Fall/Winter 2002 - School of Nursing - University of Minnesota

Network 

Fall/Winter 2002 ■ Vol. IV, No. 2 

The Engaged School of Nursing 

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Post Baccalaureate 

Certificate Program 

pages 2-3 

B.S.N. Program in Rochester 

pages 3-4 

& SoN Foundation 

Annual Report 

pages 15-23

Network 

Fall/Winter 2002 ■ Vol. IV, No. 2 

Dean, School of Nursing 

Sandra Edwardson, Ph.D. R.N. 

Contents 

Editor 

Barbara La Valleur 

Annual Report Editor, Jane Pederson 

From the Dean 

School of Nursing: Civic Engagement 

by Sandra Edwardson 

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Contributing writers 

Linda H. Bearinger, Barb Caspers, Mary Lou 

Christensen, Joanne Disch, Sandra Edwardson, 

Ann Garwick, Jay Hesley, Kate Hieb, Felicia 

Schanche Hodge, Barbara La Valleur, Laurel 

Mallon, Marie Manthey, Jane Ellen Nielsen, 

Marguerite Rheinberger, Sharon Vegoe, Jean 

Wyman, Faith Zimmerman 

Photographer 

Barbara La Valleur 

Graphic Design and Printing 

Shawn Welch 

University of Minnesota Printing Services 

New Programs 

Post Baccaulaureate 

B.S.N. in Rochester 

Faculty Up Front 

Faculty Grants 

Faculty Publications 

Community News 

Kudos 

Comings and goings 

by Mary Rowan 

by Faith Zimmerman and Jay Hesley 

compiled by Jan Marie Lundgren 

compiled by Jan Marie Lundgren 

by Barbara La Valleur 

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Copy Editor 

Lisa Schwimmer Marier 

Network is published twice a year by the University 

of Minnesota School of Nursing for alumnae/i, 

faculty, staff, and friends of the school. 

Send correspondence to Network Editor at: 

School of Nursing 

Communications Coordinator 

University of Minnesota 

6-101 Weaver-Densford Hall 

308 Harvard Street S.E. 

Minneapolis, MN 55455 

Tel. 612.624.0939 

In Memoriam 

Obituaries 

by Barbara La Valleur 

Bertha G. Roesch: In Loving Memory 

by Kate Hieb 

Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership by Joanne Disch 

Center for Adolescent Nursing 

by Linda H. Bearinger 

Center for Child & Family Health Promotion Research 

by Ann Garwick 

Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs 

by Ann Garwick 

Center for Nursing Research on Elders 

by Jean Wyman 

Center for American Indian Research and Education by Felicia Schanche Hodge 

Center News 

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Visit us on our website at: www.nursing.umn.edu 

for Network on-line, click on Network Magazine 

Outreach Calendar 

by Sharon Vegoe 

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The University of Minnesota is committed to 

the policy that all persons shall have equal access to 

its programs, facilities, and employment without 

regard to race, color, creed, religion, national 

origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public 

assistance status, veteran status, or 

sexual orientation. 

Printed on recycled paper, 20% 

postconsumer waste. 

© 2002 By the Regents of the University of 

Minnesota. All rights reserved. 

Foundation 

Annual Report 

Zorada Hoge: Pioneering Spirit 

Alumni 

The Block Nurse Program 

Marjorie Jamieson 

Memories, Mentoring, Members 

Nursing Alumni Society News 

by Barb Caspers and Laurel Mallon 

by Jane Ellen Nielsen 

by Marguerite Rheinberger 


by Marie Manthey 

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Cover: Three of the students beginning the 

new Post-Baccalaureate Program Fall 

Semester 2002 at the School of Nursing gather 

with Dr. Mary Rowan, program coordinator, 

front right are from left: Allison McVay, 

Minneapolis; Kristin Gjerset, Brooklyn Park 

and Ed Newton, New Brighton. In the 

background is the Cupola that stood mightily 

for years atop Powell Hall, the home of the 

School of Nursing, until the building was 

demolished in September 1981. (Photo by 

Barbara La Valleur) 

Barbara 

La Valleur 

Editor’s Corner 

This history making issue of Network—the first in full color—is the culmination 

of nearly three years commitment to fulfilling on our mission, “To generate 

and disseminate knowledge for improving nursing care.” And our vision, “To be 

a leader in knowledge development and dissemination in selected areas of 

excellence in order to promote health and care of people.” As always, it is a 

privilege to share with you the stories and photos of the inspiring faculty, 

amazing students and highly accomplished alums of the School of Nursing. 

Barbara La Valleur, Editor

From the Dean 

The Engaged School of Nursing 

by Sandra Edwardson, Ph.D., R.N. 

One of the most overused words in the current parlance is 

partnership. We have caused distress among some grammarians 

by making a verb out of partner, as in “we will partner” with 

XYZ group to do something. 

Yet partnership with communities, industries, and organizations 

to address contemporary issues in society is at the very 

heart of the University’s initiative known as the Engaged University. 

In a sense, civic engagement is another way of talking 

about the University’s land grant mission, i.e. the responsibility 

that the early leaders of the University assumed when they took 

advantage of the Morrill Act, or Land-Grant Act, signed into 

law by President Lincoln in 1862. In exchange for a grant of 

land, the state was committed to use the income from the land 

to provide education for people of the state. As the University’s 

mission statement for Outreach and Public Service acknowledges, 

our responsibility is to: 

Extend, apply, and exchange knowledge between the University 

and society by applying scholarly expertise to community 

problems, by helping organizations and individuals respond to 

their changing environments, and by making the knowledge and 

resources created and preserved at the University accessible to 

the citizens of the state, the nation, and the world. 

It would be hard for a school of nursing to carry out its mission 

without partnerships. We rely on clinical agencies and 

community-based organizations to open their doors to our faculty 

and students so that we can teach and learn from their 

clients and the health and social services that they provide. We 

need access to the users of health and social services to provide 

data for our descriptive studies and participate in our intervention 

research. We value associations with professional 

colleagues with whom we join to craft and advocate for professional 

and public policies necessary to meet the needs of nurses 

and those whom nurses serve. 

Yes, partnerships are a good thing. 

In this issue, you will read of multiple examples of the way 

that the School of Nursing is engaged. The activities of current 

faculty and students are part of a long tradition for the school. 

When the nation needed nurses for the war effort, the school 

provided more nurse cadets than any other school in the country. 

In other times of shortage, the school responded by 

increasing its enrollments. 

When Seoul National University asked the University of 

Minnesota to help it rebuild after the Korean Conflict, the 

School of Nursing was one of several that participated by sending 

faculty, supplies, and equipment. 

When it became clear that the needs of many terminally ill 

children were not well met in acute care hospitals, the school’s 

faculty (under the leadership of Ida Martinson) developed a 

unique home care program so that the children could die at 

Dean Sandra Edwardson 

home. While we may take out-of-hospital hospice care for 

granted today, at the time it was a radical idea, especially for 

children. 

When faculty became aware of the unmet health care needs 

of rural and inner city Minnesotans, they participated in and 

led the Rural Health School, the Community University 

Partnership for Education and Service, and several other 

experiments to bring to bear the knowledge and resources of 

faculty and students. Bringing lay community residents into 

the classroom and onto university committees not only deepens 

our understanding of the issues facing community 

residents, but it sparks creativity and enriches the range of 

options considered. 

While the term partnership may be hackneyed, it does signify 

an understanding that most of today’s social, political, 

and educational problems are too complex for simple solutions 

or solo performances. They require the best thinking 

and experience of scholars from many disciplines, professionals 

in the community, and citizens of the state. ● 

RICHARD G. ANDERSON 

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New Programs.. 

P 

Inauguration Fall Semester 2002 

ost Baccalaureate 

Certificate Program 

BARBARA LA VALLEUR 

by Mary M. Rowan, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M., Program Coordinator 

June 14, 2002 was a momentous day for the School of 

Nursing. It was the day that the University of 

Minnesota Regents approved our new Post Baccalaureate 

Certificate Program. So why this program and why 

now? Two issues have been central to our discussions 

about curriculum at the School: 1) How can we increase 

the number of nurses we educate? and 2) What is the best 

way to meet the needs of our students? The nursing 

shortage has become acute and there is clearly a need to 

increase the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in 

Minnesota. In addition, during the last few years we have 

found that approximately one third of students enter the 

School’s B.S.N. program having completed or nearly 

completed an undergraduate degree in another field. 

A number of these students have expressed dissatisfaction 

with their B.S.N. program experience. They cite 

difficulty “fitting in” with traditional students and sometimes 

find that courses designed for less academically 

experienced students do not meet their needs. Our new 

Post Baccalaureate Certificate Program is designed with 

these students in mind and provides for faster entry into 

the workforce than the traditional B.S.N. route. Despite 

a higher than average 

Even before it was approved nurse-to-population ratio 

by the Regents, the School of 

than the rest of the country, 

there are widespread 

Nursing database registered reports of a serious shortage 

of registered nurses 

over 700 inquiries about the 

(R.N.) in Minnesota. The 

Post Baccalaureate 

Department of Economic 

Certificate Program. 

Security identified more 

than 3,000 R.N. vacancies 

in the second quarter of 2001. Projected changes in the 

age distribution of the state’s population in the next quarter 

century indicate that there will be fewer young people 

available to enter nursing careers. At the same time, projected 

changes in the health care needs of Minnesotans 

and in medical technology suggest an increasing need for 

skilled nursing care. 

Analysis of data on the current nursing workforce in 

Minnesota shows that most currently licensed registered 

nurses are employed and that attempts to increase the 

labor force participation will produce only marginal 

increases in the supply of nursing services. Changes in the 

Post Baccalaureate nursing students and faculty stand in front of 

the new Riverbend Commons area overlooking the West Bank 

campus with the Riverside Fairview University Medical Center in 

the background. 

working conditions of direct care providers might entice 

some nurses to increase the number of hours and the number 

of years that they practice. But making these changes 

is unlikely to be sufficient to meet workforce demands. 

Graduations from Minnesota nursing schools have 

remained fairly constant for the past six years, but there 

has been a small reduction in the number of associate 

degree graduates with a corresponding increase in graduates 

of baccalaureate programs. Although the increases in 

the number of baccalaureate graduates are unlikely to 

meet the future need, this trend is in line with the recommendations 

of professional groups as well as the Third 

Report of the Pew Health Professions Commission. The 

Pew Report stresses the need for nurses prepared at the 

baccalaureate and advanced levels. 


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Across the country, schools of nursing have reported a 

large number of applicants with degrees in other fields and 

have developed “fast tracks” to the M.S. degree to accommodate 

them. Currently, B.S.N. students who enter with 

a degree in another field take at least six years to become 

nurses: four years in the non-nursing field and two years 

in the nursing major. If you consider the need for most of 

these students to complete pre-requisite science courses 

prior to admission to nursing, it is more likely to take 

seven years. 

At the School of Nursing, we are excited and encouraged 

by the strong interest expressed in this program. Even 

before it was approved by the Regents, the School of Nursing 

database registered over 700 inquiries about the Post 

Baccalaureate Certificate Program. Attendance at information 

sessions has been impressive. We admitted 24 

students to the inaugural class and hope to increase the 

number of students to 32 in coming years. In addition to 

several biology and psychology/child psychology majors, 

those admitted have undergraduate degrees in fields as varied 

as sociology, history, accounting, journalism, and 

business administration. The average age of the 24 

students is 27 year old. 

We would like to thank Marsha Lewis, Ph.D., R.N., Associate 

Professor, and Dean Sandra Edwardson, Ph.D. for their contributions 

to this article. 

Nursing Post Baccalaureate 

Certificate Program Description 

The Nursing Post Baccalaureate Certificate program will prepare 

individuals with baccalaureate or higher degrees in fields other than 

nursing to sit for the R.N. licensing exam after completing a 16-month 

full-time curriculum. There is no option for part-time study. Because 

the Post Baccalaureate Certificate Program is a graduate program, 

prospective students must have the credentials necessary for admission 

to the University of Minnesota Graduate School. The curriculum 

includes a combination of currently existing courses and new courses. 

There are six new graduate level courses specifically designed for this 

cohort program. 

The public health nursing coursework provides eligibility for Public 

Health Nursing certification. After some period of time in clinical practice, 

our intention is that most students will return to finish the 

master’s degree, having already completed more than a third of the 

credits necessary for that degree. 

This program is an intensive curriculum. The students meet the 

same requirements for prerequisite science courses, nursing content 

and clinical hours that our B.S.N. students meet but they do it in a 

compressed format. Students will begin in the fall semester and 

progress straight through until the end of the following fall term (16 

months). Students will have a break between fall and spring semesters 

but will attend school during May term and during the summer. 

First Students Begin the 

B.S.N. Program in Rochester 

by Faith Zimmerman and Jay Hesley 

The School of Nursing expands its program 

and campus this semester 

(Fall/Winter 2002) with the first 

students enrolled in the Bachelors of Science 

in Nursing (B.S.N.) Program in 

Rochester, Minnesota. 

