvin Morrison James Edward Murphy, Jr. John David Murray Thomas Lloyd Norris, Jr. William Conally Owen Marcia Davis Padgett Michele Morton Page Mary Ann Rohrhurst Peter Julius Caesar Phillips, Jr. Edward Philip Prasse III Diane Blake Racey Mary Elizabeth Ragsdale Bobby Carlyle Raynor James Thomas Raynor Kelly Solino Revels D. Thomas Roberts, Jr. Judy Livingstone Robinson John P. Sall Virginia Ann Burkett Sall L. Warren Sams, Jr. Ann Struble Saunders Ellen Joan Solomon Benjamin Clyde Staples Charles Tillman Stewart Jo Frances Christian Stow Elsie Ives Thompson O. Holden Thompson, Jr. Arrel D. Toews Michael Stuart Vaughn Martha Szegda Ward Edgar Davis Warren Edward R. Whitehurst, Jr. William Morrow Zachman, Jr. FACULTY/STAFF Kelly Kirby Almond Bonnie Ford Angel Kenidee Dee Blake Janet H. Blue Margaret Gorely Bye M. Carolyn Cooper Linda R. Cronenwett Leslie Davis Molly Dougherty Margery Duffey Anne Hopkins Fishel Barbara Jo Lorek Foley Cynthia Mary Freund Sandra Gail Funk Barbara B. Germino Joanne Summey Harrell Martha Lillian Henderson Diane K. Kjervik Susan E. Labyak Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk Margaret S. Miles Margaret M. Miller Virginia J. Neelon Barbara Ann Nettles-Carlson Mary Ann Rohrhurst Peter Susan Foley Pierce Carol Elizabeth Powell Tonya Rutherford Hemming Margarete Sandelowski Anne H. Skelly Deborah Thompson Wanda Eileen Wazenegger CLASS OF 1955 BSN Donna Blair Booe Joy Smith Burton Gwenlyn Huss Butler Winnie Williams Cotton Bette Leon Davis Sara Blaylock Flynn Geraldine Snider Laport Mary Anderson Leggette Janet Merritt Littlejohn Gloria Huss Peele Louise Norwood Thomas Sara Elizabeth Garvin Opal Shepard Hipps Anita Whitener Hoffler Sandra Roberts Montgomery Harriette Zimmerman Nibbelink Jean Sutherland Pridgen Beverly Ann Segee Judith Jones Southerland Roberta Chapin White Ruby Gilbert Barnes Barbara Williams Madden CLASS OF 1961 BSN CLASS OF 1956 BSN Evelyn Farmer Alexander Sally Smith Baldwin Katherine Widman Carter Lee McCarter Cranford Landon Lewis Fox Jessie Carraway Heizer Emily Robeson Hubbard Carolyn White London Jane Kelly Monroe Jane Snyder Norris Ruth Corwin Whitman CLASS OF 1957 BSN Anna Haney Allen Ruth Holmes Benedict Mary Norwood Booth Mary Ann Keeter Caston Donna Dopler Geiger Jean Crisp Jackson Anne Glenn Johnson Margaret Johnson Kistler Sara Burt Mursch Katherine Randall Peck Ann Page Ransdell Margaret Davis Reed Barbara Hedberg Self MSN Audrey Joyce Booth CLASS OF 1958 BSN Ann Bobbitt Allen Frances Plyler Best Cloydia Carstarphen Dixon Lucy Taylor Fort Geraldine Y. Haynes Gail Hodgson Hudson Sarah White Mahler Marjorie Staub Mosher Sally Price Ormand Norma Cupp Pitzer Nancy Charles Rawl Frances Ader Read Rosemary Lemmond Ritzman Billie Williams Routh Nancy Noble Smith Kathryn Jones Walsh Betty Lou Sorrell Winslow Carolyn Roberts Wright CLASS OF 1959 BSN Alvene Williams Buckley Bess Chandler DeLa Perriere Diane Snakenburg Gordon Jo Ann Sowers Mason Martha Oliver Meetre Beverly Heaton Miller Lois Gallagher O'Keefe Nancy Hege Paar Patricia Kline Robertson Celia Strader Sabiston Mary Helen Shelburne Watkins CLASS OF 1960 BSN Margaret Evans Adams Claudia Barnes Deese Sandra Regenie Haldeman Beverly Dickens Hatrock Carolyn Mayo Holloway Ann Linville Jessup Alice Forester Keiger Linda Ann Lewis Charlotte Andrews Lloyd Karen Magnuson Mauro Carolyn Nifong Morgan Alice Kent Roye Mary Brock Slaughter Diana Lea Sowards Mabel Broadwell Yelvington CLASS OF 1962 BSN Doris Bankert Anderson Paula Kirby Benway Mary Alice Blevins Lillian Ward Bryant Judith Buxton Collins Elsie Deana Cross Beverly Desmond Davis Ann Davisson Anne Hopkins Fishel Shirley Snyder Frantz Mary Harrison Hall Mae Van Hiatt Mary Boatwright Howie Sally Horton Jones Patricia Ann Hunter Key Patricia Heilig Poret Ann Bennett Propert Linda Trembath Reeder Esther Mae Tesh MSN Martha Clyde Davis CLASS OF 1963 BSN Linda Christopher Black Elaine Gettman Bourdeaux Katharine Pickrell Bryson Roberta Brown Feather Barbara Caldwell Fletcher Elizabeth Lusk Gregg Faye Mills Haas Mary Shaw Hambright Sue Massengill Hockaday Sylvia Vincent Jackson Carol Elledge Koontz Lynn Humphrey Locher Patricia Barlow Lowery Linda Hutchins Myrick Martha Tate Roberts Joyce Eudy Stancil Laura Hawes Thigpen Margaret Sutton Wade Eugenia Hruslinski Weeks Joanne Hogg Welborne CLASS OF 1964 BSN Barbara Poag Brown Mary Green Buie Sharon W. Cervenak Carolyn Mitchell Elgin Frances Booth Hart Bonnie Keaton Hensley Patricia Hildebrand Horton Patricia Whitley Hudson Beverley Haynes Johnson Carolyn Pugh Keil Linda Laxton Lawrence Jean Burley Moore Margie Mayo Oldham Laura Carlo Piver Gaye Williard Poteet Mary Lindsay Raiford Mary Coleman Rose Mary Hamrick Saunders Mary Roberts Shapiro Julia Davis Smith Betty Jene Sones Carolyn Manuel Sword Lois McCauley Wagner Betty May Swecker Yoe MSN Beverly Dickens Hatrock Opal Shepard Hipps Sandra Mull Sorensen CLASS OF 1965 BSN Beth Ann Rendell Abbott Marianne Cooke Bell Nancy Rieman Caldwell Sharon Kennedy Casey Wanda Toy Constantinides Dorothy Isom Daniel Frances Lahens Fox Linda Barnes Henderson Jo Ann Zaron Hiti Anne Alphin Hobson Kathleen Garner O'Connell Constance Newnam Parker Barbara Easkold Pringle Katherine White Slattery Margaret Weidel Sprott Nancy Beasley Turner Judith Flanders Vollmer MSN Katherine Camilla Bobbitt Roberta Brown Feather Anne Hopkins Fishel Lucy Taylor Fort Mary Scott Isom Ellen May Stout Nancy Boyd Taylor CLASS OF 1966 BSN Margaret Colison Alderman Nancy Herter Apmann Carole O'Brient Bordelon Anita Anderson Brown Elizabeth Scovil Carlo Marie Phillips Cloney-Williams Brenda Dockery Dunn Mary Howard Dunn Anne Barbee Houston Jo Anne Viverette Johnson Kay Goodman McMullan Anne Whitaker Peedin Elizabeth Cox Perry Suzanne Bennett Reilly Elaine Morrison Whitehurst MSN Amie Modigh Susan Dewey Sverha CLASS OF 1967 BSN Anne Elizabeth Belcher Rene Clark Nancy Rankin Crutchfield Barbara Jo Lorek Foley Mary Bowsher Friedman Olivia Womble Griffin Patricia Dodson Hayes Cheryl Vaughn Howe Patricia Humphrey-Kloes Rebecca Dawsey Johnson Elizabeth Moore Jones Judy Heller Knauer Elizabeth Beattie Lewis Carolyn Mitchell Martin Ilene Allen Morrison Genevia Sanderson Mozolak Carolyn Buck Pearson Georgia Marshall Pruitt Margaret Ferguson Raynor Susan Willey Spalt Nancy Carr Sumner Suzanne Lewis Tonski Gwendolen Brannon Weeks Carole Norman Willmot CLASS OF 1968 BSN Judith Reavis Beauchamp Lois Greenfield Boyles Elizabeth Margaret Carr Linda Robinson Cloninger Carolyn Taylor Cresimore Nancy Russ Greenberg Marie Slaughter Hazlett Kathryn Robinson Kuykendal Judy Edmonson Lawing Joan Byrum McCormick Sara Jane McVicker Susanne Smith Newton Julia Knott Prasse Joan Frances Reinhardt Johana Renfro Roberts Elizabeth Pugh Summey Linda Hamlin Titus Marjene DeBardelaben White Sheila Knedlik Yarbrough CLASS OF 1969 BSN Beverly Neal Barnette Christine Budd Cassidy Linda Kibler Cockrell Judith Van Dyke Egg Dorothy Mosley Ellmore Patsy Ruth Farlow Marcia Somers Gore Susan Stallings Jones Jane Carey Karpick Jo-Anne Trowbridge Martin Brenda Jarrett Matthews Elizabeth Foster Meyer Eddie Boykin Pope Susan Forney Reichman Nancy Nicks Stephenson Barbara Britt Synowiez Betty Blankenship Thornton Linda Garrett Timberlake Cynthia Calderwood Tomlin Donna Mease Wiggins Carol Cobb Williams Jo Lentz Williams Karen Linda Williams Ann Coleman Woodruff MSN Doris Haase Dixon Jane Mitchell Hayward Leota Lovina Rolls CLASS OF 1970 BSN Pamella Carter Aldridge Annette Beam Nancy Gibbes Chapman Deborah Wyndham Cody Allene Fuller Cooley Lynda Law Harrison Kathryn Minton Holliday Lucy Thomas Kindsvatter Alene M. Mercer Barbara Ann Nettles-Carlson Phyllis Walker Newman Marjorie Williams Phillips Barbara Blackwood Picornell Linda Grissom Polacheck Gwendolyn Hightower Waddell-Schultz P. Kay Wagoner MSN Elizabeth Scovil Carlo Cynthia Jo Ann Foust Marjorie Huitt Hawkins Patsy Littlejohn Hawkins CLASS OF 1971 CLASS OF 1974 BSN BSN Barbara Ann Bauman Nancy Nelson Caddy Jeanne Lilly Griswold Pamela Greene Hatley Kerry Allen Hensley Sandra Baughn Jelovsek Charlene Blake Knapp Sylvia Monteith Ledford Joyce Crabtree Maples Elizabeth Moate Robinson Marian Crane Sharpe Deborah Thompson Mary Vallier-Kaplan Carole Barrow Warren Margaret Folsom Ainsley Janet Fox Armstrong Patrica Joyner Babcock Diane Nichols Boger Suzanne Lindsay Burge Gladess Hudspeth Crisp Nancy Johnson Dewhirst Charles Boyd Fondow Carol Zimmerman Garrison Jacqueline W. Hermans Deborah Powers Hoy Rebecca Scott Hughes Beverly Smith Johnson Vicky Greene Jorgenson Jane Mayes Link Bennie Jo Riley MacCaughelty Julia McGlamery Marshall Brenda Ray Martin Wendelin Jones McBride Laura Britton Michael Willis Lathrop O'Brien Rebecca Dewees Olson Judith Haubenreiser Osborn Sara Rollins Ramsey Carolyn Triplett Robinson Patsy Schupper Theobald Kathryn Payne Wueste MSN Rita Julienne Kubicki CLASS OF 1972 BSN Katherine Black Andrews Martha Everhart Bailey Jane Dark Davis Martha Robbins Sadler Dungey Virginia Elaine Fox Robin Lyle Gentry Elizabeth Duke Jones Nancy Ann Laughridge Rita Davis Mintmier Anne Lowe Murphy Lynne Ann Oland Christa Parks Roisen MSN Alla Traber Campbell Elizabeth Foster Meyer Laura Hawes Thigpen Carol Lynne Watters Sadie Brown Webster CLASS OF 1973 BSN Ann Davis Brown Ann Miller Calandro Janet Elizabeth Clark Anne Smith Cole Cynthia Lee Earthman Teresa Weaver Foster Nancy Barrett Freeman Margaret Wagoner Gilliam Frances Davis Green Betty Jean Haddock Jacqueline Rose Hayes Jolynn Edwards Hurwitz Judith Hartsfield Iannuzzi Carolyn Morgan Inman Debra Gay Kiser Sue Hatch Kreichelt Susan Ruppalt Lantz Colleen Hamilton Lee Patricia Shaffer Lewis Susan Gibbs Mazzella Nancy Dembroski McLeroy Janet Opp McPherson Holly Dearstyne Norwood Wanda Shelton Oakley Catherine Cloaninger Perry Ona Mercer Pickens Ann Marie Polk Charlotte Turner Powell George I. Rand Nancy Morton Smith Pamela Jo Sorce Alesia Risnes Sova Susan Clark Sprinkle Elizabeth Shrum Stewart Suzanne Limparis Ward Polly Ryan Wheless MSN Ruth Swann Askins Deborah Wyndham Cody Cynthia Mary Freund Catherine Dzniblinski Harvey Susan Stuart Harvey Kathryn Robinson Kuykendal Linda Ann Lewis Caryl Erhardt Mobley MSN Linda Lindsey Davis Laureen Sue Froimson Lenner Pender Jefferies Sandra Baughn Jelovsek Nancy Siegel Katich Revauda Saunders Lurey Marilyn Greene Smith Judy Kay Farmer Vipperman CLASS OF 1975 BSN Jean Gail Allen Ann Beland Sandra Hardy Bryson Gail Sargeant Butler Vickie Garrett Byler Preston Noe Comeaux III Jeannette Janecek Diana Elizabeth Collins Earle Catherine Foltz Howes Ann Cox Hutchins Frances Furr Kelly Peggy Cabe Kuppers Sharon Estelle Lock Sharon Caston McDow Diane Shaffer Merritt Lisa Milczewski Munsat Louise Shook Nezelek Evelyn Rose Paul Carol Elizabeth Powell Colleen Cullen Powers Debra Covington Schmidt Joan Buirgy Shuford MSN Annette Beam Elizabeth Johnson Burkett Dorothy Natoli Campbell Victoria Hearn Crill Jacqueline Jones English Betty Jean Haddock Betty Mickey McDowell Susan Foley Pierce Judith Jones Southerland Deborah Thompson CLASS OF 1976 BSN Frances Mervin Andringa Bonita Craft Aycock Elizabeth McKinney Bailey Debra Huffman Brandon Mary Redfearn Creed Patricia Ann Creed Deborah Landis Creedy Mary Lou Caviness Faucette Coleen Cox Fehn Deborah Webb Frye Cynthia Darlyn Garrett Marsha Newton Golombik Rachael Brugh Holmes Sue Baker Isaac Pamela Ellis Jameson Christine Earle Jones Marcia Kastan Kaufman Ann Robinson Mandel Reida Gentry McDowell Elaine Snell Mervin Elizabeth Holcombe Miller Ann Elizabeth Morrow Sue Shivar Morrow Jane McInnis Penny Linda Garner Phillips Linda Fisher Poss Lyle Byron Snider Joyce McKeon Wynia MSN Elizabeth Margaret Carr Virginia Elaine Fox Linda Joyce Cade Haber Sue Greenwood Head Susan Wells Taylor Jo Willoughby Terry Gwendolyn Hightower Waddell-Schultz CLASS OF 1977 BSN Susan McConnell Baker Karen McBroom Butler Debra Jones Campbell Susan Gatlin Cloaninger Patricia Packard Conner Denise Taylor Darden Pamela Sobol Erekson Peggy Carden Frankenstein Leigh Watson Garmhausen Natalie Cumston Gray Sharon Yvonne Grooms Linda Allen Hammett Pamela Reeder Harsant Linda Edwards Hood Elaine Merchant Jeffcoat Denise Steigerwald Johnson Rene hajjar Jones Patricia Lyons Kiefer Catherine Stinson King Dianne Hall Leloudis Melissa Dixon LeVine Mary Ann Binns Matteson Margaret Ann May Constance Eugenia McConnell Gail Liles Medlin Lynne Ridge Morgan Teresa Goins Neal Ellison Ainsworth Parker Helen Krick Poole Cheryl Winn Reinhart Karen Kelley Ross David Roger Shoemaker Mabeth Vanessa Smith Karen Kellogg Soderstrom Cynthia Mabe Solomon Lynn Peacock Spaw Marti Lynn Todd MSN Emily Scovil Eklund Dorothy Purser Jenkins Marianne Frances Marlo Patricia Ann Merwin Margaret Magdalene Miller Judith Musial Patty Sue Sanders Diane Gracy Vester Dianne Trogdon Wall Louise Elsner Watts CLASS OF 1978 BSN Caswell Smith Arnold Debra Stoy Bernard Harriette Campbell Brown Ann King Cashion Susan Lesniak Clark Durinda Hibson Davis Deborah Smith Ellis Stephanie C. Farrell Jo Ann Grey Fincher Linda Gail Fletcher Elizabeth Simpson Friedman Rachel Harper Fulp Jane King Fulton Barbara Sessoms Gillmer Mary Shine Gregg Leigh Mewborn Hardy Anne Marie Jones-Sutton Lois Gore Kessler Jane Ranson Little Anganette McBryde Betty Womble Michal Betty Lee Snyder Mustafa John Slate Oldham Carol Burroughs Pernell Robin Elaine Remsburg Elizabeth Ann Sheely Mala Denise Sherrill Sally Mozelle Taylor Carol Rhodes Warden Toni Spicer Wild Jacqueline Lancaster Williams MSN Juliet McGuire Beckwith Annie Ruth Brown Bland Harriet Walker Buss Margaret Gorely Bye Christine Bender Ackiss Eller Pamela Gilliam Lusk Marie Lee Muskovin Brenda Marion Nevidjon Lenore Wagner Smith P. Kay Wagoner CLASS OF 1979 BSN Bonnie Ford Angel Beverly Harrell Barnett Cheryl Banks Batchelor Syvil Summers Burke Darise Daves Caldwell Miriam Owen Chitty Elizabeth Wolfe Craft Mary Susan Curtas Sandra Sleeman Franklin Jacqueline Lytle Gonzalez Dorothy Christine Gutierrez Millicent Hecht Hair Janice Joyce Hoffman Judith Carol Hunter Kina Walker Jones Mary Haxton Kinard Marissa Fieselman Laster Jennifer Elesha Manning Vandy Bass Matthews Nancy Hudgins Morrow Nancy Roberts Murray Sue Eubanks Parrish Robyn Firestone Ross Roger Perry Saunders Warren Saunders Jean Cotten Schnaak Carol Benbow Seggerty Barbara Heibel Senich Paula Gentry Siegel Catherine Ellen Smith Linda Annette Smith Marianne Bab Vidal Pamela Bowling Watson Mary Ellen Wehrle Woiler Cindy Stout Wood Kimberly Collins Woodard Charles Herman Wray, Jr. MSN Geralyn Van Wezel Bolen Judith Haubenreiser Osborn Robert Lawrence Suiter Marian Dorsey Willard CLASS OF 1980 BSN Wanda Smith Adams Judith Dechant Allen Lisa Mock Allen Carey Faillace Bailey Marie Crooke Bossert Rebecca Hall Brooks Marian White Byerly Terri Cameron Capps Linda Rebecca Causey Lucy Ross Clair Virginia Van Velsor Connett Peggy Brotherton Devine Carol McMurry Driscoll Rebecca Eggen Dux Leslie Ogden Hawkins Melody Slaughter Heffline Leslie Carolyn Hicks Beth Harris Jaekle Susan Page Kane Glenda Jones Kanner Sherry Jean Kelly Lisa Hampton Kolb Virginia Turner Kramer Donna Winston Laney Bunny Coble Day Lewis Martha Hedrick McCarthy Karen Hosack McGraw Susan Bos Moore Margaret Berg Mullinix Arlene Murray Carolyn Reece Nichols Cynthia Johnson Oakes Barbara Ann Overby Kay Overcash-Jenkins Nancy Kiley Overstreet Elizabeth Norwood Peele Donna Renfrow Rutala Pamela Linhart Sonney Ruth Ellen Thomas Beverly Lynn Wagner Barbara Langan Wefing Alma Bullock Woolard Jenifer Amling Wrigley MSN Sandra Bradley Baden Carolyn Veronica Billings Phyllis Brooks Carouthers Jean Marie Raue Larson Kathleen Read McDaniel Janet Cheyfitz Meckler Ann Mabe Newman Angel Mariano Vasquez CLASS OF 1981 Kathy S. Shields E Anne Shortliffe Kim Motsinger Stanley Karen Holt Stone Annette Rountree Thompson Ameran Skerret Tooley Patricia Simpson Tucker Virginia Ne Smith Walton Paulette Lewis Williams MSN Debra Huffman Brandon Karen Landolina Kanoy Melissa Dixon LeVine CLASS OF 1982 BSN Wanda Mayo Adams Tamara Hinson Barker Paula Goetz Bruening Kimberly Elizabeth Carr Julia Stout Dyer Laura Custer Galloway Sharon Speer Gentry Reena Grigg Hathcock Susan Brackett Hord Frances Morgan Irby Miriam Perrou Jolly Anne-Marie Stovall Jones Linda Deese Jones Kathy Lynne Joyce Leslie Ellis Kieffer Elizabeth Rogers Kinsey Constance Farleigh Lanier Mary Freeman Lewis Patsy Mabe Marshburn Teresa Warren Mayberry Carol Fraser Myers Lee Watson Rice Pamela Davis Rock Ann Elgin Van Meter Rudeen Mary Gray Gilchrist Sachtjen Joan Von Lehmden Senter Debra Farlow Surratt Jeanine Hartgrove Ulsenheimer Diane Wendelken-Johnston Glenda Sue Wooten MSN Mary Lober Aquilino Patricia Rouisse Ballentine Josephine Altieri Glos Carol Eiler Glover Leah Gabriel Weidemoyer BSN Andrea Mullins Ackermann Anthony James Adinolfi, Jr. Linda Holt Anderson Barbara High Arne Edith Elizabeth Boland Dorothy Lynn Cage Gwen Chriscoe Dodson Susan Adams Doughton Myra Auman Gebbie Joan Williams Grady Lelia Cornatzer Gray Lucy Ligon Heffelfinger Mary Anne Henderson Donna Renee Jarvis Jacqueline Dean Jennings Denise Farlow Jones Jodi Marlene Lavin-Tompkins Pamela Kay Lowrance Maura Stilson MacPhee Annette Weaver Mason Beth Hewlett Mathews Barbareta Welch McGill Deborah Lynn McKinney Kathryn Suzanne Miller Monica Miller Muldoon Lynne Jernigan Owen Teresa Cloninger Pender Jennifer Castelloe Riker Elizabeth Taylor Russell Elizabeth Brandon Sager Kendace Felgar Sanders CLASS OF 1983 BSN Maureen Daly Abraham James Lewis Adams Marcia Parmely Bass Kathleen Murphy Baum Anderson Fisher Black Debra Brown Black Pamela Ramsey Bonacci Melanie Gayle Bunn Mary Maddrey Chandler Jennifer Ann Colley Robert Contino Deedee Baker Cromer Mary Hicks Cunningham Melrose Whitfield Fisher Wanda Langley Hassler Alma Marie Holley Sarah James Jenner Mary House Kester Leigh Beck Kuhnly Brenda Stevens Boyd Macarages Martha-Gay Burns Morton Elizabeth Robertson Osbahr Dawn Nicholson Palmer Angela Jessup Partin Lee Walker Smith Margaret Ham Sturdivant Carlie Arthur Testerman MSN Carol Sue Yoder CLASS OF 1984 BSN Patricia Gordon Albright Brian Dean Bombardier Dorothy Peterson Burchall Kathy Caudle Connelly Emily Betts Cox Gary Douglas Crotty Janet Peele Crumpler Sandra Shaw Davidson Rebecca Atkins Dodson Mary Thornell Emig Mary Ann Hardy Everett Deborah Bass Everleigh Judith Walker Gentile Karen Schillinger Gorgonzola Nancy Walters Harman Angela McLaughlin Harriott Lisa Janelle Hedgepeth Jacqueline Renee Hill Tammi Edmundson Holland Theresa Williams Kyle Ann Barrier Little Diane Ely Littlefield Martha Legare Mercer Betsy Smith Miller Jan Marie Moses Tamara Harrison Murphy Jo Kandace Orr Leslie Crump Powell Lisa Powell-Fontana Julie Lopp Proctor Elizabeth Emily Ricks Diane Fites Schifter Wanda Malone Shade Leslie McDonough Sharpe Betsy Daniel Siegel Sharon Caudle Smotherman Patricia Rainey Stramoski Barbara Grassi Swann Sarah Simpson Wilson MSN Rosemary Denig Bootes Lynn Brittian Kerry Dominick Paul Francis Dunn Dianne Hall Leloudis Laura Pole Elizabeth Larcom Posey Susan Christman Sweeting Diana Jean Walker CLASS OF 1985 BSN Leigh Sharp Ammons Katherine Fidalgo Anderson Theresa Stackpoole Andrews Sherry Staley Asbill Linda Bertsch Barber Sandra Baggett Beasley Catherine Elaine Bell Susan Tyler Boulton Ellen Ahern Buchanan Margaret Lynn Campbell Leslie Louise Davis Linda Brown Esposito Sarah Fraser Groce Kimberly McAlister Hamilton Syna Henderson Barbara Jean Horne Kathleen Hennelly Inman Cynthia Cumbo Klaess Julie Moorefield Knock Patty Phillips Ledwell Kae Rivers Livsey Tracy Lynn Maddox Elizabeth Youngblood McKeon Johanna Norman Gaye Oxendine Olson Ann Boggs Parker Pamela Etha Petch Barbara Thornton Pringle Janet Oakes Rankin Heather Domville Scarff Kay Marie Sharpe Cynthia Stringer Shaw Marianne Kankowski Spinola Elizabeth Sawyer Webber MSN Teresa Haggard Beasley Robert Contino Mary Cooper DeLetter Cynthia Darlyn Garrett Beth Harris Jaekle Sharon Estelle Lock CLASS OF 1986 BSN Perrior Stowitts Anderson Kena Rae Blackwelder Pamela Meadors Fox Jane A. Frye Dawn Fontaine Garcia Rizza Duterte Hermosisima Hunter Riddick Jones Tessa Colville Kankelfritz Leta Lynn Lankford Janice Jones Long Janet Walker Macey Brenda Irene Nielsen Sharon Hill Price Phyllis Akin Remke Anne Boduch Serody Pamela Anne Stewart Jody Green Sur Jane Peace Thielman Margaret Boynton Wallace Kimberly Ferguson Wiggins Patricia Matthews Williford Kimberly Deal Wolpert MSN Mary Lee Stoehr Borislow Tony Dean Cook Margaret Claire Herbst Linda Garner Phillips Cheryl Young Proctor Pamela Linhart Sonney Virginia Ne Smith Walton CLASS OF 1987 BSN Carolyn Ridgell Anderson Pamela Worrell Anderson Susan Powell Andrews Karla Jean Brown Vonda Mendenhall Brown Constance Lee Carroll Deborah Hamlett Chestnutt Deborah Anne Cline Susan Barton George Patricia Beatty Goodwin Lisa Susan Kelly Crystal Kelly-Rhyne Amy Fryar Kennedy Lynda Williams Lewis Mildred Robinson Lyon Kristina Ramthun MacPherson Janet Allen Marable Tammy Reavis Marshall Teresa Welsch Mary Diana Nielsen Moore Lynne Surratt Moorman Karen Bradshaw Phillips Teresa McDonald Shoup Dorothy R. Smith Kimberly Blake Sumrell MSN Ellen Ahern Buchanan Gary Douglas Crotty Sherrie Bragg Lessans Barbareta Welch McGill Karen Harnach Schnell CLASS OF 1988 BSN Robin Sharp Caddell Julie McCoy Campanaro Leslie Hall