The formal announcement of the expansion 

came November 28, 2001, when the 

University of Minnesota, Rochester (UMR) 

and the University of Minnesota School of 

Nursing (SoN) agreed to approve the program, 

in part to address the growing nursing 

shortages in Minnesota and throughout the 

United States, and also provide an outreach 

program through the School of Nursing. 

“This is the first step in our ongoing 

effort to address the nursing shortage that 

faces not only Minnesota, but the nation as 

well,” said School of Nursing Dean Sandra 

Edwardson, Ph.D. The inaugural class will 

be 14 students starting in September, 2002, 

at the University of Minnesota, Rochester. 

Students enrolled in the Rochester program 

come from throughout the Upper Midwest. 

The program in Rochester differs from 

the Twin Cities based program in two distinct 

ways. First, the student experience in 

the classroom will be different. Students 

will participate in a unique distance education 

experience where interaction with the 

nursing lecture and research faculty on the 

Twin Cities campus will be through live 

interactive television. Thus, students in 

Rochester will sit-in live on the same lecture 

being presented to the Twin Cities campus 

nursing students and be able to participate. 

Students will also work with Rochesterbased 

faculty and program staff including a 

program coordinator, nursing skills lab 

coordinator, and clinical faculty. Throughcontinued 

on page 3 

A statue of Edith Graham Mayo, 1867-1943, 

honoring her as “Rochester’s First Nurse,” is 

in a courtyard by the Mary Brigh Building at 

Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. She was 

the wife of the late Dr. Charles Horace Mayo, 

one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic. 

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BARBARA LA VALLEUR

Rochester continued from page 3 

out the program, Twin Cities based faculty 

will also be traveling to Rochester 

to meet with students and present lectures. 

Second, students will be 

able to complete all their 

clinical education in 

Rochester. The Rochester 

health-care community 

provides a rich and diverse 

clinical environment with 

many of the student clinical 

opportunities being 

within the clinics and hospitals 

of the Mayo Clinic. 

Clinical experiences will 

cover a variety of settings including 

long-term care, schools, in- and outpatient 

psychiatric, assisted living, 

hospice, and community and public 

health. 

“Combining the richness of the clinical 

opportunities at the Mayo Clinic 

with the research-based nursing curriculum 

of the University of Minnesota 

School of Nursing, will prepare 

students to become future nursing leaders,” 

according to Faith Zimmerman, 

program director for Health Sciences 

for the University of Minnesota, 

Rochester. “Students in Rochester will 

Linda Herrick 

have a unique opportunity to achieve a 

University of Minnesota B.S.N. degree 

with clinical education at a world-class 

health care institution.” 

Faith Zimmerman has 

been integrally involved in 

the development and organization 

of this program in 

Rochester. In addition to 

working with new faculty 

and staff, Zimmerman is 

also overseeing the design 

and construction of a new 

nursing skills lab. This lab, 

when completed, will be a 

modern facility with the 

flexibility to instruct students in simulated 

patient-care situations, such as 

exist in hospitals and other healthcare 

facilities. 

This summer, Linda Herrick joined 

the Rochester-based nursing team as 

the B.S.N. program coordinator. Herrick 

comes to the UMR with a M..S. 

and Ph.D. in nursing and 24 years of 

clinical nursing, nursing education, and 

nursing research experience. In addition 

to serving as nursing faculty, 

Herrick is also an assistant professor in 

the Mayo Medical School. “I am 

excited to be a part of the University of 

Minnesota, Rochester,” said Herrick. 

“We have a great opportunity to serve 

the students and industry in Rochester, 

Southeastern Minnesota, and the 

nation.” 

The next steps for the Rochester 

program, following the implementation 

of the program this fall, will be to start 

the promotion efforts for identifying 

and counseling students for admission 

to both sophomore and junior level 

entry programs for Fall of 2003. In 

addition, as the number of students 

grows, so will the number of 

Rochester-based clinical nursing faculty. 

“Expansion of our program to 

Rochester and the new working relationships 

with the health-care 

institutions in Rochester will help us to 

provide a high quality program sought 

out by our students and demanded of 

our graduates by institutions,” said Sandra 

Edwardson. 

[Faith Zimmerman is Program Director, 

Health Sciences and Jay Hesley is 

Director of Marketing Communications 

both at the University of Minnesota 

Rochester.] 


2002 Faculty Grants 

(Reported since Network Spring/Summer 2002 Vol. IV, No. 1) 

Chlan, Linda Acute Effects of Music on Stress in Ventilated Patients, 

UMN Graduate School-GIA, 7/1/02-1/15/04, $16,832. 

Moss, Margaret Native Elder Research Center: Native Investigator 

Program, U of Colorado, 1/1/02 – 12/31/03 $72,602. 

Chlan, Linda Effects of Three Groin Compression Methods on Patient 

Comfort and Complications After a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 

Procedure (PCI), American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, 6/1/02 – 

5/30/03, $13,636. 

Feldt, Karen Geriatric Scholarship Partners Project , John A. Hartford 

Foundation, 7/1/02 – 6/30/05, $71,390. 

Halcón, Linda Melaleuca alternifolia Essential Oil for Treatment of 

Wounds, UMN Seed Grant, 7/1/02 – 6/30/03, $24,965. 

Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia Psychometric Evaluation of the Family Nurse 

Caring Belief Scale with Pediatric Critical Care Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau, 

Zeta Chapter, 6/1/02 – 5/31/03, $1500. 

Pederson, Carol Care of the Dying Child and Family, Deva House 

Foundation, 7/1/02 - 6/30/03, $24,000. 

Robertson, Cheryl Measuring Resilience Among East African Refugee 

War Trauma Survivors, UMN Graduate School – GIA, 7/1/02 – 1/15/04, 

$18,960. 

Juve, Catherine Evaluation of the Dakota County Healthy Families 

Initiative, Dakota County, 1/10/02 – 4/9/02, $26,220 

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Faculty Up Front. 

2000-2002 Faculty Publications 

(Reported since Network Spring/Summer 2002 Vol. IV, No. 1) 

Anatachoti, P., Gross, C. & Gunderson, S. (2001). Promoting organ 

donation among high school students: an educational intervention. 

Progress in Transplantation 11(3): 201-207. 

Barber, M., Visco,A., Wyman, J.F., Fantl, J.A. & Bump, R.C. (2002). 

Sexual Function in Women with Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ 

Prolapse. Obstetrics & Gynecology 99(2): 281-289. 

Benussen-Walls, W. & Saewyc, E.M. (2002). Teen-Focused Care Versus 

Adult-Focused Care for the High-Risk Pregnant Adolescent: An Outcomes 

Evaluation. Public Health Nursing 18(6): 424-435. 

Bowman, A., Wyman, J. & Peters, J. (2002). The Operations Manual: A 

Mechanism for Improving the Research Process. Nursing Research 

51(2): 134-138. 

Casserly, R.C, Carpenter, A.S. & Halcón, L. Adolescent Parenting: 

Relationship to School Attendance and Achievement. The Journal of 

School Nursing 17(6): 329-335. 

Chen, K.M., Snyder, M. & Krichbaum, K. (2001). Clinical use of Tai Chi 

in elderly populations. Geriatric Nursing 22(4):198-200. 

Chen, K.M., Snyder, M. & Krichbaum, K. (2001). Facilitators and barriers 

to practicing Tai Chi in the community-dwelling elderly population in 

Taiwan. Holistic Nursing 19(3): 238-255. 

Chen, K.M., Snyder, M. & Krichbaum, K. (2002). Well-being of 

Taiwanese community-dwelling elders after long-term Tai Chi practice. 

Clinical Gerontologist 24(3/4): 202-208. 

Feldt, K. (2002). Increasing physical activity in frail, older 

adults: Guidance for clinicians. Medscape, June 26, 2002, 

http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/1924_pnt 

Feldt, K. & Cefalau, C. (2002). Management of chronic pain in the 

elderly. Resident & Staff Physician, 48 (2) 13-16. 

Feldt, K.S. & Cefalau, C. (2002). Management of chronic pain in the 

elderly. Surgical Rounds (Feb, 2002) pp. 79-84. 

Feldt, K., Fay, V., Greenberg, S.A., Vezina, M., Flaherty, E., Ryan, M. & 

Fulner, T. (2002). Gerontologic Nurse Practitioner Preceptor Guide. 

Geriatric Nursing 23(2): 94-98. 

Ford-Smith, C., Wyman, J., Elswick, Jr., R.K., & Fernandez, T. (2001). 

Reliability of Stationary Dynamometer Muscle Strength Testing in 

Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Archives of Physical and Medical 

Rehabilitation 82: 1128-1132. 

Garwick, A.W., Patterson, J.M., Meschke, L.L. Bennett, F.C. & Blum, 

R.W. (2002). The Uncertainty of Preadolescents’ Chronic Health 

Conditions and Family Distress. Journal of Family Nursing, 8(1): 11-31. 

Gross, C. & Weinert, C. (2001). Selecting Measures for Assessing Quality 

of Life After Intensive Care. Etiology and Treatment of Acute Lung Injury. 

S. Matalon and J. Sznajder, IOS Press: 48-54. 

Halcón, L. (2002). Reiki. In M. Snyder and R.A. Lindquist (Eds.), 

Complementary/Alternative Therapies in Nursing (pp. 197-204). New 

York: Springer. 

Halcón, L. & Levitan, A. (2002). Aromatherapy. In M. Herring and M. 

Roberts (Eds.), Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Fast Facts for 

Medical Practice (pp. 35-40). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers. 

Halcón, L.L., Lifson, A.R., Shew, M., Joseph, M., Hannan, P. & Hayman, 

C. (2002). Dysplastic Pap test results among low income youth: 

Prevalence and practice implications. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, 

and Neonatal Nursing, 31(3): 294-304. 

Hodge, F.S. (2002). American Indian and Alaska Native Teen Cigarette 

Smoking: A Review. In Changing Adolescent and Smoking Prevalence 

(Monograph 14), National Cancer Institute. 

Kerr, M., Lusk, S. & Ronis, D.L. (2002). Explaining Mexican American 

Workers’ Hearing Protection Use with the Health Promotion Model. 

Nursing Research 51(2): 100-109. 

Leonard, B. J., Jang,Y., Savik, K., Plumbo, P.M., & Christensen, R. 

(2002). Psychosocial Factors Associated with Levels of Metabolic 

Control in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 

17(1): 28-37. 

Lifson, A.R. & Halcón, L.L. (2001). Substance Abuse and High-Risk 

Needle-Related Behaviors Among Homeless Youth in Minneapolis: 

Implications for Prevention. Journal of Urban Health 78(4): 690-698. 

Lindeke, L. L., Rogers, S. & Finley, L. (2002). An Update on Growth 

Charts, Old and New. Pediatric Nursing 28(2): 138-141. 

Lindeke, L.L., Stanley, J.R., Else, B.S. & Mills, M.M. (2002). Perinatal 

predictors of special services use at school age. MCN The American 

Journal of Maternal Child Nursing 27(1): 41-46. 

Lindgren, B., Snyder, M. Savid, N., Adam, T., Pieczkiewicz, D., & 

Finkelstein, S.M. (2002). Health locus of control and adherence with 

home spirometry use in lung transplant recipients. Progress in 

Transplantation 12(1): 24-29. 

Mueller, C. H. (2001). The Breadth and Depth of Nursing. Creative 

Nursing 4: 3-4. 

Mueller, C. H. (2002). Demonstrating Excellence, Attaining Magnet 

Status. Creative Nursing 1(2): 7-8. 

Mueller, C. H. and Cai, H. (2002). Comprehensive Management of 

Urinary Incontinence through Quality Improvement Efforts. Geriatric 

Nursing 23(2): 82-87. 

Parran, L. & Pederson, C. (2002). Effects of an Opioid Taper Algorithm in 

Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant Recipients. Oncology Nursing 

Forum 29(1): 41-50. 

Potter, T. and Peden-McAlpine, C. (2002). How Expert Home Care 

Nurses Recognize Early Client Status Changes. Home Healthcare Nurse 

20(1): 43-50. 

Raymond, M., Pirie, P. & Halcón, L. (2001). Infection control among professional 

tattoo artists in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Public Health Reports, 

116:249-256. 

Tomlinson, P., Tomlinson, E. Peden-McAlpine, C. & Kirschbaum, M. 

(2002). Clinical innovation for promoting family care in pædiatric critical 

care: Demonstration, role modeling and reflective practice. Journal of 

Advanced Nursing 38(2): 161-170. 

Weisensee, M.G. & Kjervik, D.K. (2001). Assessment of cognitively 

impaired elderly: A challenge for public policy in an aging society? 

Journal of Nursing Law 8(1): 33-47. 


Community News> 

Kudos 

Linda H. Bearinger, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., Professor, 

was honored by the Federal Maternal 

and Child Health Bureau (HRSA, DHHS) 

with a request to serve on 

their Ad Hoc Strategic Planning 

Group for MCH 

Training. MCHB has assembled 

an interdisciplinary 

group of consultants from 

around the nation to assist in 

designing a national MCH 

training plan, reviewing 

Linda H. Bearinger objectives and delineating 

goals. This initiative aims to 

help the nation achieve significant, measurable 

and sustained improvements in training a new 

generation of leaders to provide children with 

quality clinical and public health services, teach 

and conduct research that benefits children and 

families, and advocate for children. 

Two faculty, Donna Zimmaro Bliss, Ph.D., 

R.N., C.C.R.N., Associate Professor, and 

Kay Savik, M.S., Research Fellow, along with 

two recent graduates of the undergraduate 

program, Susan J. Larson, B.S., R.N., and 

Jocelyn K. Burr, R.N., B.S.N., were awarded 

the 2001Publisher’s Manuscript Award for 

From left: Kay Savik, Jocelyn K. Burr, Donna Zimmaro Bliss, and 

Susan J. Larson. 

Original Research from the Journal of Wound, 

Ostomy and Continence Nursing. Their article 

was entitled “Reliability of a Stool 

Classification System.” Bliss served as their 

UROP adviser. Larson is currently a registered 

nurse in the Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care 

Unit at Region’s Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. 

She is also a graduate student in the Adult 

Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Track at the 

School of Nursing, University of Minnesota. 

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When participating in the research published 

in JWOCN, Larson was a student at 

the University of Minnesota School of Nursing 

from which she received her B.S.N. She 

received a grant from the Undergraduate 

Research Opportunity Program at the University 

of Minnesota for her research. Larson 

also has a B.A. in Psychology from the University 

of Minnesota. Larson has made 

research presentations at the National Conference 

for Undergraduate Research and the 

Eastern Psychological Association National 

Conference. She is a member of Sigma 

Theta Tau International, Psi-Chi, and the 

University of Minnesota School of Nursing 

Alumni Association. Burr is currently a registered 

nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care 

Unit at Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis. 

When participating in the research published 

in JWOCN, Burr was a student at the 

University of Minnesota School of Nursing 

from which she received her B.S.N. She 

received a grant from the Undergraduate 

Research Opportunity Program at the University 

of Minnesota for her research. Burr 

presented her research at the National Conference 

for Undergraduate Research. She is 

a member of the American Nurses’ Association 

and the University of Minnesota School 

of Nursing Alumni Association. Bliss was 

also recently elected Secretary/Treasurer of 

the Clinical Medicine 

Section of the Gerontological 

Society of 

America for a three 

year term beginning 

this fall. 

TOM FOLEY 

Ann Garwick, Ph.D., 

Associate Professor, 

won first place in 

the National Council 

on Family Relations 

Media Awards Competition 

for her video 

“Getting to the Heart 

of It: Bridging Culture 

and Health Care.” The 

award is “In recognition 

of excellence in 

the production of film resources on family 

issues,” according to 

Michael Benjamin, 

executive director of 

NCFR. According to 

the Project Director, 

Ann Garwick, “It is a 

particular honor to 

receive an award for this 

video which was developed 

in partnership Ann Garwick 

with American Indian community representatives, 

health care professionals, and Allies 

Media/Art.” 

Zohra Gulzar, B.S.N., R.N., a graduate 

student in public health nursing was 

awarded the “Recognition of Excellence” certificate 

from the 

Academic Health Center 

and the Cancer Research 

Center in June, for her 

outstanding contributions 

and achievements. She 

has been recognized for 

her research study on 

“Barriers for Breast 

Zohra Gulzar Screening in Somali 

Women.” According to 

the Cancer Information Resource Director, 

Marva Bohen, R.N, M.S., Gulzar’s study is a 

preliminary work in this area and will greatly 

enhance understanding about breast screening 

barriers for Somali women. It will also 

help improve provision of health service 

access to the Somali community by enhancing 

our understanding about culturally 

appropriate health care programs. Recently, 

Gulzar also received the Pauline A. Vincent 

Scholarship from School of Nursing Foundation 

for her graduate studies. 

Linda Halcón, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., Assistant 

Professor, Center for 

Adolescent Nursing and Public 

Health Nursing, received 

an Academic Health Center 

seed grant for her study 

“Melaleuca alternifolia essential 

oil for treatment of 

wounds infected with Staphylococcus 

aureus.” (The 

common name for Melaleuca is 

Tea Tree Oil.) 

Kate Hanson is serving as Interim Director 

of Student Services until a new director 

is chosen. 

Felicia Schanche Hodge, Dr. P.H., Professor 

and Director of the Center for American 

Indian Research and Education gave the 

keynote address at the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention sponsored National 

Native Tobacco Conference in 

Salt Lake City, UT in July. 

They honored her with a gift 

of Native tobacco and a specially 

designed tuned flute 

Linda Halcón 

Felicia 

Schanche 

Hodge 

made at the Wind River 

Reservation for her work on 

tobacco control among many 

tribes. Hodge will also be a featured 

speaker at the Indigenous Healing 

Traditions of the Americas Paths to a New

Community News. 

Medicine conference by Pro-Cultura 

November 14-17, 2002, in Washington, 

D.C. Hodge will be presenting information 

about her Talking Circle research conducted 

on reservations. Also represented 

will be the Center for American Indian 

Research and Education from the University 

of Minnesota. 

Marsha Lewis, 

Ph.D., R.N., 

Associate Professor, is 

co-investigator on a 

grant with Ken Hepburn, 

Ph.D., Family 

Practice and Community 

Health, entitled 

Marsha Lewis 

“Developing and Testing 

a Hispanic Caregiver Training 

Program” that has been funded by the 

Alzheimer’s Association. 

Kim Nollenberger, a master’s student supported 

by the Center for Adolescent 

Nursing in the School of Nursing, was 

awarded a study abroad scholarship for 

summer 2002. The J.W.G. Dunn Jr., 

Scholarship for Foreign Research in International 

Peace was developed to provide an 

annual award for a University of Minnesota 

student to pursue research abroad dealing 

with issues of direct relevance to international 

peace. Kim studied school-based 

STD prevention in Tbilisi, Georgia. 

Roxanne Struthers, 

Ph.D., R.N., has 

been named a member 

of the clinical 

faculty at the University 

of Hawaii at 

Manoa. She has 

been appointed for a 

non-compensated 

Roxanne Struthers 

clinical position at the 

rank of Clinical Assistant Professor. 

Let’s Set the Record Straight! 

On page 26 of the 

Spring/Summer 2002 

Network, Vol. IV, No. 1, 

the photo which was to 

have been of Laila Gulzar, 

Ph.D., R.N., Assistant 

Professor,was actually that 

of her sister Zohra Gulzar, 

a master’s student at the 

School of Nursing. 

On page 35, Peter 

Mitchell was incorrectly 

identified as a 2000 graduate 

of the MS program. 

He is a 1999 graduate of 

the School of Nursing. 

Zohra Gulzar 

Laila Gulzar 

Comings and Goings 

Martha Dewey Bergren, P.H.N., has 

resigned as Senior Teaching Specialist 

to accompany her husband who has been 

transferred to Chicago. According to 

Helen E. Hansen, Ph.D., R.N., Associate 

Professor and 

Interim Division 

Head, “We have 

been very fortunate 

to have Martha with 

us these last several 

years teaching pediatrics 

in our 

undergraduate program 

and playing a 

key role in outreach 

Martha Dewey Bergren programs for school 

health nurses. She is 

an excellent teacher and wonderfully passionate 

professional role model. We are 

going to miss her greatly! Lucky Chicago 

especially now that Martha is closing in on 

completing her doctoral dissertation.” 

Bergren was inducted into the National 

Association of School Nurses (N.A.S.N.), 

at the annual meeting in July in Florida. 

Being named an N.A.S.N. Fellow is the 

highest recognition that members can 

receive. It is bestowed on professional 

members who have made significant, 

unique and extraordinary contributions 

that have had broad influence in contributing 

to the advancement of the 

specialty practice of school nursing. In 

addition, Bergren is the recipient of the 

N.A.S.N. Carol Costante Research Grant 

for her projected research project titled, 

“An investigation of the ability of the 

Minnesota Early Childhood Screening 

Program to predict education achievement 

in third grade children.” Bergren 

was recognized for this honor and award 

at the Celebration of School Nursing in 

Florida at the end of June. 

Judy Beniak, R.N., accepted a new position 

in the Academic Health Center 

beginning August 19, as Director of the 

newly established Pre-Health Career Center. 

Beniak served for 10 years as Director of 

Student Services. “We are 

grateful for Judy’s excellent 

leadership over the years. 

Her expertise and creative 

problem-solving 

approaches to student 

issues were frequently 

sought by AHC colleagues 

Judy Beniak and by those from other 

nursing programs. She recognized the 

need for our student services to be 

responsive to new challenges, such as 

implementation of Peoplesoft, conversion 

to semesters, use of the APAS 

system, piloting the portal system, and 

support of students through difficult 

personal issues. Judy has had a long 

standing commitment to interdisciplinary 

activities, most recently designing 

and teaching with nursing and pharmacy 

colleagues a highly successful flu immunization 

elective course. I am pleased 

that she will retain her faculty appointment 

in the School of Nursing and 

continue to teach this valuable course,” 

according to Marilee Miller, Ph.D., 

R.N., Associate Dean. 

Nancy Hoffart, R.N., 

Ph.D., a 1980 master’s 

graduate of the School of 

Nursing, has been named 

dean of Northeastern University 

School of Nursing 

in Boston, MA. She began 

her career at the University 

of Kansas School of 

Nancy Hoffart 

Nursing in 1991 most recently serving as 

assistant dean for academic affairs and 

associate professor. 


In Memoriam 

Marjorie D. Romnes, B.S.N., class of 1935, St. Paul, 

Minnesota, died July 7, 2002. Born on November 7, 

1913, she was a member of the University of Minnesota’s 

Maroon and Gold Club in recognition of her support to 

the University. 

Frances L. Stolzenberg, 80, a 1944 graduate of the School 

of Nursing, died May 28, 2002 at her home in Austin, 

Minnesota. After graduating from the School of Nursing, 

she enlisted in the U.S. 

Army Nurse Corps where 

she served in India for several 

months. After she was 

discharged, she worked in 

Michigan for several years 

before becoming director 

of nursing services at St. 

Olaf Hospital in Austin. 

On June 20, 1967, she married 

Raymond Stolzenberg 

in Red Wing. Frances 

retired from nursing in 

1978. She and her husband, 

who survives her, 

were featured in an unusual 

article about the three-bedroom 

home they provide 

Frances L. Stolzenberg 

for their family of felines, 

in the Austin, Minnesota, Globe Gazette March 9, 2002. 

(www.globegazette.com/news/2002/032002/week1 

/09/nil.php) 

Florence Wiechman, 83, a 

1938 graduate of the School 

of Nursing and formerly of 

Northfield, Minnesota, died 

December 30, 2000. Wiechman 

grew up in Minneapolis 

and, after graduation, was 

employed at Miller Hospital in 

St. Paul. She joined the Red 

Cross Nursing Service and 

later, in 1943, the U.S. Army 

Nurse Corps. For five months, 

she served in England and 

Normandy, France. Wiechman 

was transferred to the 44th 

Hospital Train Unit in November 

1944. The train carried 

Florence Wiechman 

about 400 patients between battle areas to hospitals or 

hospital ships. Her unit saw duty during the Battle of the 

Bulge and in the Normandy and Rhineland campaigns. She 

was discharged in 1946 having attained the rank of first 

lieutenant. She received the District 3 American Legion 

Outstanding Post Service Officer Award in 1986. She 

received a full military funeral and was buried at Fort 

Snelling National Cemetery next to her late husband, Dr. 

Fred H. Wiechman. She is survived by daughter, Martha A. 

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Davies and husband Bob, Cedar Hill, Texas; two grandsons; 

and a great grandson. 

Florence Wick, B.S.N., Class of 1931, died February 2002, 

in Roseville, Minnesota. According to her niece, Molly 

Vomhof of Roseville, “Florence was an amazing lady 

and was always so proud of earning her nursing degree 

from the University of Minnesota.” 

Ruth Caroline Zaugg, 84, a 

B.S.N. graduate of the 

class of 1938, died 

November 18, 2001 in Lake 

Forest, Illinois. Born in St. 

Paul, Minnesota, she met her 

husband, Harold, at the University 

of Minnesota. They 

married in 1940, a year before 

he completed his doctoral 

program in organic chemistry 

and relocated to Waukegan, 

Illinois, where he began his 

research-chemist career with 

Abbott Laboratories. They 

had three children: Julie, 

Richard and Robert. Ruth 

focused her attention on raising 

her children and 

encouraged them to value 

education, too. All three 

earned advanced degrees. 

Ruth returned to nursing Ruth Caroline Zaugg 

after their children left home, 

volunteering at the Lake County Health Department’s 

well-baby clinic in North Chicago. Ruth went back to 

school to earn her nurse practitioner’s certification in the 

field of Family Planning. For her dedicated and tireless 

commitment to her work, the Lake County Board of 

Health honored Ruth as Volunteer of the Year. In addition 

to her volunteer activities, Ruth enjoyed being a grandmother 

to six grandchildren. According to family sources, 

“She will be remembered for her years of service and commitment 

to the needs of Lake County’s low income 

families. She will also be remembered as a sensitive, caring 

friend; a wonderful, loving mother and grandmother; and 

the love of Harold’s life for their 61 years of marriage.” 