Canale Harriet Little Chen Gina Blair Dixon Mary Warner Gennett Amy Laura Hardee Joyce Breeden Johnson Kendra Argo Kruse Elaine Crosbie Matheson Tanja Bird Miller Elizabeth Buchanan Paramore Vicki Spencer Parlier Carolyn Andrews Poe Kimberly Walker Ratledge Tenita Gilmore Sawyer Mary Wilson Shaw Andrea Franks Strauss S. Mary Ann Tormey MSN Stewart Michael Bond Sarah Anne Kooienga Tresha Lawing Lucas Jean Boyd Williams CLASS OF 1989 BSN Kelley Wayco Barney Lucinda Ohlwine Bauling Melanie McLean Bradshaw Denise Ray Clark Teresa Lynne Collins Deirdre Thomas Dixon Rosemary Janecki Donnelly Deborah Faye Flowers Debra Hearn Freeman Mary Alice Hall Patricia Thieman Hallman Amy Moorhead Hardy Ronnie Houck Howard Tonya Henderson Jarnac Robert Franklin Jessup Sonia Benita Joyner Karen Lee McDonald Delia Ruth Nickolaus Karen Casey Packey Alyshia Wood Smith Suzanne Long Vaughn MSN Wendy Waara Bierwirth Leslie Louise Davis Anne Patricia O'Connor Deborah Coates Parce Joyce Ann Smith CLASS OF 1990 BSN Dianah Cockman Bradshaw Mary Elizabeth Brewer Daria L. Campbell Candice Pike Clark Sharon Anne Cullinan J. Andrew Davis Richmond Lee Griner II Karen M Horrell Geralyn Bobinchak McGuire Judy McNeill Page Julia Hardison Pjetraj Ann Sigmon Plyler Stephanie Renee Roach Dia Del Paggio Roberts Margaret Ceips St Andre Linda S. Thomas Sara Anderson Thompson Amy Smith Turner Sue Wagner Catherine Kurtz Zachman MSN Deborah Heffley Brooks Vickie Garrett Byler Sylvia Mebane-Brooks Nailah Amal Siddique Susan Collin Staring Melody Ann Watral CLASS OF 1991 BSN Julie Wood Barney Kimberly Dawn Cameron Althea Williams Capps R. Michelle Ekanayake-Lin Suzanne Getman Gifford Dene Raisner Hogge Elizabeth Shoupe Stewart Dana Snipes Svendsen Crystal Kelly-Rhyne Diane Ely Littlefield CLASS OF 1992 BSN Shelly Lynn Ayers Amy Parrish Beasley Melissa Christine Blair Stephanie Ford Britt Lisa Weaver Bull Lena Singletary Caison Lisa Barnette Callanan Veronica Strasser Douglas Dawn Logue Hafer Carolyn Eleanor Hausch Paula Efird Hoyle Timothy Scott Huffman Shannon Blackwelder Matthews Rhonda Michelle Messer Sherry Davis Montella Susan Smith Moorman Schquthia Fearrington Peacock Kathryn Prescott Williams Carol Lee Wilson Diane Marie Yorke MSN Sally Walter Gillooly Jeanmarie Rampolla Koonts Katherine Sawyer Mann Ann Shirley Moore Brenda Irene Nielsen Jane Nielsen Perkins Annette Leslie Robinson-Brun Jane Peace Thielman Donna Kriegbaum Weber CLASS OF 1993 BSN Pamela Wells Akhter Marcia Holman Ballard Pamela Proctor Criscitiello Michelle Simoneau Grady Margaret Perkett Lee Mary Kent Markell Frank Douglas Moore Faye Lynn Parker Karen Williams Parks Tonya Rutherford Hemming Bobbie Jo Lee Simpson Holly Noel Wilson MSN Kimberly Elizabeth Carr Carolyn McNeill Malone Reida Gentry McDowell CLASS OF 1994 BSN BSN Jamie Orringer Arnott Mary McNeill Bowers Courtney Snyder Brown Beverly Baucom Graham Linda Sue Hale Carolyn Anita Highsmith DeLeslie Walden Kiser Melissa Chase Lang Joan Steiniger Lucas Sandra Thompson McCormick Kristin Freshwater Mitchell Stacy Turkel Nicolau Felice Lenet Perry Donna Lee Rymer J. Brinkley Sugg MSN Carol Ann Figi Suzanne Getman Gifford Kathleen McGraw Janus Zenaida Pablo Klopovic Deborah Scheele Minanov Susanne Smith Newton Kimberly Walker Ratledge Tina Hill Scott Jean Ann Smith Linda Baker Stover Margaret Anne Wasserman Wanda Eileen Wazenegger PHD Audrey Elaine Nelson CLASS OF 1995 BSN Sandra Kay Smoak Bream Katherine Isabel Clark Kimberly Ray Coppage Nikki Leigh Eldreth Barbara Mialik Fisher Michelle Snyder Gruver Pamela M. Hinshaw Mary Edel Holtschneider Melba Hefelfinger Jordan Susan King-Zeller Vicki Ferrell Lewis Elizabeth Hilton Long Vicki Causa McLawhorn Jessica Monroe Stewart Colleen Rodite Wessler Leigh Ann Wingfield Jane Cox Wrenn Sandra Lynn Jarr Sue Ann Campbell Jatko Carey Marie LeSieur Richard Anderson Sutton Marlene Stone Yates Kristin Freshwater Mitchell Nancy Grant Register Cindy Michelle Thrower Diane Marie Yorke PHD CLASS OF 1999 BSN Esther Mae Tesh BSN Sandra Krol Baker Lora Alison Barnhardt Linda Bowling Nancy Rowe Cameron Cynthia deRoulhac Clark Virginie Blackwell Cloutier Carrie Elizabeth Farr Miriam Leigh Greene Sonya Robertson Hupman Allison Renee Lipe Melissa Gregory Long Vickey V. Mason-Burgess Kathryn Rachel Parker Sandra Knight Rodriguez Jennifer Ballard Squires Thu-Ha Thi Tuong Eric Stephen Wolak Blaine Parker York CLASS OF 1997 BSN Cindy McLamb Blackmon Sherry Reitzel Cook Karen Denise Dellinger Kimberly Cox Dunn Pamela Garris Gaddy Virginia Randolph Gamble Glenda Marks George Tatiana Maria Haas-Castro Kimberly Ardell Hamden Linda D. Kessler Karen J. Kissel Margaret Karen Landreth Kelly Wall Margraf Delores Ann Price Janie Ogburn Rowland Melinda Helms Sander Julie Michelle Schneider Amy Peaden Speri Lois White Thomley Angela West Turner Deborah Kerens Wagner MSN Fay Linette Brown Susan Gatlin Cloaninger Karen Marie Miller Margaret Berg Mullinix Karen Marie Yahyapour Linda Morgan Allen Bonita Craft Aycock Jill Causby Barbour Ronda Kay Franke Sylvia Little Hines Mary Arbogast Kessler Cecelia Agnes Landon Brenda Stevens Boyd Macarages Ola Daniel Osborne Dia Del Paggio Roberts Bobbie Jo Lee Simpson Tabetha Lynn Smith Brookie Allen Wood PHD PHD MSN Mary Jean Thorson CLASS OF 1996 BSN Christa Abrams Allen Beth Farmer Blair Marie Britt Britt Sheri Lyn Chmielewski Angie Nicole Efstation Jessica Mann Fell Kimberly Baker Gitter Dana Leigh Gregory Elizabeth Langford Hall John Richard Hanlon Donna Kneeland Hassey Tanya Kristin Henley Melissa Carol House Faith Lynn Junghahn Rachel Marsh Lewis Shawne Taylor Llewellyn Melissa Irene Mason Antoinette Lynn Miller Angela Lynn Moore Robin Finley Perry Amy Lauren Talbert Rachel Lynn Tunstall Stephanie Harris Turner Angela McLean Walling Mitzi Searcy Willis MSN Kimberly Dawn Cameron Lisa Ann Corn Sharon Anne Cullinan Katy Suzanne Emmert Amanda Kitt Hale Ann Leichtle Hart PHD Eve Lynn Layman Pamela Palmer Smith CLASS OF 2000 Leah Nicole Adkins Ellen Massenburg Beidler Danielle Nicole Koonce Cecil Mary Ellen Eakright Heather Renee Ellington Caroline Curry Ferrell Amy Elizabeth Giles Pamela Courtney Goforth Carey Tyler Hagler Georgia Lee Hamilton Angela LaVerne Horton Leslie Shane Jenkins Linda MacMorran McElveen Kimberly Kirsten Orwoll Juqetta Venise Sheffield Keith Avery Slick Nancy Rodwell Tuohy Carole Bailey Washington Susanne Relfe Winslow Tiffany Maryl Young MSN Elizabeth Langford Hall Catherine Ann Hogan Michael Wayne Joyner Judith Ellen Swasey Kristina Lee Taylor Stephanie Harris Turner MSN Jenny Leong Abernathy Kathleen M. Baluha Lora Ann Dishman Joanna Hiller Doherty Laura Anne Harvey Amy Elizabeth Jeroloman Shawne Taylor Llewellyn Rhonda Michelle Messer Frank Douglas Moore Schquthia Fearrington Peacock Julia Hardison Pjetraj Carol Elizabeth Powell Leslie McDonough Sharpe April Griffin Thomas PHD Debra Huffman Brandon Susan Elizabeth Burger CLASS OF 2001 BSN Karen Denise Dellinger Linda Sue Hale Tonya Rutherford Hemming Rachel Lynn Tunstall Sally Miller Maliski Sheila Judge Santacroce Barbara Jean Speck CLASS OF 1998 BSN Melanie Dawn Berthel Holly Covington Boals Jennifer Ann Cousins Elizabeth Maynard Doles Amy West Eller Erin Elizabeth Faircloth Linda Carol Goswick Sharon West Haire Leigh Ayn Keith Mary Scott Lowe Nancy Beal Luft Rebecca Jones Martin Julie Elizabeth Meyer Jennifer Brown Rich Donna Jean Ryan Connie Kothera Schwarzen Stacey Richardson Sloan Kristin Ann Speckhard Amanda Beil Sudderth Tanya Vanstory Ward Amy Roberta Weller Melissa Rosenberry Wilson Sarah Li-Wen Wu MSN Suzanne Margaret Clark Judith Hallock Norma Hawkins Kisida Sylvia Monteith Ledford Paul Cameron Lewis Kathryn Sanders Lytle Planning Carolina Nursing’s Future Your generosity now, through a planned gift or bequest, can help make Carolina Nursing the most distinguished school in the nation. Already a leader in teaching, research and service, and recognized for its exemplary academic programs and outstanding faculty, Carolina Nursing depends on the generosity and vision of our alumni and friends. Together, we are Leading to Care for people throughout North Carolina and the nation. You have our gratitude and appreciation for considering a bequest in your will. A Bequest: This is a provision in a will or living trust that can provide for the distribution of property after one’s lifetime. It can include stocks or real estate and any part of or all of an estate. Please call Norma Singleton, director of advancement, (919) 966-4619, to discuss how you might include the School of Nursing in your estate plans. SUMMER 2001 9 WHY I GIVE WhyJane I Give Snyder Norris, Jane Snyder Norris in 1995 Upon graduating from high school in Winston-Salem, NC, Jane Snyder knew that she enjoyed working with people and that she would be happiest in a career that would allow her to be of service to them. Nursing seemed a good fit, but at that time the vast majority of nurses were trained in diploma programs managed by hospitals. Because Jane wanted the broadened perspective, knowledge and experience that she knew a college education could give her, she applied and was accepted to Carolina’s brand new baccalaureate program in nursing. Jane Norris in 1956 Because the School was still in its infancy, scholarship support for students was extremely limited. The SON did not yet have a base of alumni and friends from which it could draw the kind of financial support that makes scholarships and other forms of financial assistance more widely available to students. Therefore, when Jane was accepted at the SON, qualified students were, regrettably, being turned away if they could not meet the costs of their education. Luckily, Jane’s family was able to afford her tuition, and she entered UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall 10 CAROLINA NURSING BSN 1956 of 1952. Her days as a student were all that she had hoped they would be. “We took premed courses in chemistry and zoology,” she said. “Coming from a small rural high school, this was a tremendous challenge and big change for me.” Jane lived in the dormitory wing of what was at that time the School’s building, with all of the other nursing students (for a detailed look at the School of Nursing buildings throughout the years, see page 12). The living arrangements created a special intimacy and friendship that all alumnae from the early years, including Jane, remember as being the best part of their years at the SON. “We studied together, ate together, lived together, laughed and cried together," she said. "We supported each other and bonded as sisters. This common bond of surviving and being survivors is something you never forget.” Jane