Helen Zenkovich, 91, a 1948 

B.S.N. graduate of the University 

of Minnesota School of 

Nursing, died December 9, 2001, 

and was buried at Arlington 

National Cemetery. Born April 16, 

1910, Zenkovich was featured in a 

Network, Fall/Winter 2001, Vol. II, 

No. 2, article entitled “Helen 

Zenkovich: A Powerful Legacy.” 

The first Paulina and Wladimir 

continued on page 9 

Helen Zenkovich

In Memoriam continued from page 8 

Zenkovich Nursing Scholarship was awarded this year to 

Rebecca L. Asuma. (See Network, Spring/Summer 2002, Vol. 

IV, No. 1, pp. 2.) 

According to her sister, Anna, Zenkovich received decorations 

of the American Campaign Medal, the World War II 

Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the National 

Defense Service Medals as well as numerous honors and 

awards commemorating her service in the U.S. Navy where 

she was a World War II and Korean War Veteran serving on 

the U.S.S. Hawaii. Family plans are to dedicate a Theater 

Chair Plaque in her memory at The Women’s Memorial honoring 

Women In Military Service For America Memorial 

Foundation Inc. in Washington D.C. 

In Loving Memory of My Great-Great Aunt 

Bertha G. Roesch 

by Kate Hieb 

Bertha G. Roesch died at the age of 103 in Ada, MN, April 22, 

2002. She was born July 6, 1898, the third of six children to 

Joseph and Anna Roesch. She attended school in Ada and later, 

due to the desperate call for nurses during World War I, she and 

some friends decided to do their civic duty and take nurse’s training, 

but by the time they were ready to leave, the Armistice had been 

signed. 

Despite the war’s end, Bertha followed through with her plans to 

become a registered nurse. She went to Minneapolis General Hospital 

School of Nursing and graduated in 1922. After graduation, 

Bertha worked with Dr. Gardner in Minneapolis. Then, from 1923 

to 1927, she worked in the 

emergency ward at Minneapolis 

General Hospital. 

After returning to Ada 

for a short period, she 

returned to Minneapolis in 

1928 to work at Minneapolis 

General Hospital’s 

surgical ward. She moved 

back to Ada in the late 

1940s to help care for her 

mother and also worked for 

the Ada Hospital as a night 

nurse. Working along side 

Dr. Loken, she assisted 

with a number of local 

births. 

Bertha G. Roesch, 1922 

After a nursing career 

that spanned 50 years, Bertha retired from the hospital in 1972 at 

the age of 74. She devoted her life to her career working as a surgical 

nurse and nursing supervisor and earned great respect from 

physicians, co-workers, and patients. She was an independent 

woman who lived in her home for over 50 years until the traumatic 

flood in 1997 when her basement flooded and she decided that it 

was time for a change. Bertha was not only known for her leadership 

in nursing but her gardening, preserves, and other talents, such 

as hardanger and tatting snowflakes. She enjoyed card and dice 

games with family and friends. Bertha was involved in several clubs 

and entertained regularly, as well as being an active member at St. 

Joseph’s Church in Ada. 

As a 2002 graduate of the Minnesota School of Nursing, I am 

blessed to have a loving, generous, and kindhearted great-great aunt 

and nursing leader to look up to. Bertha was a nurse who took pride 

in her profession and cared for her patients. She influenced many 

individuals and families over her many years of service to her community. 

Bertha Roesch will be forever missed and always 

remembered, as her nursing values and inspiration will live on 

through many—especially me. 

Bertha G. Roesch with her great-great niece Kate Hieb. 


Center News> 

Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership 

by Joanne Disch, Ph.D., R.N., Center Director 

Because of Katharine J. Densford’s strong commitment to equity, 

social justice, and diversity, a major priority for the Center is to 

strengthen nurses’ awareness of and skills in fostering diversity 

in patient-care delivery and creating work environments that are culturally 

sensitive. One project being undertaken is called Improving 

Patient Care for Diverse Populations through Effective Nursing 

Leadership. Its intent is to improve the cultural sensitivity of caregivers 

and environments in health care facilities so that patients from 

multiple cultures feel welcome and respected. 

The objectives of the project are to (1) expand the cultural competence 

of managers, particularly as it applies to establishing culturally 

sensitive care environments; (2) assist these managers in creating 

health-care environments sensitive to the cultural needs and perspectives 

of their patients, particularly when the patients come from 

multiple cultures; and (3) improve the (appropriate) use of healthcare 

facilities by individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds. 

Funded by grants from the Edwards Memorial Trust, the Anna Heilmaier 

Foundation, and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, the focus of 

the project will be on intensive training and development of nursing 

leaders in health care facilities as to how to create and sustain environments 

sensitive to the needs and perspectives of individuals from 

multiple cultures. 

A second project currently sponsored by the Densford Center is 

bringing nurses together from the metropolitan area to appreciate 

the diversity within the profession. In February, more than 250 

nurses came together to hear each other’s perspectives on issues facing 

nursing today. Common themes emerged, such as pride in 

nursing, frustration over insufficient resources, concern about the 

impact of managed care on patient care delivery, and the need for 

nurses to speak with a common voice. 

A second meeting in June brought a smaller group together to 

respond to the question, “If we would speak in common voice, what 

could nursing also be?” This group of passionate, 

committed nurses from across the 

Twin Cities, representing a variety of perspectives, 

began the work of defining desired 

outcomes for nursing and providing focus to 

a collaborative nursing effort to strengthen 

the profession and its impact. This work is 

still in its infancy and will be enriched 

through discussion by other groups of nurses 

and nursing organizations. 

Special note to students and colleagues of Katharine J. Densford: 

We are seeking memorabilia related to KJ’s professional career, 

e.g., books, pictures, notes, scrapbooks. If you have anything—and 

would be willing to donate it for display in the Densford Center— 

please contact the center director, Joanne Disch. Thank you. 

Joanne Disch, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor and Director 

Katharine J Densford Int’l Center for Nursing Leadership 

Katherine R and C Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership 

School of Nursing, University of Minnesota 

308 Harvard St SE 


612.625.1187 

e-mail: disch003@umn.edu. 

If you want to be included in our mailing, contact: 

Cory Franklin, Administrative Coordinator 

612.625.1187 

e-mail: frank070@umn.edu 

Joanne Disch 

Center for Adolescent Nursing 

by Linda H. Bearinger, Ph.D., R.N., Center Director 

We anticipated that graduates of the Center for Adolescent 

Nursing would be involved with youth in all kinds of ways. 

But we underestimated the depth and diversity of the roles 

and settings where they are contributing their expertise. A recent 

survey of our graduates, designed to evaluate the work of the Center 

for Adolescent Nursing, showed us an inspiring picture—the impact 

nurses can have on the lives of adolescents in their communities, 

schools, clinics, youth development programs, and even state legislatures. 

Carolyn Garcia, M.S., M.P.H., a master’s graduate and current 

doctoral student, is accustomed to going to the podium to receive 

awards. Looking at the depth and diversity of her civic involvement, 

one would assume that she is nearing retirement. Rather, she is off 

and running with a new baby and several 

recent awards in her arms. In 2002 alone 

Garcia has received the Emergency Services 

Volunteer of the Year Award for the Greater 

Minneapolis Chapter of the American Red 

Cross, the University of Minnesota President’s 

Student Leadership and Service 

Award, and, most recently, Sigma Theta Tau 

International’s 2002 Public Electronic Award 

based on a televised program, “A Nursing Linda H. Bearinger 

Response to 9-11 at the Pentagon.” The 

program documented Garcia’s volunteer experience with the Red 

Cross in the aftermath of the 9-11 tragedy. In her announcement of 

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this award Sigma Theta Tau’s President May L. Wykle, R.N., Ph.D., 

F.A.A.N., praised Garcia, saying, “Your exceptional work in nursing is 

an inspiration to all society members and to nurses everywhere.” 

Scott Harpin will be graduating soon with both a M.S. degree and 

M.P.H. degree focused in adolescent health. “Non-stop” would be 

the most apt description of Harpin. Young people love his energy, 

particularly those at St. Joseph’s Home for Children where he has 

been working throughout his graduate studies. St. Joe’s, as most people 

call it, is a unique place—a division of Catholic Charities with 

emergency shelter beds for children in out-of-home placement, a residential 

treatment program for those with emotional behavior disorder 

(EBD), day treatment programs, a community health clinic, and a 

homeless teen shelter. After a few months at St. Joe’s managing the 

clinic, Harpin knew that children and adolescents would be his lifelong 

focus. “I had these great relationships with kids from juvenile 

corrections, kids with really tough backgrounds,” says Harpin, “and 

found that beyond their tough exteriors they were ‘every-day kind’ of 

kids.” With an eye on prevention, Harpin hopes to step into the public 

sector and work as a leader in a public health setting at a local or 

state level. He’s had practice at it. Harpin was appointed to the Hennepin 

Community Health Services Advisory Committee by the 

commissioners of the Hennepin County Board serving the Minneapolis 

metropolitan area. In this civic role, he works in trio with the 

Board and the Community Health Departments to assess the effectiveness 

of county health programs. With Harpin, young people have 

a life-long advocate with unlimited energy. 

The Center keeps adolescent nurses up-to-date on the whereabouts 

of our graduates and our faculty in our Adolescent Nursing 

newsletter. It now has a global distribution of nearly eight hundred. 

Visit our website at www.nursing.umn.edu/CANL to view electronic 

copies of Adolescent Nursing. 

To receive our newsletter, please contact: 

Suzanne Chanestsa 

612.624.3938 

e-mail: adolnurs@umn.edu 

Linda H. Bearinger, Ph.D., F.A.A.N. 

Professor and Director 

Tel: 612.624.5157 

e-mail: beari001@umn.edu 

Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research 

by Ann Garwick, Ph.D., R.N., Center Director 

The goal of the Center for Child and Family Health Promotion 

Research is to improve the health of infants, children, adolescents, 

parents, and families through the development and 

dissemination of evidence-based knowledge of effective interventions 

and best practices in primary and secondary prevention. To 

accomplish this goal, center faculty are actively involved in conducting 

research in partnership with communities and health care 

systems. Recently completed projects illustrate how Center faculty 

are working with communities to promote health and improve the 

quality of health care. 

Children’s Satisfaction with Health Care 

Densford Clinical Scholars Project 

Linda Lindeke, Ph.D., R.N., partnered with Lauren Johnson, 

M.S., R.N., from Fairview Health Systems to develop and field test a 

tool to assess the child and family’s satisfaction with the care they 

received in an inpatient setting. Data from this project will be used 

to improve outcomes and overall service delivery to children and 

their families. 

Indian Family Stories Project 

National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), 

Maternal & Child Health Bureau (MCHB), and Community-University 

Partnership in Education & Service (CUPES) 

During the past six years, Ann Garwick, Ph.D., R.N., and Sally 

Auger, M.A., have worked with community leaders and family caregivers 

to identify the needs of families who care for American Indian 

children with long-term health problems in urban and rural areas. 

They have also developed action plans in partnership with these 

communities. In response to community identified needs, Garwick 

and colleagues have developed educational resources to increase the 

awareness of asthma in the community and 

enhance the cultural awareness of health 

care providers who work with American 

Indian children and their families. Over 850 

copies of two award-winning videos, 

“Breathing a Word: Indian Stories of 

Asthma” and “Getting to the Heart of it: 

Bridging Culture and Health Care,” have 

been distributed nationally. 

Intervention to Prevent Construction Worker Hearing Loss 

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) 

Madeline Kerr, Ph.D., R.N., recently completed an intervention 

trial that evaluated the effectiveness of a tailored computer-based 

multimedia intervention on construction workers’ use of hearing 

protection. Overall, she found that participants significantly 

increased their use of hearing protection one year post-intervention. 

Kerr is now working on transferring the technology used in this 

intervention trial into practice to reduce the prevalence of noiseinduced 

hearing loss among construction workers. 

Visit our website to learn more about other research conducted by 

Center members: 

http://www.nursing.umn.edu/CCFHPR/index.htm. 

For more information contact: 

Jan Marie Lundgren, Administrator 

Tel: 612.626.0926 

Fax: 612.626.2359 

e-mail: lundg026@umn.edu 

Ann Garwick 


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Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs 

by Ann Garwick, Ph.D., R.N., Interim Center Director 

The Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs faculty—Barbara 

Leonard, Center Director; Ann Garwick; 

Linda Lindeke; and Chris Poe—have a long history of civic 

engagement that is targeted toward improving the quality of care 

for children with special health care needs and their families. Faculty 

serve on numerous advisory boards and task forces and 

provide technical assistance locally and nationally in their areas of 

expertise. Recent faculty projects have focused on diabetes management 

during adolescence, developing culturally appropriate 

resources for American Indian children with asthma, and identifying 

the needs of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 

survivors and their families. Faculty involve students in their projects 

to develop their leadership skills and enhance the impact of 

the projects on the community. 

Throughout their programs, master’s and doctoral students in 

the CSHCN program are actively involved in the community. 

During one-on-one home visits in the Families as Teachers program, 

students learn what it is like to care for a child with special 

needs in the community and how to provide family-centered care. 