received her degree in 1956 as a member of the SON’s second graduating class, and then moved to Atlanta to work as a public health nurse. While there, she participated in the first mass immunization against polio at Murphy High School. She returned to Chapel Hill in 1957 with her husband Tom Norris, then a law student at Carolina, and worked as a medicalsurgical nursing instructor in the SON for three years. Eventually, Jane quit nursing to devote her time and attention to raising four daughters, all of whom attended Carolina. Her daughter Laura is a 1981 graduate of the SON. Although she never returned to practice, Jane has served as a volunteer nurse with the Wake County Red Cross Blood Services. She has been a Raleigh, NC resident since 1961. “My education has benefitted me in all areas of my life, both at home with my family, in volunteer work and in church-related work,” said Jane. Currently, she works with homebound members of her congregation: “I still remember those basic skills I learned in approaching the patient, assessing their needs and problem solving,” she said. Over the years, Jane has kept in touch with her alma mater, and for more than six years, Tom Norris has given his time and expertise to the SON’s Foundation Board—a group of alumni and community volunteers who serve in an advisory and fundraising capacity for the School. In addition to their service, both have been committed and generous financial supporters of the SON. In 1998, the couple decided to increase their support of the SON through the creation of the Thomas L. and Jane S. Norris Scholarship Fund. “Nursing is an important profession,” said Jane. “And anyone with the desire, ability and personal attributes for pursuing this career should not be denied because of lack of finances.” This year, the Thomas L. and Jane S. Scholarship fund provided 2 nursing students with awards of $1,250 each—money that helps offset the cost of tuition, books, room and board, as well as travel expenses to clinical experiences. Jane and Tom have continued to add yearly to the scholarship, thereby increasing the amount of money available to students. “I feel that those who are able should give back to the University that has enriched their lives through education,” said Jane. An endowed scholarship is one of the most affordable ways to create a lasting legacy that will both honor someone who has been touched by nursing, while helping future nurses receive a top-notch education. If you would like more information on how you, whether individually or as a member of a group, can create a named scholarship, please contact the Office of Advancement at (919) 966-4619. Innovations in Nursing Education The New 14-Month BSN Option for Second-Degree Students This spring, the SON marked another milestone in a history of "firsts" when it received approval from the North Carolina Board of Nursing to offer the first accelerated BSN option in the state. The option will allow college graduates who want to become nurses the opportunity to receive a bachelor’s degree from the SON in just fourteen months—slightly over half the time that it takes students to complete the current two-year BSN option. In response to student requests, a nursing shortage, and changes in the nursing profession, a core group of SON faculty—Associate Professor Judy Miller, Clinical Associate Professor Carol Durham, Clinical Associate Professor Carolyn Cooper, Clinical Professor Deitra Lowdermilk, and Martha S. Arnold, Director of Curriculum Development at the UNC-CH Center for Teaching and Learning—began the difficult and time-consuming process of planning for the new option in July 2000. “In order to reach the same educational objectives in 14 months, we knew we were going to have to be innovative in structuring this option,” said Durham. The core planning group worked throughout the fall with the larger faculty body to shape the option’s structure and then with smaller faculty groups during the spring to design the specific courses. Dean Linda Cronenwett provided the support to faculty and staff to design and incorporate new teaching strategies suited to students who have the advantage of previous college experience and an understanding of their academic strengths and weaknesses. Innovations included taking certain traditional classroom courses and “repackaging” them to offer them as computer and web-assisted modules, said Miller, who is also the option’s program leader. Through this approach, students could learn the material more independently, guided by their learning needs, with faculty support. Student satisfaction with the modules and test scores associated with learning from modules will be closely monitored to determine its success and possible relevance for the traditional BSN program. “We are trying different approaches that we think are consistent with the strengths and capabilities of these students,” said Miller. “We then hope to take the best of these strategies and make them available for faculty consideration with the larger BSN program.” Clinical experiences are another area in which the faculty is trying to maximize learning. In the traditional BSN program, students do not participate in a clinical experience until their last semester. Faculty are developing clinical simulations in the SON’s Clinical Education Resource Center as a means to introduce students to clinical situations earlier in their education. “What we’re doing with these clinical simulations is trying to create closer approximations of key clinical realities through the design of scenarios and use of technology and actors,” said Miller. “We will let the students go through the simulations, critique and evaluate their performance, and then evaluate how that helps them in terms of their ability to apply knowledge and skills.” To assist in the creation of clinical simulations, the SON has purchased two computer-operated Human Patient Simulators— an adult and child—that can “be programed to reproduce a wide variety of illness symptoms, as well as respond to drug administration and interventions. The simulators will actually allow the SON to increase clinical hours in the 14-month option. “We’re one of only a handful of nursing schools moving in this direction,” said Dean Cronenwett. Accelerated BSN students, first row: Jenn Vallidis, Tammy Benjamin, Betsy Davis, Ashley Cowart, Heather McDaniel, Kathleen Prussian, Alicia Siam, Karinda Fitten, Amanda Perry, Lisa Hopkins. Second row: Mary Ryan, Cate Chused, Shelly Byers, Amy Brecheisen, Alivia Munson, Katie Hatcher, Meera Ganatra, Sherry Dumas, Kristen Stott, Amanda Norwood, Georgiana Knapp. Back row: Amy Anderson, Heide Sommers, Jessica White, Sebastian White, Neena Harris, Ben Roberts, Jill Davis, Kevin Coleman, Jeff Dudley. Not pictured: Sonal Patel. The second-degree option allowed the School to expand its undergraduate enrollment immediately from 144 to 160—a move that will increase the number of new nurse graduates during a time of shortage in North Carolina, and during a time when enrollment of first-degree students is declining nationwide. Thirty-one students began the new option in May, after being interviewed by faculty to determine their suitability for and interest in an intensive program. They range in age from 22–35, and hold degrees in a variety of disciplines, including biology, anthropology, business and English. Although the students will take some classes with students in the traditional BSN program, they will, for the most part, take courses and clinical as a group. The first class will graduate in August 2002. SUMMER 2001 11 C O V E R S T O RY Building the future on a strong foundation I n an essay written for an October 2000 edition of the University Gazette, Dean Linda Cronenwett summed up the critical need for an addition to the School of Nursing: “Carrington Hall is full,” she wrote. “The success of the School, and ultimately our ability to assure quality health care for citizens of this state, is dependent on our continued ability to support excellence in teaching, research and service.” Less than a month later, North Carolinians responded to the need for improved educational facilities for its universities and community colleges by passing an unprecedented $3.1 billion bond referendum. The SON’s share of these funds is $9 million—roughly half of the estimated cost of the new building. Of the remainder, $5 million will come from loans and campus funds. $4 million must come from private donations by alumni and friends. How do bricks and mortar equal “quality health care for citizens of this state”? What is it about a building that can make or break our School’s ability to carry out its mission? The answers are deeply rooted in the history of the buildings that have housed the SON for the past 50 years: the original School of Nursing Building and Carrington Hall. The School of Nursing Building, 1950–1970 In the late 1940s, health care in North Carolina was in a dismal state. Doctors and nurses were in short supply, particularly in rural areas, and the ratio of hospital beds to citizens was among the lowest of the 48 states. A study of draft records during World War II revealed, shockingly, that over half of North Carolina men had been rejected for service due to poor health. A group of physicians studying the health 12 CAROLINA NURSING care crisis concluded that the state needed more hospitals, and the health care workers to staff them. Lawmakers turned to the University of North Carolina for help, enacting legislation to create a hospital at the University, as well as to build local general hospitals throughout the state. In addition, funds were allocated to develop a five-unit Division of Health Affairs at the University that would include the existing schools of medicine, pharmacy and public health, while creating two new schools: dentistry and nursing. Before this time, no baccalaureate education program for nurses existed in North Carolina. When the SON was officially established in 1950, nursing instruction was carried out in diploma programs managed by hospitals. In an oral history recorded by the Southern Oral History Program at Carolina, Dr. Henry Toole Clark, the first administrator of the Division of Health Affairs, noted “…[O]ur School was looked on by the leaders of the nursing profession in North Carolina as an oasis in the desert and their chance to begin to develop nursing as a true profession.” Before the work of educating nurses could begin, a school had to The original School of Nursing Building be built. The legislative appropriation contained funds for a six-wing structure