Students have clinical placements in a variety of community settings, 

including schools and programs, such as the Rural Health 

School. Students have increased the awareness of child health 

issues and provided information and other resources through 

community health fairs, support groups, 

and presentations. Students have worked 

with a parent support group for families of 

children with diabetes for the past four 

years and developed educational programs 

or materials on special topics, such as 

attention deficit disorder, diabetes, and 

nutrition. 

The Center for Children with Special 

Health Care Needs is one of six Nursing Barbara Leonard 

Education Leadership Programs in the 

U.S. funded by the Maternal Child Health Bureau. Core goals of 

the Center are to prepare advanced practice nurses to fulfill 

leadership roles and to provide outreach to nurses and other 

health care professionals who work with the growing population 

of children with special health care needs. 

For more information about the Center for Children with Special 

Health Care Needs, visit our website at 

http://www.nursing.umn.edu/CCSHCN/index.html or 

contact Karen Larsen, at 612.726.7085 or 

e-mail: larse008@umn.edu. 


by Jean Wyman, Ph.D., R.N., Director 

We are pleased to be involved in three programs funded by 

the John A. Hartford Foundation. The Geriatric Nursing 

Investment Program (GNIP) is supporting two of the 

projects. The first supports partnership teams that link an 

advanced practice nurse from a clinical setting, a graduate student 

and/or undergraduate student, and a CNRE faculty member to 

examine a clinical or organizational problem related to gerontological 

nursing care.Teams will each develop, implement, and 

evaluate an innovative evidence-based intervention. This unique 

program builds on the Clinical Scholars program of the 

Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership. 

Hartford/Densford Clinical Scholars for 2002-03 are: 

Karen Feldt, Ph.D., R.N. and Darlene Bjorkland, M.A., R.N. 

They will focus on pain assessment in cognitively impaired 

elders at North Memorial Hospital. 

Christine Mueller, Ph.D., R.N. and Temitope Akinkuotu, 

M.S.N., R.N. They will focus on the improvement of continuity 

of care at Fairview University Transitional Services. 

The second project supported by the 

GNIP is the development of a model for 

hosting a gerontological nursing research 

summit that gathers national and international 

nurse researchers to discuss issues 

and research priorities related to a key 

geriatric care topic. The topic selected for 

the first Research Summit is incontinence 

(urinary and fecal). 

Jean Wyman 

Two pre-doctoral scholars will be supported 

by Hartford’s Geriatric Nursing 

Scholarship program this year. They are: 

Diane Holland, M.S., R.N. (sponsor: Kathleen Krichbaum, 

Ph.D., R.N.). She is studying transitional care. 

Kris Talley, B.S.N., R.N. (sponsor: Jean Wyman, Ph.D., R.N., 

F.A.A.N.), who is studying falls in the elderly. 

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The newest award was received by Karen Feldt, Ph.D., R.N., 

from Hartford’s Creating Careers in Geriatric Advanced Practice 

program. This funding will sponsor 18 graduate students (14 

G.N.P.’s and 4 G.C.N.S.’s) over a three-year period. Feldt 

secured the support of six community agencies that will provide 

matching funds and clinical settings for the practicum experiences. 

Participating agencies include The V.A. Hospital, 

HealthPartners Partnering Care for Seniors, Evercare, Fairview 

Senior Services, North Memorial Hospital, and Park Nicollet 

Senior Health. The School of Nursing is contributing administrative 

costs in support of this scholarship initiative. 

For more information contact: 

Jan Marie Lundgren, Administrator 


School of Nursing, University of Minnesota 


308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 

Phone: (612) 626-0926; FAX: (612) 626-2359 

http://www.nursing.umn.edu/CNRE/index1.htm 

e-mail: lundg026@umn.edu 

Center for American Indian Research and Education (CAIRE) 

by Felicia Schanche Hodge, Dr.P.H., Center Director 

The Center for American Indian Research and Education 

(CAIRE) continues to grow and develop at the School of Nursing. 

CAIRE transferred two grants in 2000 from the University 

of California at San Francisco. The Diabetes Wellness project has 

completed the data collection phase on four reservations in South 

Dakota and Nebraska, and the Wellness Circles project continues 

among rural reservation tribes in California. 

A new project examining tobacco policies on American Indian 

reservations has been secured from the University of Minnesota 

Cancer Center. This project examines tobacco policies, adherence to 

policies, and tobacco control on reservations in Minnesota and South 

Dakota. 

American Indian adults and adolescents have some of the highest 

smoking rates in the nation. National data indicate adult Indian 

smoking rates vary from 13-50% nationwide, more than double and 

triple that of the national average (20%). Adolescent smoking rates 

(50%) are higher than any minority group. A recent study among 

Sioux tribes (Hodge, 2002) reports smoking rates up to 80% for targeted 

reservation groups. The need for assessing tobacco control 

policies among tribal groups is great given their traditional use of 

tobacco, historical trade usage, and recent high smoking rates. Given 

such high smoking rates, the risk of cancer and other diseases is very 

high. Designing and implementing a tobacco policy assessment tool 

is instrumental as a first step to tobacco control. During the winter 

and spring months of 2001-2002, select reservations (Winnebago, 

Nebraska; Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Yankton, South Dakota; White 

Earth, Mille Lacs, and Leech Lake, Minnesota) were assessed 

regarding the development, implementation, and adherence to 

tobacco control policies. Focus groups were held, a reservation 

“mapping” was conducted, and a tool to measure 

tobacco policies was developed and 

implemented. Data were collected and analyzed 

in preparation for a larger extramural 

tobacco control intervention project. 

Preliminary findings indicate that (1) 

tobacco policies are in place on American 

Indian reservations, however, (2) tobacco policy 

adherence is severely lacking. Both the 

federal Indian Health Service and tribal entities 

have clear tobacco control policies. These 

policies are often ignored. The sale of 

tobacco products is very lucrative at outlet stores, convenience stores, 

and via the Internet. The very lenient attitudes of tribal members, 

the clear displays of tobacco products at local settings, and the disregard 

of no-smoking signs speak volumes to the need for stronger 

tobacco control. 

This project successfully developed a tobacco policy assessment 

tool. Study findings showed that even with clear Indian Health Service 

and tribal policies, these tobacco policies were generally 

ignored. Lenient attitudes toward tobacco usage may contribute to 

the failure of tobacco policies. Measuring and assessing the strengths 

and weakness of tobacco policies provides direction for Indian and 

non-Indian educators, practitioners, and Native leaders to design 

and implement strategies for stronger, more manageable tobacco 

control policies. 

For more information contact CAIRE, call 612.624.6956 or 

e-mail: hodge029@umn.edu. 

Felicia Schanche 

Hodge 


Outreach 

& 

The Continuing Education 

Outreach Program 

Calendar 

September 6, October 11, and November 8 

The Inner Life of Healers: Discovering Your Resiliency in 

a Challenging Health Care World 

One-Day Seminar - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 

3675 Aboretum Drive, Chanhassen, MN 

Fee: $125 (6 contact hours) 

October 2 Children with Special Health Care Needs Seminar: 

Children’s Asthma 

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon 

University of Minnesota - Minneapolis Campus 



October 9 Children with Special Health Care Needs Seminar: 

Allergic Rhinitis in Children 

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon 




October 11 Intervention Techniques for Smoking Cessation 

Radisson Suite Hotel 

St. Cloud, Minnesota 


October 28 Advanced Pediatric Respiratory Management and 

Caring for Families in Crisis 

Eighth Annual Pediatric Critical Care Conference 

Earle Brown Continuing Education Center 

University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus 


November 1 Colleagues in Partnership 

Minnesota Association of Colleges of Nursing (MACN) 

Annual Fall Conference 

Earle Brown Continuing Education Center 

University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus 


November 7 The Chalice of Repose Project: Musical Thanatology 

Eleventh Andrea Printy Memorial Lecture 

Therese Schroeder-Sheker, Harpist and Singer 

4:00 p.m. 

Johnson Room, McNamara Alumni Center 


Fee: Free (1 contact hour) 

April 25, 2003 Spring Research Conference 

Featured Speaker: Linda Cronenwett, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Dean and 

Professor 

School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Fee: Free (7 contact hours) 

April 26, 2003 School of Nursing Alumni Society Reunion and Spring 

Celebration 

Now Available! Developing Comprehensive Staffing in Long-Term 

Care Facilities 

http://ltcnurseleader.umn.edu/course.html 

A nurse staffing framework for long term care; case mix classification 

system to identify care needs of residents and nursing 

resources to meet these needs; contextual factors affecting 

staffing programs, evaluation strategies; links to leadership 

resources, and book reviews. 

Christine Mueller, Ph.D., R.N., faculty course director 


Care of Children with Chronic Conditions: A Videotape Series 

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Other 

Mental Health Concerns 

• Ways to Provide Culturally Competent Care for American Indian 

Children with Special Health Care Needs 

The copper domed cupola crowned the top of Power Hall, 

home to nursing students from 1933-1983. It now is the 

centerpiece of the plaza outside Fairview University 

Medical Center. 

• Health Care Planning for Children with Diabetes 

• Providing Care to Children with Down Syndrome 

• Breathing a Word: American Indian stories of Asthma 

Independent study packages with (rental) videotape and study 

guide and bibliography 

Fee: $26/topic (2 contact hours per topic) 

Center for Children with Special Care Needs: Web Modules 

Feeding Problems of Children with Special Care Needs and Care 

of Children with Cerebral Palsy 

http://penguin.d.umn.edu/CCSHCN/ 

Linda Lindeke, Ph.D., R.N., faculty course director 

Fee: $25/module (3 contact hours each) 

For program details and registration information, please 

contact ljvegell@umn.edu or telephone 612.626.4772. 


14 Network

2001–2002 

School of Nursing Foundation 

Annual Report 

Annual Report 

2001–2002 

The mission of the School of Nursing Foundation is to promote 

the service, education, and research programs of the School for 

the ultimate benefit of patient care. 

During the 2001-2002 fiscal year, gifts and pledges totaling 

$521,395 were received from 1,478 donors. This represents an 

increase of 242 donors over the previous year. Major gift highlights 

for the year include grants from the Anna M. Heilmaier 

Charitable Foundation and Edwards Memorial Trust to 

Improve Health Care for Diverse Populations through Nursing 

Leadership. Susan Odegaard Wood supported the work of the 

Densford Center, Ruth Ann Foster (‘38 B.S.N.) contributed to 

her named scholarship, the Doris Kupferschmidt (‘48 B.S.N.) 

estate provided funds for a new scholarship, the Margaret H. 

& James E. Kelly Foundation made a gift to the M and M 

Fellowship, and new fellowships for nursing research were created 

by the Rahr Foundation and George and Lois (‘38 

B.S.N.) Warp. Gifts received in memory of Enid O. Swanson 

and Grace B. Dayton will provide scholarships for deserving 

undergraduate nursing students. 

Five years into Campaign Minnesota, the University has 

reached its initial $1.3 billion fund-raising goal. As part of this 

campaign, the School of Nursing Foundation has now 

achieved $13.4 million or 130 percent of its goal. As we enter 

the final year of the campaign, funding priorities will focus on 

student initiatives; the creation of new scholarships and 

endowed fellowships. Securing additional support for the 

Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing 

Leadership and the School’s centers for excellence in research 

and education in nursing care of elders, children and families, 

adolescent health, and for children with developmental disabilities 

will also be pursued. 

The Nursing Foundation now has 90 funds managed by the 

University of Minnesota Foundation, with current assets totaling 

$13.3 million. During 2001-2002, a total of $212,000 was 

awarded to deserving nursing students from 42 endowed 

scholarships. The Nursing Foundation Achievement Fund, 

designated to support the work of the Foundation, has an 

endowment of $490,000 toward the $1 million goal. Thanks to 

the work of the Corporate and Communications Committee, 

the Nursing Foundation’s website is now available at: 

http://www.nursing.umn.edu/Foundation/index.html 

The Leave a Nursing Legacy program continues to encourage 

individuals to include the School of Nursing in their estate 

plans. To date, 109 people have declared that they are leaving 

bequests or future gifts to promote nursing education. Be sure 

to let us know if you have included the School in your estate 

plans. We would like to say a word of thanks and then enroll 

you in the Heritage Society. New members of the Heritage 

Society were honored at the donor recognition reception held 

at the Governor’s residence in April. 

Cultivation gatherings for alumni and friends were held this 

year in Washington, D.C.; Rochester; Duluth; the Twin Cities 

and surrounding areas; and on campus. Faculty presented 

information about their current research and alumni had an 

opportunity to reconnect. Dean’s Luncheons were also hosted 

by Sandra Edwardson. 

Through the leadership of the special projects committee, 

the 10th annual Andrea Printy Memorial Lecture, entitled 

“Valuing a Culture of Competency in Nursing Practice,” was 

given on November 8, 2001, by retired Brigadier General 

Clara Adams-Ender, R.N. (’69 M.S.N.), with very positive 

reviews. On April 18, 2002, the Florence Schorske Wald Lecture 

in Palliative and Hospice Care, co-sponsored by the 

Densford Center, School of Nursing, Center for Bioethics and 

Minnesota Partnership to Improve End of Life Care, focused 

on “Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of End-of-Life Care.” 