to be shared by nursing and medicine. Wings A, B, C and D would contain classrooms, office and meeting space, and a library for the School of Nursing, while Wings E and F would be used by the School of Medicine to house interns, residents and psychiatry office space. The new building also contained dormitory rooms for the nurses, who would be the first group of freshmen women admitted on campus. Before they arrived in the fall of 1951, the only female students on campus were either enrolled in graduate programs or had transferred to UNC as juniors or seniors. Located directly behind North Carolina Memorial Hospital and bisected by Medical Drive, the building was ready for occupancy by Thanksgiving, 1952. Due to a shortage of funds, Wing D was left out of the initial phase of construction, much to Dean Elizabeth Kemble’s consternation. In her first annual report to Chancellor Robert B. House, Kemble voiced her concerns that the building would be quickly outgrown: “The presently planned housing facilities will accommodate a total of 196; when the School is fully activated, it is anticipated that there will be a minimum of 200 students. Wing D is needed to provide necessary housing for an expanding student group and for graduate students.” It would be nearly 10 years before Wing D would be added to the building. The 1950s were years of explosive growth for the University, which doubled in size, and funds were stretched thin. The School of Nursing experienced a similar expansion: in 1951, 27 students were admitted as the first BSN Class of 1955. By 1957, enrollment had jumped to 174, an accelerated program for RN students had been put in place and the master’s program, established in 1955, was already in its second year. Regardless of crowded conditions, the students who lived and studied in the Nursing Building enjoyed a unique experience. “We had a lot of closeness and we had a lot of fun,” said Geri (Snider) Laport, a member of the first graduating class. “And we had a lot of spats, too; we were sort of on top of each other all the time.” Gwen (Hightower) WaddellSchulz (BSN ’70, MSN ’76) was among the last group of students to live in the building. Her recollections are similar to Laport’s: “It was great. We ate together; we did things together,” she said. “I thought it was one great big camp, and it was really a positive experience.” The impact of the School on the nursing profession in North Carolina exceeded all expectations. Requests for advice and assistance on the improvement of nursing service poured in from across the state, as well as requests for classes to be held in communities outside of Chapel Hill. The faculty, numbering 37 by the end of 1957, spent considerable time conducting conferences, answering letters and providing consultative services, in addition to their teaching and counseling loads. “It was remarkable that a faculty of the caliber [at the SON] was possible at that time, because it was right after World War II, and there was a scarcity of prepared faculty members in the country,” said Ruth Dalrymple, who was, along with Alice Gifford and Ruth Boyles, among the first School faculty. “I think that at that time there was a feeling that for a faculty member to move from a northern setting to the South, you were going to an area that was less developed, and therefore I think that many schools of nursing in the south had difficulty recruiting qualified faculty.” The School’s success was gratifying for Dean Kemble, who noted in the 1957 annual report that “We welcome this increased student body in the belief that this rapid expansion is an indication that we are more nearly meeting our objective of increasing the supply of professionally qualified nurses in the state. However, this growth has not been unaccompanied by certain pressure. Inadequacies in office, classroom, and seminar space are apparent and the housing of students will become an acute problem in the near future.” The need for adequate space was accompanied by the perennial concerns of attracting talented faculty and students, and there never seemed to be enough money available to offer competitive salaries or to provide scholarships for students in need of financial assistance. With University resources stretched to the limit, the School turned to friends and supporters to fill in the gaps. In 1959, a committee of prominent citizens led by Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Carrington, a nurse and the wife of Dr. George Carrington, an Alamance County physician, managed to establish the first two scholarships for nursing students: a merit scholarship to attract an outstanding continued on next page SUMMER 2001 13 “This rapid expansion is an indication that we are more nearly meeting our objective of increasing the supply of professionally qualified nurses in the state. However,... inadequacies in office, classroom, and seminar space are apparent...” DEAN ELIZABETH KEMBLE 1957 C O V E R S T O RY student and a named scholarship that would become the roots of a program to attract other endowed scholarships. By 1964, the SON had established the first continuing education program at a state nursing school. Courses in organization and leadership in nursing education, professional improvement for nursing faculty, improving care of the aging, and a host of other conferences and seminars were provided to 475 participants from 55 schools and diploma programs, 19 hospitals, 6 public health agencies and 8 nursing homes in 14 states that year. In 1965, Dean Kemble noted that the expansion of the new continuing education program, as well as other SON programs, was now dependent on a new building: “We look hopefully to all of our programs: graduate, undergraduate and continuation education, to not only improve the quality of nursing care in this state, region and nation, but also as a source of both present and future leadership in nursing. The achievement of this goal is to a great extent dependent on the resources and facilities available to the School of Nursing.” Carrington Hall, 1970–2001 The latter half of the 1960s was a period of rapid change for the SON. The curriculum was revised to allow for the admission of nursing students during the junior year, rather than as freshmen students, Dean Kemble retired and Dean Lucy Carrington Hall today. H. Conant arrived. New baccalaureate nursing programs at other universities increased the competition for students and faculty. The School began to focus on nursing research. And finally, federal and state funds were allocated for a new building. On February 10, 1968, groundbreaking ceremonies were held at the construction site for the building, which was to be named Carrington Hall in honor of Elizabeth Carrington. Located on the corner of Columbia Street and Medical Drive, the new structure would become home to 262 undergraduate students, 38 graduate students, and nearly 80 faculty members. In her report to Chancellor Sitterson in 1970, Dean Conant remarked on occupying the new building: “For the first time, faculty, staff, and students have adequate space. It is an attractive and wellplanned building in which to work. Moreover, the School of Nursing now has room for future expansion of its activities and programs. In years to come, the building will continue to be a tremendous asset to the expansion of its activities and programs.” Maggie Ford arrived at the SON in 1969, one year before the move to Carrington Hall. By that time, space was so tight in the old building that she, and other staff members, had desks in hallways. “We were so disjointed at that time that you really didn’t know what was going on in the rest of the school, you just knew about your little section,” she said. “[Carrington Hall] didn’t take long to fill up, but it was nice. And I really think the main advantage was that we all got to be together because it kind of gave you a different sense of what the School was.” Leslie Hicks (BSN ’80) remembers coming together with all of the members of her class for instruction in one of the School’s large auditoriums. “The rooms had what was I A Day in the Life of Carrington Hall A tour through Carrington Hall illustrates how classroom and office space is inadequate for meeting, teaching, research and service commitments. 14 CAROLINA NURSING Skills lab space is at a premium, with some students standing or sitting on the floor during lengthy skills sessions. guess pretty high tech audiovisual stuff at that point: built-in slide screen and stuff like that. Increased classroom and meeting space made it possible to hold an increasing number of singleand two-day continuing education courses at the School, with 943 students enrolled in CE courses in the fall of 1972. That same year, one of the first nurse practitioner programs in the country, the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, was established under the aegis of the SON’s Continuing Education Program. Within 20 years of its establishment, the SON had taken enormous strides toward meeting, maintaining and exceeding its primary mandate to increase the quality and availability of nursing service for the people of North Carolina. But the nursing profession was changing to include not only the traditional emphasis on good patient care, but to incorporate a new interest in understanding exactly how nursing care benefitted the patient. Research activity at the SON had, until the mid-70s, focused largely on matters of nursing education and organization. A move to increase the availability of funds to support faculty research begun by Dean Conant would be expanded upon by her successor, Laurel Archer Copp. Carrington Hall would also play an important role in allowing the SON to expand its mission and to begin its ascent as one of the premiere nursing research schools in the country. In 1975, Dean Copp inherited a School with 289 undergraduate students (132 seniors; 157 juniors) and 59 graduate students. Of the 83 faculty members, only 15 were doctorally prepared. Dean Copp encouraged her faculty to pursue their PhDs. She also began a search for funds to develop research, as well as to plan for post-master’s and doctoral education at the SON. In the meantime, faculty experimented with new ways of delivering education to nurses. Videotaped and televised nursing courses were being produced in a small studio operated by the medical school. Faculty taught short courses in many areas of the state through the new North Carolina AHEC program. And a skills lab was built on the ground floor of Carrington Hall to take advantage of advances in audiovisual technology that would allow