Barbara Koenig, Ph.D., R.N., was the guest speaker. 

The Barbara O’Grady Lectureship in Public Health Nursing 

Leadership was held October 9, 2001, at the Humphrey 

Institute. The speaker, Gayle Hallin, assistant commissioner of 

health at the Minnesota Department of Health and an alumnae 

of the School of Nursing, spoke eloquently on mission and 

market place concepts. The lecture was well attended, and the 

discussion was quite stimulating. 

We would like to commend and thank leaders who have 

made the Foundation’s work a success this year. Dean Sandra 

Edwardson, Campaign Chair Carolyn Schroeder, Past Foundation 

Chair Mary Lou Christensen, Committee Chairs 

Mariah Snyder, Mark Kirschbaum, and Mary Bryngelson. We 

welcome Lynn Varco to the development staff; and give special 

thanks to Jane Pederson, who has contributed significant time 

and effort to support the smooth operation of the Foundation; 

and Joanne Disch, who has consistently provided insight and 

leadership in her capacity as Lillehei Chair of the Densford 

Center. Florence Ruhland, Susan McKinley, and their network 

of volunteers have contributed untold hours in organizing the 

jewelry sale to benefit the School. We thank as well, those 

friends of the Nursing Foundation who graciously offered to 

host our many gatherings this spring. Thanks, of course, to the 

dedicated faculty whose inspiring teaching and research continue 

the traditions of this University’s leadership in educating, 

caregiving, practice enhancement, and scholarly contributions 

to advance nursing care for all. Students of the School of 

Nursing continue to astound us in their capacity and commitment. 

We also thank the community leaders and donors on 

whose generosity, vision, and dedication to nursing we depend. 

Barbara Caspers, B.S.N., M.S., Chair 2002-2003 

Laurel Mallon, President 

Annual Report 15

Annual Report> 

As an impressionable student nurse in Rochester, Minnesota, 

Zorada Hoge thought of pioneers as hardy settlers 

in covered wagons heading West, or brave aviators on 

transcontinental flights. 

Little did she know that the distinguished brothers, Will 

and Charlie Mayo, making rounds at her hospital, would be 

remembered as medical innovators. Or that she, too, someday 

might be considered a trailblazer. 

A series of life-changing events thrust Hoge into 

uncharted territory, resulting in what would be a most courageous, 

personal, and professional journey. 

The first was the unexpected 1959 drowning of her husband, 

George, while smelt fishing in Lake Superior. The 

couple had no children and had only been married six years. 

Devastated, Hoge immersed herself in her work as a St. Paul 

public school nurse, building a reputation as a compassionate, 

responsible, “self-starter.” Among her accomplishments was 

the opening of a new 1,000-pupil junior high, establishing 

student health records, policy and procedure guidelines, and 

health curriculum. 

By 1961, Hoge’s hard work and leadership paid unexpected 

dividends. She was offered a stipend to complete the 

public health nursing program at the University of Minnesota. 

This was her second watershed event. The degree 

enabled Hoge to compete for a supervisory position in the 

St. Paul School District. She graduated in 1962 and proudly 

achieved the “top grade” on her civil service exam. 

Hoge was subsequently honored to be among a panel of 

eight professionals chosen to draft the first official standards 

for school nurses in the United States. The pioneering effort 

led to an invitation to a congressional hearing in Washington, 

D.C., where national standards were debated. She also helped 

organize the first School Nurses Organization of Minnesota. 

Hoge’s third, and most challenging, life-changing experience 

began in 1978, the spring before retirement. Usually 

in good health, with a history of sensitivity to only a few medications, 

Hoge was unprepared for the health crisis about to 

unfold. 

Two schools in the district combined, creating one 

larger, remodeled school facility. “Now I had no windows, 

new carpeting, and air-conditioning.” Following a hot chlorine 

shower in an unventilated bathroom, Hoge experienced 

heart palpitations and a racing pulse of 120. Alarmed, she 

scheduled a pre-retirement physical. “I accepted the doctor’s 

diagnosis that a mitral valve prolapse was responsible for my 

symptoms.” 

By now the re-married Hoge eagerly anticipated an idyllic 

retreat to a Phoenix, Arizona, retirement community. Yet 

in their new doublewide mobile home, Hoge admits feeling 

16 Network 

orada Hoge 

Pioneering Spirit 

by Jane Ellen Nielsen 

Zorada Hoge photographed at the Governor’s Mansion. 

“lousy,” not better. Unable to isolate the problem, Hoge consented 

to diagnostic pulmonary angiogram, “but the dye made 

me even sicker!” 

The couple eventually returned to Minnesota. Symptoms 

flared after entering the couple’s Little Canada condo. 

“We had new carpeting, drapes, wallpaper, and furniture.” 

Once again, Hoge sought medical help. 

“A doctor told me, ‘I’ve heard of cases like yours. You’re 

not going to get any better.’ ” A reassuring psychiatrist agreed 

she had a very complex disease, but no emotional problems. 

Determined to find answers, Hoge returned to Rochester, and 

the Mayo Clinic, and was placed on a Holter monitor and 

performed an echocardiogram. “But no cardiac condition was 

found,” Hoge says. 

A breakthrough came when invited to her sister’s house 

in her hometown of Currie, Minnesota. “I started to feel 

good.” Theorizing chemicals in her environment were making 

her ill, Hoge initiated her own research, and in 1986 

wrote to the American Academy of Environmental Medicine 


BARBARA LA VALLEUR

Lifetime Donors to the School of Nursing 

The School of Nursing Foundation gratefully acknowledges the 

individuals and corporations listed below for providing major support to 

the School of Nursing. Those qualifying for recognition in the University 

of Minnesota Presidents Club as of June 30, 2002 are listed below: 

Builders Society 

Giving levels of 

$1 million and above. 

Leonard and Mary Lou 

Hoeft 

Patricia S. and Dennis J. * 

Kane 

Katherine R. and C. 

Walton * Lillehei 

Eldon and Cora Meidl 

Siehl * 

Anonymous 

Regents Society 

Giving levels of $500,000 

to $999,999. 

Fairview Foundation 

Roland and Alva 

Wipperman Queneau * 

Anonymous 

Trustees Society 


to $499,999. 

Edna and Myron Allen * 

Allina Health System 

Edwards Memorial Trust 

Janet L. Erickson * 

Beulah T. Gautefald * 

HealthEast Foundation 

Anna M. Heilmaier 

Charitable Foundation 

Theresa V. James * 

Philena F. Kelley * 

Lucile P. Leone * 

Derry Ann Moritz 

Freda K. Parks * 

Rahr Foundation 

Carolyn and Clinton 

Schroeder 

Charles R. S. Shepard 

Mariah Snyder 

Dora J. Stohl * 

Pauline Vincent * 

Beatrice L. Witt * 

Chancellors Society 


to $99,999. 

Janet and John * Alsever 

Myrtle E. Aydelotte 

Margaret E. Benson * 

Children’s Health Care 

Ruth Ann Foster 

Clara A. Gerstenkorn * 

Rosina Hanslick * 

M. Isabel Harris 

S. Adele and Lyman 

Judson * 

Margaret H. and James E. 

Kelley Foundation 

Ida M. Martinson 

Thomas D. Moberg 

Dorothy B. Nottage * 

Mary Vandell Schneider 

Violet A. Shea * 

Lois * and George Warp 

Elmer A. Winter 

Founders Society 


to $49,999. 

Shannon S. Becking 

Norma Treska Benner * 

Julie A. Bell Burlingame 

Alison J. Clarke 

Sandra and Phillip 

Edwardson 

Ellen T. Fahy 

Alison Stowe Lett * 

Paul W. Lett 

Marie E. Manthey 

Eloise and Romaine 

Reichert * 

Evelyn and Burtrum * 

Schiele 

J. Quinn Tierney 

The White Family 

Susan O. Wood 

Wood-Rill Foundation 

Presidents Club 

Charter Members 

Donors who joined the 

Presidents Club at the 

$10,000 to $24,999 level 

prior to its reorganization 

July 1, 1998. 

Sharon and Richard 

Aadalen 

Clara L. Adams-Ender 

Katherine E. Baudler * 

Jeannine L. Bayard 

John Berger 

Karen Johnston Berger 

Karen + and John Brand 

Verniece Buan 

Cindy and John Bultena 

Rosalie and Paul Carlson 

Ella S. Christensen * 

Mary Lou Christensen 

Kathryn S. Crisler 

Grace B. Dayton * 

Beatrice Lofgren DeLue * 

Agnes Dempster + 

Kathleen Dineen 

Helen Doehring 

Carl A. Dreves * 

Katharine Densford 

Dreves* 

F. Heinz Ender 

Kay and Nile Fellows 

Judith and Kenneth Figge 

Bruce A. Finger 

Edna L. Fritz * 

Peggy Fukushima * 

Patricia L. Gault * 

Dorothy P. Geis 

Alice Graner 

E. Louise Grant * 

Helen M. Guyor * 

Mildred Halvorson * 

Helen B. Hansen * 

Kathryn Harris * 

Cecilia Hauge + 

Charles R. Hopkins 

Evelyn Johnsen 

LaVohn E. Josten 

Florence Julian + 

Carol and Donald Kelsey 

Katherine Kendall 

Floris E. King 

June and Elwyn Kinney 

Theodora Hamm Lang 

James Lillehei 

David and Laura McLean 

Marilee and John Miller 

Tom and Kathy Miller 

Nancy J. Moeller 

Amy Seevers Nelson 

David C. Nelson 

Jean A. Norrbom 

Barbara O’Grady 

Nancy G. and David W. 

Olson 

Betty M. Pederson 

Jane Phillips 

Joanna R. L. Pierce 

Andrea Printy + 

David and Elizabeth 

Printy 

Gloria and Orlando 

Ruschmeyer 

Jerry D. Sansby 

R. Sat Sathyakumar 

Susan A. Schroeder 

Christine and Michael 

Seitz 

Elaine and Donald Sime 

Elva Walker Spillane * 

John J. Spillane 

Mary Spurzem * 

Richard Spurzem 

Robert Spurzem 

Ruth Stryker-Gordon 

Helen Sullivan * 

Eugenia R. Taylor 

Ruth D. Weise 

Helen Wells 

Mary Ann and James P. 

White 

Nancy K. Williams 

Renata and John Winsor 

Ruth M. Winter * 

Dudley and Billie 

Woehning 

Verna R. Woodrich 

Heritage Society 

Individuals who will 

make a future 

gift/bequest to the School 

of Nursing. 

Larry L. Asplin 

Myrtle K. Aydelotte 

M. Barbara Balik 

Shannon S. Becking 

Karen Johnston Berger 

Arlene P. Bowles 

Merilys P. Brown 

Verniece M. Buan 

Julie A. Burlingame 

Rosalie and Paul Carlson 

Mary Lou Christensen 

Myrtle * and John Coe 

Frederick and Jean 

Conrad 

Nancy L. Cook 

June I. Engleson 


David J. Hand 

Mary McDonald Hand 

M. Isabel Harris 

Elsie E. Hasti 

Gloria and Eugene 

Hayden 

Zorada E. Hoge 

Ann D. Hueller 

Delores Huanca 

Marjorie K. Jamieson 

Patricia and Dennis * 

Kane 

Katherine W. Kendall 

Freia * and Elmer 

Kettunen 

Jeneva S. Kirkwood 

Marjorie and Robert Kuhl 

LuVerne Kuykendall 

G. Anne and John LaBree 

Sharon L. Lehmann 

Katherine R. and C. 

Walton * Lillehei 

Carol A. Lindeman 

Margaret N. Lindmeyer 

Audrey F. Logsdon 

Susan J. McKinley 

Florence and George 

Marks 

Ida M. Martinson 

Shirley H. Merendino 

Patricia J. Morse 

Christine A. Mueller 

Adela and Walter * Olson 

Eva L. Phelps 

Joanna R. L. Pierce 

Elagrace Reekie 

Denise R. Remus 

Virginia and Roger 

Rowlette 

Florence Ruhland 

Isabel M. Salisbury 

Jerry D. Sansby 

Carolyn and Clinton 

Schroeder 

Florence M. Schubert 

Lisa Buscher Sieling 

Elaine and Donald Sime 

Mariah Snyder 

Alma G. Sparrow 

Ruth Stryker-Gordon 

Enid * and Kenneth 

Swanson 

Olive O. Swenson 

J. Quinn Tierney 

Hannah K. Walseth 

Ruth D. Weise 

Helen Wells 


Janice and Curtis Wilson 

Renata and John Winsor 

Timothy J. Wittwer 

Dudley and Billie 

Woehning 


Barbara and Keith Zell 

Anonymous (4) 

Nursing 1000 

Recognizes individuals 

who have made current 

gifts or pledges of $1,000 

or more and are not yet 

recognized as School of 

Nursing Presidents Club 

members. 