students to learn basic skills and concepts at their own pace, and then test those concepts in a simulated clinical environment. Faculty also began teaching in the first off-campus program for Fayetteville RN-to-BSN students. In 1980, federal funding cuts forced the School to turn to its alumni for financial support for the first time—beginning an annual trend that would lead, in 1983, to the establishment of the School of Nursing Foundation. Charged with aiding, supporting and promoting teaching, research and service at the School of Nursing, the alumni, community leaders and business leaders staffing the Foundation began the work of soliciting and managing private donations. During this time, research activity at the SON accelerated, and the Research Support Center was established in 1985 to assist faculty in preparing grant proposals and in designing, conducting, and reporting the results of scientific studies. In just two short years, faculty research funding jumped from $22,304 in 1985 to $786,231 in 1987. The end of the 80s brought the beginning the School’s PhD program, established in 1989 as the first, and still only, doctoral program in the state. The close of the decade also brought the announcement of Dean Copp’s retirement. When she stepped down as Dean, almost half of the 90 faculty members held doctoral degrees. By the early 90s, renovations were needed for Carrington Hall, which was beginning to reach maximum capacity for research and office space. The skills labs were enlarged on the ground floor, classrooms were renovated, and large office suites were redone into several smaller office spaces to accommodate increasing numbers of faculty and staff. Dean Cynthia Freund recalls undertaking the renovations shortly after her appointment as Dean in 1992: “I remember looking at every square inch of space and converting it. Literally, every little corner and closets were occupied.” The School’s new Biobehavioral Laboratory, built in 1989, was crammed into two rooms on the ground floor until new space could be constructed. The establishment of the Laboratory was symbolic of the School’s increasing focus on integrating teaching and research activities into practice, says Freund. “If we are too far removed from “For the first time, faculty, staff, and students have adequate space. It is an attractive and well-planned building in which to work.” DEAN LUCY H. CONANT, ON THE OPENING OF CARRINGTON HALL IN 1970 continued on next page A glimpse of the current Continuing Education classroom, which has space for only 15 people. CE programs must be scheduled when other Carrington Hall classrooms aren’t in use. Human Resources staff are crowded together into office space meant for one, making it difficult to work on confidential information or to meet with the faculty and staff. SUMMER 2001 15 C O V E R S T O RY “I remember looking at every square inch of space and converting it. Literally, every little corner and closets were used up... Basically, we did whatever we could.” DEAN CYNTHIA FREUND, ON MAKING SPACE IN CARRINGTON HALL practice we won’t teach our students, not only the ideals, but the reality of practice. We won’t ask the right questions when we conduct our research.” [For an in-depth look at the history and purpose of the Biobehavioral Laboratory, see the Fall 2000 Research Chronicle edition of Carolina Nursing, available online at www.unc.edu/depts/nursing/alumni/cn/index.html] During Dean Freund’s tenure, the groundwork laid by Deans Kemble, Conant and Copp began coming together into a world-class School of Nursing. Under Freund’s leadership, the School offered increasingly specialized master’s degree programs in primary care, psychiatric-mental health nursing, adult and geriatric nursing, women’s health, neonatalpediatric nursing, and nursing management. By 1995, the first doctoral student had graduated, research funding had broken the $2 million mark, and the School’s graduate programs were ranked #5 in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine. By the end of the millennium, the School was poised to become a global leader. But by then, every inch of available space was in use in Carrington Hall. Where would the School house the distance-education facilities necessary to reach out across the state and, eventually, the world? How could new research be conducted when no laboratory or office space was left for the formation of new research teams? Where could new faculty be placed, when offices already contained two, or even three, people? School of Nursing Addition, 2002–? The entire University of North Carolina system, experiencing growing pains for almost half a century, depended on the passage of the November 2000 $3.1 billion bond referendum. With state and campus funds now in place, the SON moved forward on an expansion project that had been in the works since the late 90s. Like the original School of Nursing building and Carrington Hall before it, the addition will enable the SON to continue to expand its programs in directions necessary to meet the needs of North Carolina’s citizens, as well as to take its place as a world leader in nursing education. In addition to increased classroom, office and meeting space, plans for the new building include facilities and equipment to enhance every area of the SON’s current mission of excellence in teaching, research and service. The skills labs of the past have grown into the Clinical Education Resource Center, a clinical simulation environment in which student nurses learn and practice physical assessment of patients and the fundamentals of advanced nursing skills. The slides and tape recordings have been replaced by computeraided instruction modules and virtual reality injection simulators; however, says Carol Durham, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Center, the labs can only be retrofitted to include new technology for so long. There is simply no space left. “During highuse periods, there can be 400 students per week in the lab,” she said. “The sheer numbers make it terribly difficult for students to concentrate on learning basic and advanced nursing skills.” The new building will allow the SON to enlarge the current CERC facilities to accommodate students now and in the future, as enrollment totals grow. The building will also contain an expanded undergraduate computer lab that is necessary to accommodate enrollment growth and the Carolina Computing Initiative requiring the use of laptops by all students. Although the SON recently completed a renovation of the Biobehavioral Laboratory in fall 2000, more research space is urgently needed. A new building will allow the office space for additions to the Research Support Center and the Center for Research on Chronic Illness, one of only a handful of such centers in the country. “The vast majority of the research space in the new building will be for research projects,” said Sandra Funk, Associate Dean for Research. “This space will house the teams of researchers and staff who conduct the research studies. While the majority of this space will house teams for large extramurally (NIH) funded studies, we are also including space for small and unfunded studies.” Currently, staff for these projects are crammed into every nook and cranny of the 2nd floor of Carrington Hall with, in some cases, a dozen or more people working out of one small office. “We've had to A Day in the Life of Carrington Hall The Class of 2001 almost completely fills Room 1 when they come together for a shared course. As enrollments increase, larger auditoriums become necessary. 16 CAROLINA NURSING This classroom has been converted into research and storage space. convert conference and classrooms to this use, though these rooms are still needed for teaching and other purposes,” said Funk. During a time of nursing shortage, offering educational programs that meet the needs of current and prospective students becomes increasingly important. In May, the SON announced a new seconddegree BSN option that will allow college prepared students to receive their nursing degrees in just fourteen months (see page 11 for a full story on the new option). The option will allow the SON to assist the University in meeting its commitment to enrollment growth while also providing increasing numbers of nurses during the shortage. The new building also includes plans for a state-of-the-art distance education classroom that will facilitate outreach programs that prepare nurses who live and work at a distance from Chapel Hill. Currently, distance education courses are taught from classrooms across campus, making scheduling difficult for SON faculty and students and limiting the number of courses. “The current continuing education classroom holds only a small number of students, requiring CE staff to schedule courses when other SON classrooms are not in use,” said Barbara Jo Foley (BSN ’67), Director of Continuing Education and a member of the SON Foundation Board. “The new building will contain expanded continuing education facilities, making it much easier for us to increase our Architect’s rendering of the design for the School of Nursing Addition. efforts to offer convenient courses to nurses locally and across the state.” Perhaps the most exciting new initiative made possible by an addition to Carrington Hall will be the expansion of the SON’s mission to include a practice arm. “The Center for Carolina Nursing Practice and Health Care Initiatives will develop and manage practices in which faculty members teach by example,” said Dean Linda Cronenwett. “Students will get hands-on experience in settings that expose them to a wide variety of practice alternatives.” Evaluations of health care innovations are needed if we are going to provide high quality health care in the future. The Practice Center will allow faculty members to bring their knowledge and skills directly to the people of North Carolina, improving yet again on the original mandate of 50 years ago when the School was established to improve health care in the state. “None of our past success would have been possible without the incredible contributions of faculty, students, alumni and friends,” said Cronenwett. “And, of course, our future success is equally dependent on their continued support.” Although the design of the new building was approved in May, and the site for the new building has been chosen, nothing is yet set in stone. The building addition comes with a price tag of just over $19.9 million—and the SON must raise $4 million from private sources in order for construction to begin in Fall of 2002. “This School has managed to rise to every challenge in the past,” said Cronenwett. “It may seem like a lot of money, but when compared to the cost of not moving forward to the best of our abilities, $4 million looks like a real bargain. Raising money for our new building will be a priority for the SON as we launch our Carolina First campaign.” “Students will get hands-on experience in settings that will improve their skills and expose them to a wide variety of practice alternatives...” DEAN LINDA CRONENWETT, ON THE CENTER FOR CAROLINA NURSING PRACTICE AND HEALTH CARE INITIATIVES To teach a distance-learning course using facilities outside of the SON, Betty Woodard must teach into a camera to be seen by off-campus students, make it necessary for her to turn her back to the on-campus students who are in the same room. The SON’s planned distanceeducation classroom will solve this problem. Students checking their assignments for the Clinical Education Resource Center are in danger of being injured by the door opening out of the stairwell. SUMMER 2001 17 NOTEWORTHY NURSES Noteworthy Nurses Nancy Mooney, BSN 1977 After 30 years in a traditional nursing role, she left the hospital for the World Wide Web… and found the nursing job of her dreams. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1949, Nancy Mooney ’77 always wanted to be a nurse. “We didn’t have nurses in the family, but my mother had a friend who was a nurse,” she said. “And I would see her come home every day in her white uniform, carrying her cap, and I thought, ‘I want to do that; that’s for me.’” Mooney was also influenced by the popular Cherry Ames book series in which the title character solves mysteries and has adventures as a nurse in a variety of situations. “She did everything from student nurse to department store nurse to jungle nurse,” said Mooney. Mooney’s first adventure as a nurse took place in 1971, a year after she received her diploma from the Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, when she decided to take a position working with Native 18 CAROLINA NURSING Americans in Oklahoma. “I think I was too chicken to go into the Peace Corps, but I figured I could handle the Indian Health Service,” said Mooney. “But I might as well have been in Afghanistan to go from New York City to a little 32-bed hospital in Oklahoma.” Mooney worked in Pawnee, Oklahoma treating patients from the Kaw, Osage, Otoe-Missouri, Pawnee, Ponca and Tonkawa tribes. “I saw unbelievable TB, unbelievable diabetes. And teenage pregnancy and alcoholism; I saw a lot of that,” said Mooney. “And it was pretty overwhelming, even coming from New York.” Overall, the experience was a positive one for Mooney. “It was fabulous,” she said. “I lived as a minority for a year, which I think everybody should have to do, once in your lifetime. It was a very good experience at a young age to appreciate another culture and how other people live.” When her year of service ended in 1972, Mooney decided to pursue her BSN. She had a friend in North Carolina, so she landed a staff nurse position in the orthopaedic unit of what was then North Carolina Memorial Hospital and enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill. The hospital had a tuition-reimbursement program, so although her degree was paid for by the hospital, Mooney worked full time while studying. It took her more than five years to graduate. Mooney’s memories of her experiences at the SON include meeting then Dean Laurel Archer Copp in a research course. “That research course that she taught really fanned the flames of my lifelong interest in pain management,” she said. “I really credit her for that, and I’ve kept in touch with her since I graduated.” Other memories include some of the difficulties experienced by older, working students. “We were integrated into everything that all the other students did, and we would be in clinical with people who had never been in a hospital,” she said. “For example, I was head nurse on the orthopedic unit, but when I was there as a student, I wasn’t allowed to have the narcotic keys. First of all, I shouldn’t have been doing clinical on my own unit, that was crazy, but it just shows the progression of where we’ve come in dealing with RN students.” While at Carolina, Mooney discovered a strong interest in her English courses, taking all of her electives in that department— including creative writing courses. Mooney’s acquired learning skills would serve her well throughout her career. Mooney completed her BSN in 1977 and remained with North Carolina Memorial Hospital until 1981, when she left her position as head nurse in orthopedics to pursue a graduate degree in nursing at NYU. Back in her native New York and able to attend school full time, she completed her degree in only three semesters. “What we’re trying to do with this site is to bring information on any nursing specialty or niche directly to nurses so that they don’t have to spend a lot of time looking for information.” Nancy Mooney’s unique sense of humor comes through in her Nurse Nancy column for NursingHands.com. Following graduate school, Mooney’s interest in research and pain management led her to a brief administrative position with the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute in New York and then eight years as the senior research manager in the Department of Education, Research and Development of the Presbyterian Hospital at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. In 1993, Mooney accepted a position as an educator with the Singer Division of Beth Israel Medical Center. Her experience at Presbyterian Hospital allowed her to be promoted very quickly, and she was soon working as the director of patient care services for the hospital, becoming responsible for the management of the nursing and respiratory departments and a $25 million budget. By 1999 Mooney was ready for new challenges, and she left Beth Israel to work as a consultant. Within a few months, however, her name reached the ears of the CEO of a start-up website called NursingHands.com. In March 2000, Mooney became the director of nursing for the website, which was publicly launched three months later. “NursingHands.com is about community,” said Mooney. “What we’re trying to do with this site is to bring information on any nursing specialty or niche directly to nurses so that they don’t have to spend a lot of time looking for information.” Mooney’s responsibilities include evaluating the content provided on the website, speaking at job fairs, creating a twice-weekly trivia quiz on health and nursing, and writing the “Dear Nurse Nancy” column, which offers advice on professional issues faced by nurses. “It’s without a doubt the best job I’ve had in 30 years,” she said. “I hope it lasts forever.” The website also contains content targeted specifically at nursing students, said Mooney. She was involved in a recent scholarship contest that first brought NursingHands.com to the attention of Carolina Nursing when two SON BSN students, Jackie Stewart ’02 and Alan Novotny ’01, won first- and second-place honors, respectively. “We got hundreds, probably thousands of responses [to the contest],” said Mooney, who, along with the website’s advisory panel of nurse professionals, read 8 blind submissions chosen for the finals. “It was very exciting for me, personally, to see that 2 out of the 3 winners were from UNC.” Mooney encourages nurses to visit NursingHands.com. “What I say to people is to just come look at our site and see if you can’t find something for yourself.” In answer to a letter written to Nurse Nancy in April by a nurse who was questioning whether the BSN was worth the time and money to pursue, Mooney responded: “My BSN (done in the traditional classroom method) took me 5 1/2 years to complete — I worked full time while I went to school. It remains the single most important thing I did for myself professionally. It was tough combining work, school, and home commitments, but there is no doubt it was worth it.” SUMMER 2001 19 SONDRIES Class of 2001 makes gift of a SON sundial BY SHELLEY CLAYTON The 2001 senior class gift will be a sundial especially made to grace the commons area of the new addition to Carrington Hall. An English artist, Harriet James, will design and craft the sundial, which will be completed by fall. BSN students worked hard to raise the funds needed to purchase the gift by holding CPR classes and selling uniforms, stethoscopes and T-shirts. In all, they raised $5,000 to cover the cost of the sundial and the podium on which it will rest. And they even had a little money left over for graduation ceremonies. The sundial was chosen because of its use as the graphic identity for the School’s 50th anniversary, when it adorned announcements and flyers about anniversary events, as well as represented the passage of fifty years for the SON. The senior class hopes that this gift will be around to accompany fifty more years of success at their alma mater. Levine Wellness Program wraps up a successful semester This spring, faculty and staff were treated to a semester of free, healthy classes with funds from a gift made by Melissa LeVine (BSN ’77, MSN ‘81). Twenty-five staff and faculty members participated in a Melissa Levine talks with faculty and staff at her reception. 