Gordon and Casey 

Alexander 

Mary Ann L. Anglim 

Melissa D. Avery 

Lorna M. Barrell 

Linda H. Bearinger 

Donna and Thomas Bliss 

Brook and John Carl 

Janna P. DeLue 

Joanne M. Disch 

Yvonne and Arthur Dodd 

Laura J. Duckett 

Carley J. Engwall 

Marjorie H. Fallon 

Paula and Charles Farho 

Susan J. Forstrom 

George and Carol Gackle 

Ann E. Garwick 

Peggy and Michael 

Griffin 

Cynthia R. Gross 

Helen E. Hansen 

Yvonne M. Hargens 


Margaret D. Horton- 

Davis 

Beth and George Hower 

Merrie J. Kaas 

Marjorie G. Kralewski 

G. Anne and John LaBree 

Lenora and Chak Chi 

Lau 

Barbara J. Leonard 

Betty Lia-Hoagberg 

Linda L. Lindeke 

Charlotte and Harold 

Lindstrom 

Kathleen J. Lucas 

Marilee and John Miller 


Mary H. Murai 

Cynthia J. Peden- 

McAlpine 

Grace G. Peterson 

Rose M. Relopez 

Jeannine M. Rivet 

Marjorie D. Romnes 

Gloria T. Ruschmeyer 

Muriel B. Ryden 

Sandra K. Savik 

Mariah Snyder 

Robert R. Spillane 

Theresa B. Sullivan 

Berniece M. Wagner 

Jean F. Wyman 

* Deceased 

+ In memoriam 

Annual Report 17

Shareholders’ Report 

We are thankful for the alumni, faculty, friends, and corporations 

whose generosity keeps our School in the forefront of nursing 

education and research worldwide. This report acknowledges the 1,478 

donors who stepped forward with gifts and pledges totaling $521,395 

between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002. 

Your annual support and campaign gifts for the Katharine J. Densford 

International Center for Nursing Leadership, scholarships, graduate fellowships, 

and research are all profoundly appreciated. If we have 

inadvertently omitted your gift or misrepresented your contributions, 

please let us know. 

Please reserve your space on the 2003 Honor Roll of Shareholders by 

sending your contribution to the School of Nursing Foundation today. 

For more information, call Laurel Mallon, President, at 612.624.2490. 

$100,000 and above 

Katherine R. 

Lillehei 

$10,000 - $99,999 

1918 University 

Assoc. L.L.C. 

Allina Health 

System 

Edwards Memorial 

Trust 

HealthEast Care 

System 

Anna M. Heilmaier 

Charitable 

Foundation 

Margaret H. & 

James E. Kelley 

Foundation 

Doris H. 

Kupferschmidt * 

Rahr Foundation 

Wakako Satoh 

George A. Warp 

$1,000 - $9,999 

3M Foundation 

Richard J. Aadalen 

Sharon P. Aadalen 

Clara L. Adams- 

Ender 

American College of 

Nurse-Midwives 


Donna Z. Bliss 

Thomas C. Bliss 

Blue Cross Blue 

Shield of 

Minnesota 

John R. Brand 

Cindy L. Bultena 

Brook S. Carl 

John L. Carl 

Paul A. Carlson 

Rosalie H. Carlson 

Alison J. Clarke 

Colwell Industries 

F. Heinz Ender 

Marjorie H. Fallon 

Kay J. Fellows 

Nile R. Fellows 

18 Network 

Margaret D. 

Horton-Davis 

Beth K. Hower 

George H. Hower 


Patricia L. Kane 

Carol J. Kelsey 

Donald G. Kelsey 

Elwyn G. Kinney 

June W. Kinney 

Marjorie G. 

Kralewski 

G. Anne LaBree 

Lucile P. Leone * 


David J. McLean 

Laura K. McLean 

John W. Miller 

Marilee A. Miller 

Minnesota Nurses 

Association 

Foundation 

Minnesota 

Organization of 

Leaders in 

Nursing 

“Always remember 

the U of M School of 

Nursing is known 

everywhere. I was 

overseas in two wars 

and there was 

always some local 

person who heard 

about the U of M. 

The training one 

receives stays 

always. Be proud to 

be a U of M 

graduate.” 

Lanetta I. Carson, ‘31 

Thomas D. Moberg 

Jean A. Norrbom 

Jeannine M. Rivet 

Gloria T. 

Ruschmeyer 


St. Mary’s/Duluth 

Clinic Health 

System 

Susan A. Schroeder 

Christine A. Seitz 

Robert R. Spillane 

Theresa B. Sullivan 

Berniece M. Wagner 

Ruth D. Weise 

James P. White 

Mary Ann A. White 


Ruth M. Winter * 

Susan O. Wood 


Helen H. Zenkovich * 

$333 - $999 

Doris Achor 

Melissa D. Avery 

Lorna M. Barrell 

Nadine Broholm 

Betty L. Brown 

Myrtle I. Brown 

Central Minnesota 

Area Chapters 

Children’s 

Healthcare 

Mary Lou 

Christensen 


Laura J. Duckett 

Mary E. Flanagan 

Carol L. Gackle 

George D. Gackle 

Peggy L. Griffin 

Helen E. Hansen 

Gregory W. Hart 

Evelyn Johnsen 

Merrie J. Kaas 

Chak Chi Lau 

Lenora Y. Lau 

Betty L. Lia- 

Hoagberg 

Linda L. Lindeke 

Charlotte A. 

Lindstrom 

Harold R. 

Lindstrom 

Kathleen J. Lucas 

Metro Area Agency 

on Aging 


Mary H. Murai 

New York 

University 

Grace G. Peterson 

Pharmacia & 

Upjohn Company 

Rose M. Relopez 

Sandra K. Savik 

Carolyn I. Schroeder 

Clinton A. Schroeder 

Janet M. Thayer 

Jean F. Wyman 

$100 - $332 

Kay M. Acton 

Evie Altschuler 

Marilyn N. Amann 

Berniece M. 

Anderson 

Jean K. Andrews 

Jean P. Antonello 

June J. Aspenson 

Margaret J. Asplund 

Arlene V. Baia 

Ann M. Bajari 

Roberta J. Ballot 

Mary P. Banitt 

Arliss Banta 

Kenneth M. Banta 

Mary B. Barkman 

Miriam M. Barlett 

Louise A. Barrow 

Mary L. Bassett 

Janet F. Bateman 

Linda K. Bauck 

Kathryn L. Bauer 

Linda H. Bearinger 

Sue E. Bell 

Barbara A. Bender 

Geraldine M. 

Bendickson 

David G. Benson 

Laura L. Benson 

Lois R. Berg 

Shirley M. Bersagel 

Phyllis A. Boler 

John H. Borg 

Charlotte L. Boyles 

Lisa A. Brockett 

Melvin L. Brown 

Merilys P. Brown 

Verniece M. Buan 

Sandra L. Caligiuri 

Kristine M. Carey 

Margaret S. Carlson 

Children of R. Byers 

Carlstrom 

Betty G. Cave 

Alan R. Claus 

Cynthia L. Claus 

Margaret L. 

Cleveland 

Virginia B. Clifford 

Linda K. Coleman 

Nancy L. Cook 

Betty T. Cowman 

Elizabeth A. 

Croonquist 

Mary B. Crowley 

Phyllis M. Dahl 

Adele E. Daly 

Corinne M. Daly 

Sandra S. Deinard 

“You will always be 

so proud to say, ‘I 

am a Nurse!’” 

Lorraine Bradt Dennis, ‘43 

Marcia K. 

Derkowski 

Martha E. Dew 

Christopher K. 

Dietz 

Kyla E. Dropkin 

Carol M. Duff 

Donalda V. Dunn 

Mary K. Eberley 

Edward P. Ehlinger 

Carley J. Engwall 

Eloise K. Erkkila 

Barbara D. Eveland 

Mary K. Ewald 

Paula F. Farho 

Karen S. Feldt 

Ann L. Findlay 

Laura E. Folden 

Marlene A. Fondrick 

Susan G. Forneris 


Diane J. Fredeen 

Betty E. Fredrickson 

Harold L. 

Fredrickson 

Minna E. Freiberg 

Ruth K. Freymann 

Claire S. O’Connor 

Frisch 

Melissa H. Frisvold 

Annette K. Fritz 

Leonard O. Fritze 

Nancy M. Fritze 

Joanne L. Gardner 

Judith M. Gardner 

Sharon A. Gargano 

Ann E. Garwick 

Betty A. Gassett 

General Mills 

Foundation 

Jane A. Gisslen 

Mary E. Glaeser 

Lauren K. Glass 

Katherine Graff 

Elizabeth A. Griffith 

Cynthia R. Gross 

Pat Grossman 

Thomas M. 

Grossman 

Marian E. Haij 

Jeanne C. Hallburg 

Jan D. Halverson 

Jean L. Hanke 

Betty J. Hanna 

Lester G. Hansen 

Yvonne M. Hargens 

Judith L. Harris 

Verna I. Hart 

Jan K. Haugland 

Lisa M. Have

Judith A. Haviland 

Miriam R. Hazzard 

Margaret J. Hegge 

Susan M. Heller 

Sally C. Helsman 

Susan J. Henly 

Hennepin Faculty 

Associates 

Linda M. Herrick 

Eleanor R. Hewitt 

Rosemary M. 

Hoolihan 

William Horne 

Bethanie P. Howard 

Hudson Medical 

Center 

Gladys W. Hughes 

Eleanor L. 

Hutchinson 

Jack Pine Stables 

Mary M. Jewison 

Betty J. Johnson 

Betty M. Johnson 

Betty R. Johnson 

Edna E. Johnson 

Kathryn R. Johnson 

Ruth E. Johnson 

LaVurne Josten 

Sharon Josten 

JoAnne Judge-Dietz 

Katherine J. Justus 

Florence A. Kahn 

Ruth H. Kahn 

Barbara S. Kaminski 

Joan M. Karnas 

Colette B. Kerlin 

John H. Kersey 

“Know that 

everything you do 

will make a 

difference in the eyes 

of your patients. 

Wishing you a happy, 

healthy, rewarding 

nursing future!” 

Kristen Havard, ‘99 

Susan E. Hirst 

Ketcham 

Elinor K. Kikugawa 

Margaret L. 

Kirkpatrick 

Mary N. Koons 

Alice M. Kuramoto 

Cynthia A. Lambert 

Denny L. Lambert 

Susan S. Lampe 

Olive M. Larson 

Patricia M. Larson 

Patricia B. Leary * 

Sonia A. Lee 

Dorothy J. Leigh 

Olive J. Lenberg 

Barbara J. Leonard 

Nancy W. Lienke 

Roger I. Lienke 

Elizabeth C. Lines 

William P. Lines 

Beatrice S. Lippitt 

Amelia C. Logar 

Barbara J. Lovett 

Norma J. Lyslo 

Mary D. McEvoy 

Leona M. McGann 

Isabel T. McGarry 

Virginia J. McKinnie 

Rosella H. McManus 

Terence B. McManus * 

Jean A. MacDonald 

Cynthia M. Majewski 

Martha L. 

Makepeace 

Joyce A. Matsuura 

Barbara J. Merrill 

James G. Miles 

Laura H. Miles 

Nancy J. Moeller 

Kay L. Moline 

Mildred L. Montag 

Ann W. Moorhous 

Ruth Morehead 

Lisa A. Motz 

Patricia A. Mullen 

Michael T. Mulligan 

Steven J. Mund 

National 

Organization 

Nurse Practitioner 

Faculties 

Amy S. Nelson 

Pamela J. Nelson 

Cathleen A. Nevers- 

Zwickey 

LaRue F. Nies 

Theresa K. Nyberg 

Marie L. O’Koren 

Jacquelyn J. Olson 

Mary K. Oppegaard 

Corinna J. Orth 

Barbara A. Otte 

Hyeoun-Ae Park 

Bonnie C. Pearson 

Cynthia J. Peden- 

McAlpine 

Genevieve A. Perry 

Jane M. Persoon 

Eileen H. Peterson 

Juanita R. Peterson 

Stella D. Peterson 

The Pharmacia 

Foundation 

Jody B. Portu 

Joan Powell 

Norma K. Ramsay 

Deborah J. 

Rasmussen 

Sandra A. Rasmussen 

James J. Raun 

Astrid Ravenholt 

Virginia A. Reed 

Anne E. Reeves 

Carole A. Reid 

Frances D. Reitmann 

Kenneth J. Rempher 

Douglas E. Reynolds 

Kayla D. Reynolds 

Roberta L. Roban 

Patricia A. Robertson 

Eugene A. Roedl 

Richard A. Rohla 

Marjorie D. Romnes 

Diane K. Rose 

Melvin Roth 

Ruth M. Roth 

LaVonne J. Russell 

Barbara C. Salter 

Beth K. Schafer 

Helen B. Schei 

Dorothy Schneider 

Muriel Schoon 

Janet K. Schriner 

Craig H. Shaver 

Ena M. Shawhan 

Gretchen M. Short 

Carol J. Shukla 

Marilyn J. Simonds 

Karen D. Skiba 

Hisako U. Smith 

Marcella K. Smith 

Phyllis M. Smith 

Soap & Detergent 

Association 

Karen A. Somrock 

Jean M. Sorenson- 

Baer 

Judith H. Spillane 

Barbara A. Spradley 

The St. Paul 

Companies Inc. 

Foundation 

Rada L. Stanton 

Susan P. Steiner 

Mary O. Stephens 

Philomena M. 

Stewart 

Frances M. Sullivan 

Donald M. Swanson 

June H. Swanson 

T C B 

Ruth P. Taylor 

Inez A. Taylor 

David P. Tellett 

Lucille S. Tellett 

Tennant Company 

Jeanne Marie 

Terhaar 

Diane R. Thorson 

Tiro Industries 

Chandra L. 

Torgerson 

Carolyn C. Torp 

Mary F. Tracy 

Lois M. Troemel 

Aune A. Trygg 

Virginia B. Turba 

Kathleen A. Tweed 

Noriyas P. Un 

United Products 

Corporation 

Shirley Veith 

“You now have the 

power to follow your 

path. Live it! Enjoy 

it! Take pride in it!” 

Carole Maltrud, ‘61 

Robert L. Veninga 

Cynthia A. Verhey 

Sheila L. Videbeck 

Aija K. Vikmanis 

Vilis Vikmanis 

Cecilia M. Volden 

Allen A. Wahlgren 

Patricia A. Wahlgren 

Mary A. Warne 

Adrienne P. 

Weisbrod 

Mary L. Welz 

Linda M. Wenkel 

West Group 

Linda L. Wick 

Cornelius W. Wiens 

Elizabeth A. Wiens 

Joan M. Wilcox 

Dudley E. Woehning 

Marian M. 

Woehning 

Eleanora H. Wolf 

Ellen Wolfson 

Dianne P. Worrall 

Ann J. Wynia 

Marie Wynne 

Edith L. Ziegler 

Lois C. Zumberge 

$50 - $99 

Vivian I. Aarestad 

Helen K. Aase 

Jan L. Abell 

Priscilla A. 

Abercrombie 

Donald C. 

Aggerbeck 

Melanie R. Ahlstrom 

Lynn A. Almquist 

Ione B. Ambrose 

Harriet H. Anderson 

Kristie J. Anderson 

Irene R. Andrews 

Tobey B. Aronsohn 

Benjamin W. 

Atkinson 

Gretchen H. 

Atkinson 

Marjorie A. Auld 

Myrtle E. Aydelotte 

Mary F. Baker 

Patricia A. Barnes 

Ruth L. Barnes 

Brian H. Batzli 

Jeanne M. Batzli 

Janell Bauer 

Norma E. Bayard 

Helen V. Beach 

Cordelle P. Bear 

Mary M. Benbenek 

Janis C. Bergquist 

Robert H. Bergquist 

Carol C. Berman 

Mary M. Bishop 

Helen K. Bjorlin 

Lana J. Bolton 

Charlotte L. Bonhus 

Janet P. Booe 

Margaret A. 

Bornhoft 

Arlene P. Bowles 

Emma C. Bowman 

Babette M. Braziel 

Carol J. Brezina 

Beverly A. Bridges 

Marilyn A. Brown 

Mary Jo M. Brun 

Kristin L. Buehler 

Kaye Lillehei (center) hosts a May Gathering in her home for alumni and friends. 


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Jean M. Burroughs 

Argie A. Burton 

Carol L. Busman 

Dorothy F. Cahill 

Frances S. Callihan 

Betty L. Carl 

John C. Carl 

Dolores S. Carrier 

Lanetta I. Carson 

Kenneth L. 

Christensen 

Cigna Foundation 

Signe S. Cooper 

M. Jean Craemer 

Karleen K. Dahlberg 

Joan C. Davey 

Lorraine B. Dennis 

Carol A. Dieckhaus 

Donna J. 

Dielentheis 

Robin L. Dilts 

Renee K. Doering 

Lois K. Doran 

Beverly L. Dorsey 

Marilyn A. Draxton 

Debra J. Drew 

Susan M. Durkin 

Ruth A. M. Dyer 

Esther E. Ehlert 

Shirley M. Ellefsen 

Marlene R. Ellis 

Jean H. Ellor 

John B. Ellor 

Emiko Endo 

Susan L. Erickson 

Evelyn K. Ewing 

Walter R. Fetterley 

Jean K. Field 

Firstar Bank of 

Minnesota N. A. 

Helen J. Fleming 

Ruth M. Fleming 

Sandra F. Fonkert 

Lois E. Freeberg- 

Requa 

Cynthia K. Freeman 

Margaret H. 

Fullinwider 

Robin L. Galambos 

Lois Gantriis 

Irene E. Garcia 

Mary A. Gehrke 

Lois Gerberding 

Linda L. Gfrerer 

Barbara B. Gibb 

Josephine E. Gibson 

Nancy L. Goldstein 

Amy G. Gores 

Patricia J. Graham 

Gerilee M. Greeley 

Nancy A. Gross 

R. K. Grossman 

Blossom C. 

Gullickson 

Cynthia J. 

Hadenfeldt 

Elizabeth J. 

Haglund-Cort 

Linda L. Halcon 

Mary Jo Hallberg 

Tracey K. Hammel 

Lorrie L. Hansen 

Hansen Jergenson 

Nergaard & 

Company 

Marie F. Hanzel 

Kimi T. Hara 

Cathleen A. Haring 

Virginia Haskell 

Ruby C. Hass 

Ruth L. Hass 

Susan D. Hasselle 

Mary R. Hauck 

Laura C. Hauer 

Ann M. Hayden 

“As I am about to 

leave the active 

practice of nursing, I 

welcome the new 

graduate who will 

take my place. This 

is a vital time for 

nursing and nurses 

to promote health, 

protect and care for 

those in need.” 

Carol J. Hill, ‘74 

Phyllis H. Hegland 

Andrea M. Heier 

Anne M. Hetzler 

Flora M. Hietala 

Phyllis J. Hill 

Agnes E. Hoeger 


Nancy L. Holmbeck 

Karen R. Holmes 

Lorine M. Holschuh 

Ronald L. Hoseth 

Dennis W. Hovelson 

Judy M. Hovelson 

Jacquelyn A. 

Huebsch 

Ann D. Hueller 

Ellen K. Hunsicker 

Susan M. Huser 

Blanche V. Hymes 

I M R 

Lois V. Iepson 

Joyce Ironside 

Nancy J. Irvin 

Leanne W. Jacobsen 

Thomas D. 

Jacobwith 

Carol A. Jakway 

Karen A. Jansky- 

Koll 

Jean J. Jasienski 

Cecelia B. 

Jennewein 

Coral S. Joffer 

Elsie I. Johnson 

Kathleen R. Johnson 

Mary T. Johnson 

Elizabeth B. 

Johnston 

Ann S. Jordan 

Lori L. Josephson 

Catherine J. Juve 

Stephanie Kapfer 

Marla J. Kapperud 

Illola F. Keefe 

Linda K. Keller 

Kay D. Kelly 

Rita A. Kelly 

Kathleen L. Kelm 

Elizabeth L. 

Kemper 

Evelyn A. Kile 

Gretchen R. 

Kingsley 

Cynthia M. Kirk 

Mark S. Kirschbaum 

Mary Jo Kirschbaum 

Miriam S. Kiser 

Bonnie K. 

Klinefelter 

Carolyn A. Kochel 

Samuel S. Kochel 

Evelyn Koski 

Mary Jo Kreitzer 

Carol S. Kuehnel 

Barbara A. Kyle 

Geraldine J. Lacey 

Joseph A. Ladner 

Greg P. Larson 

Julene A. Larson 

R. Mary L. Larson 

Nancy L. Lee 

Marilyn M. Leister 

Agnes T. Leitheiser 

Jennifer M. Lemmer 

Mary E. Lensink 

Ruth E. Leo 

Marion I. Loges 

Patricia K. Lokken 

Jon M. Lommen 

Dorine J. Loso 

Elizabeth C. 

Lundeen 

Ann M. Lutterman 

Tracy L. McCarthy 

Sara A. McCumber 

Kathleen M. 

McDonough 

Donald E. McGrath 

June E. McGrath 

Cheryl L. McKane 

Janice C. McKie 

Margaret R. 

McLellan 

Janet M. McMartin 

Mae C. McWeeny 

Ruth H. Macklin 

Betty J. Main 

Sandra M. Malcolm 

Carole N. Maltrud 

Paul Maltrud 

Ruth G. Manchester 

Sandra R. Markel 

Cary L. Martinson 

Donald M. Mason 

Elaine A. Mason 

Jan Meier 

Denise A. Meijer 

Lorene K. Mein 

Nancy L. Meyer 

Elizabeth A. Michel 

Jane C. Mobeck- 

Wilson 

Marianne A. Moline 

Mabel E. Monson 

Sandra J. Monson 

Todd A. Monson 

Donna Moore 

Patricia J. Morse 

Nicole V. Morton 

David J. Muhovich 

Verna E. Mulder 

John H. Murdock 

Orrine F. Murdock 

Mary E. Murray 

Pearl M. Nachtigal 

Nardina L. Nash 

Betsy Neff 

Beth B. Nelson 

Christine L. Nelson 

Claire C. Nelson 

Evelyn H. Nelson 

Mabel M. Nelson 

Judith K. Nemecek 

Catherine 

Neuenfeldt 

Helen E. Nickelson 

Lois M. Nordstrom 

Linda K. Norlander 

North Memorial 

Community 

Foundation 

Gail S. Novacheck 

Shirlee L. Nystrom 

Thomas L. Nystrom 

Craig P. O’Brien 

Alvhild M. Olander 

Mary A. Olson 

Marianne G. Orton 

Alison H. Page 

Marjorie J. Page 

Lucy A. Paquin 

Richard A. Pearson 

James E. Peck 

Joanne M. Pedersen 

Jane A. Pederson 

Marveleen Peterson 

Claire S. Pfau 

Joanna R. Pierce 

Margaret L. 

Plunkett 

Virginia H. Poole 

Mary E. Powell 

Richard G. Powell 

Evelyn J. Preston 

Nancy B. 

Rademacher 

Kathleen A. Rafferty 

Elna L. Reagor 

Denise T. Reed 

Carol A. Reid 

Marcia A. Renaux 

Michael J. Ringhand 

Sandra K. Robinson 

Minerva N. Roeser 

Rita M. Ronayne 

Jean M. Roope 

Dorothy A. Root 

Phyllis A. Roseberry 

David M. Rouzer 

Anne L. Rumsey 

Linda S. Sandvig 

Janet B. Sauers 

Alice J. Schmidt 

Barbara J. Schroeder 

Martha A. Schroth 

Florence M. 

Schubert 

Susan B. 

Schumacher 

Colleen Schwartz 

Marrelyce F. Seaman 

Dorine R. Seaquist 

Ruth P. Sherbon 

Juliana L. Shultz 

Frances Silvis 

Linda K. Skatvold 

Benjamin R. Smiley 

Judith J. Snow 

Cynthia S. Solomon 

Glen D. Solomon 

Joan C. Stanisha 

Karen K. Stanley 

Joan D. Stenberg 

Mary O. Stewart 

Mary Jean O. 

Stewart 

Evelyn B. Stoner 

James D. Strampe 

Kathy S. Strampe 

Doris G. Stucke 

Florine M. Sullivan 

Maureen T. 

Sullivan-Spano 

Mary J. Sumpman 

Jodi A. Swaim 

Kathryn L. Swanson 

Marlyn J. Swanson 

Kiyomi K. Takekawa 

Mary E. Tanner 

Renae C. Tarino 

Renee Tasaka 

Sheryl A. Theuninck 

Michael P. Thieke 

Rebecca G. Thurn 

Julie A. Thurn- 

Favilla 

Dorothy E. Titt 

Mary M. Tomes 

Dolores H. Turner 

Rozanne H. Turner 

Teresa E. Vandereyk 

June Vaughn 

Margene M. Vessel 

Reinelda E. Vickey 

Elaine V. Voss 

Florence S. Wald 

Dayton J. Walker 

Susan S. Walker 

Christine M. Walsh 

Marcella C. Walsh 

Barbara R. Ward 

Verle I. Waters 

Gary M. Weihrauch 

Sharon L. 

Weihrauch 

Dianne E. Werger 

Emily G. Whaley 

Yvonne Whalley 

Sharon R. Williams 

Michelle J. 

Willihnganz 

Loralee L. Willis 

Elizabeth B. Wilson 

Janice M. Wilson 

Xcel Energy 

Foundation 

Daniel J. Yant 

Luann M. Yerks 

Barbara L. Zajicek 

Carol B. Ziemer 

Montserrat H. 

Zuckerman 

* Deceased 


20 Network

Marjorie Jamieson’s Third World Experience 

Many elderly in the United States and elsewhere have been 

affected by the 16 years that Marjorie (Marge) Jamieson, 

R.N., M.S. (SoN, ’79), F.A.A.N., spent in Papua New Guinea. 

Four years after obtaining her B.S. in nursing, Magna cum 

Laude, from St. Olaf College in 1957, Jamieson and her husband, 

a Lutheran pastor, left for Papua New Guinea. While 

there, Jamieson was inspired by their concept of “community,” 

whereby all decisions were made by consensus. Sitting 

around a fire night after night, members of the village 

patiently coalesced around an issue, an