15-week Weight Watchers course and 20 staff and faculty members participated in an 8-week introduction to yoga class. Both were offered in Carrington Hall. At a May 4 reception wrapping up the LeVine Wellness Program and honoring Melissa, SON faculty and staff were able to personally thank her for her gift. Melissa traveled from her home in Ann Arbor, Michigan especially for the occasion. “I have been on a threemonth high in Ann Arbor just hearing about the program,” Melissa said during her visit. SON in the News: February–June, 2001 FEBRUARY Joanne Harrell “A different type of study,” Wilson Daily Times, February 2 “A winning formula: Nurse researchers find scientific study and patient care a perfect fit,” Nurse Week.com, February 26 Jean Goeppinger “New UNC-Chapel Hill Nursing Program to Address Disparities in Rural Areas,” Carolina Times, February 3 Julie Fleury “Message of Health Spreads Through Chatham Churches,” Triangle, News and Observer, February 14 Linda Cronenwett “NCCU Revives Nursing Exam Scores,” Daily Tar Heel, February 15 MARCH “Nursing School Lab Opens,” Carolina Week (campus cable news program), March 7 “UNC sees boost in funding from NIH,” Durham Herald-Sun, March 19 20 CAROLINA NURSING “UNC research draws big bucks from NIH,” Daily Tar Heel, March 21 Ricki Hudson “Abuse and neglect form the core of elder mistreatment,” The Chapel Hill News, March 21 Julie Barroso Interviewed by WPTF-AM news radio, Raleigh, NC, for her work in HIV-related fatigue, March 22 Interviewed by the North Carolina News Network for her work in HIV-related fatigue, March 24. Story distributed to multiple news outlets. “Fatigue in HIV patients correlates with depression, anxiety,” Reuters Health Website, March 27 Barbara Germino “Volunteer Profile: Energetic nurse find niche in cancer society,” News and Observer, March 29 APRIL “UNC-CH Nursing School Ranks Third for NIH Research Funding,” Advance for Nurses (Georgia/Carolinas edition), April 2 “Nursing Journal Edited by UNC-CH Professor Celebrates 50 volumes,” Advance for Nurses (Georgia/Carolinas edition), April 16 “Foundation Awards Geriatric Nursing Scholarships,” Advance for Nurses (Georgia/Carolinas edition), April 16 Barbara Germino “Helping North Carolina Kick the Habit,” News and Observer, April 24 MAY Stewart Bond (predoctoral student) “Nursing student wins $100,000 scholarship,” Chapel Hill Herald, May 4 “Nursing student wins $100,000 scholarship,” Durham Herald-Sun, May 6 Mona Bingham (doctoral student) “Shared insights, better service: Journal offers UNC students in health care fields a way to share their experiences with the people they serve,” Chapel Hill News, May 9 Martha Henderson “The Return of the Housecall,” News and Observer, May 27 ALUMNI NOTES 1976 1986 1994 Cheryl D. Angel (BSN) was recently promoted to Director, Account Management for OneBody, Inc., a health and wellness company focusing on complementary and alternative medicine based out of San Francisco. She now manages all of their health plans accounts nationwide. You can contact Cheryl at [email protected] Margaret Boynton Wallace (BSN) married in 1997. She has two stepchildren who are currently pursuing certificates in holistic nursing. Shelley Chappell Maye (BSN) and her husband, Rodney Maye, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Mackenzie Grace, born February 24, 2001. Adele Vogelhut Bedrick (BSN) worked in high-risk OB, epidemiology and ophthalmology, and is now a licensed realtor in North Carolina and South Carolina. Adele has recently earned Allen Tate Real Estate Company’s prestigious masters designation. Her husband, James J. Bedrick, MD, is president of Mecklenburg Eye Associates. Her daughter, Emily, is in her first year of medical school at Northwestern University, Chicago, and her son, Jonathan, is a senior at Charlotte Country Day School and will attend Emory University in the fall. 1981 Edith Boland (BSN) became a Heart Transplant Coordinator for the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, in January 2001. 1983 Debra Taylor Hernandez (BSN) currently holds the Chief Nursing Officer Position and Director of Operations at Western Wake Medical Center in Cary, NC. She is completing her MHA degree from Pfeiffer University in August, 2001. 1988 Jeanelle Starling Price (BSN) and her husband, Howard, welcome the birth of twin boys, Cameron and Chandler on September, 2000. They join big sister, Hailey (age 3). Jeanelle works for Durham Anesthesia Associates as a CRNA and lives in Raleigh, NC. Sherry Hollifield Bryan (BSN, PNP) and her husband, Fred Bryan, proudly announce the birth of their first child, Caroline Bess Bryan. Bess was born on June 13, 2000, and weighed 7lb.14oz. 1989 Teresa Collins (BSN) and her husband, Scott Nelson, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Jacey Collins Nelson, on December 4, 2001. 1992 Judith Adams Neville (BSN) proudly announces the birth of her son, Thomas Wright Neville, on March 15, 2001. She is working for the Gaston County Health Department in the Child Health Division. Cherie A. Smith-Miller (BSN) accepted a position with the Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery as the Ear & Hearing Center nurse in December. In this position she will be able to provide patient education pre- and postoperatively, provide continuing education for practicing nurses and serve as a resource for patients and families. Cherie had an article published in the May issue of Advance for Nurses about the impact of adult hearing loss and current treatment options. She also had a piece published in the May issue of School Nurse News on pediatric cochlear implants in the school setting. 1996 Pam R. Porter (BSN) and her husband, Ray, proudly announce the birth of their first child, Nicholas Brack Porter on January 30, 2001. Pam currently works in the CT ICU at Duke University Medical Center and had an article published in Critical Care Nurse, Vol. 20, No. 6, December, 2000, about a pamphlet she developed for families of patients having CABG surgery. Anyone interested in the pamphlet can reach Pam at [email protected] SUMMER 2001 21 ALUMNI NOTES hear o t t n a We w you! from ddress or to ur a ate yo g share To upd Nursin r a n li ro ress, o a C t a le w dd ith job, ne w t w n e e n your plishm e l accom lease use th specia ,p s n m lu . a 4 2 w o e fell n pag form o 1997 Beth McBride Barber (BSN) is currently working at the Transylvania County Health Department as a Nurse Home Visitor for a new home visiting program called Linkages for Families in partnership with the UNC-CH Intensive Home Visiting Cooperative. Alison Craver Lew (BSN) is attending graduate school in the MSN-MBA program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was married in September 1999 to Sean Lew. Kelley Williams Ung (BSN) proudly announces the birth of her daughter, Emily Grace Ung, on July 5, 2000. 1998 Sharon West Haire (RN, BSN) recently graduated from Duke University with a MSN as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She has also passed her National Certification Boards as a PNP. In June Sharon and her family will be relocating to Hanover, New Hampshire as she has accepted a tenured faculty position with the Pediatric Surgery Department at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center. Lara Anne Reller (RN, BSN) was married to Esteban Jimenez-Santos on February 14, 2001. Lara is working at the Orange County Health department as a Public Health Nurse/Child Service Coordinator serving the Latino population. 1999 Jennifer Hall East (BSN) and her husband, John, proudly announce the birth of their son, Michael Christopher East, on October 21, 2000. Jennifer is employed at Duke University Medical Center in the Intensive Care Nursery. You can reach Jennifer at [email protected] Leigh Ayn Keith (BSN) has been working as a Trauma RN in the Emergency Department at WakeMed since graduation. She was recently promoted to Clinician and preceptor for new trauma nurses and ECU nursing students. Are you writing this down? For more information about the weekend, please check our website at www.unc.edu/depts/nursing or contact Holly Herring at (919) 966-4619 or by email at [email protected] Mark your calendar! Alumni Day will be held November 10, 2001. C O N T I N U I N G E D U C AT I O N C A L E N D A R August Summer Institute on Teaching Excellence for Nurses: Level I August 7–10, 2001 September Developing Clinical Research Associate Skills OR Developing Clinical Research Coordinator Skills September 4–November 20 2nd Annual HIV/AIDS Conference September 6, 2001 Diabetes Management: Focus on Medication Therapy September 13, 2001 Management Survival for Staff and Charge Nurses: Getting Beyond “Flying by the Seat of Your Pants” September 26, 2001 Central Venous Catheters September 27, 2001 October Nourishing Our Patients: What Nurses Need to Know About Nutrition October 11, 2001 Respiratory Update: Focus on Asthma and COPD Otober 19, 2001 Neurology Update: What's New in 2001 October 24, 2001 Surgical Cardiology October 25, 2001 New Issues in the Operating Room October 27, 2001 The Cutting Edge: Focus on Teaching with Michele Deck October 29, 2001 November Bad Bugs: Focus on HIV and Hepatitis C November 1, 2001 Legal Update for Nurses November 7, 2001 The 6th Annual Conference on Dementia November 8 & 9, 2001 Pediatric Pain Conference November 13, 2001 Clinical Forensics: Child Abuse Update November 25, 2001 Ostomy Care Conference November 29, 2001 ER Nursing: It's Not All Trauma November 30, 2001 December Advanced Practice Conference: Focus on Contraception December 6, 2001 Polishing Your Presentation December 7, 2001 January Nursing Update January 14, 2002 February Adult Health Assessment February 6, 2002 Certified Diabetes Educators Review February 21 & 22, 2002 For more information or to register for a Continuing Education program, contact the School of Nursing Office of Continuing Education. E-mail: [email protected], Phone: 919-966-3638, Fax: 919-966-0870, http://www.unc.edu/depts/nursing/lifelong/index.html SUMMER 2001 23 Please send news and nominations to: Associate Director of Alumni Affairs School of Nursing UNC-Chapel Hill Carrington Hall, CB #7460 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 E-mail: [email protected] ALUMNI AWARD Nominations The School of Nursing Alumni Association is now taking nominations for the following alumni awards. Please nominate that colleague or friend who has meant much to the profession and the School of Nursing. The Alumna/us of the Year Award is earmarked for that person known for their distinction in the area of nursing, either through their scholarly endeavors, their promotion of health care or their tireless service. This person must be a graduate of a program in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing. The Honorary Alumna/us Award goes to that person who possesses distinction in the area of nursing and has demonstrated outstanding support for the School of Nursing. This person is not a graduate of any UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing program. The Carrington Award for Exceptional Community Service is awarded to that person who has given remarkable service to the community, state or other beneficiary organization and has reflected favorably on the School of Nursing through their extraordinary efforts to benefit society (though not necessarily through direct nursing activity). Name of Nominee: Class Year: For which award are they being nominated?: Reasons why this person should receive this award: Your Name: Class Year (if applicable): Phone Number: WHAT’S NEW With You? Keeping up with each other is hard to do these days. Please let Carolina Nursing share your news! Whether it’s a new job, a new address, or a special accomplishment, we’ll be happy to get the word out for you. Name (please include maiden name): ❑ My address has changed. My new address is: News: 24 CAROLINA NURSING Class Year:
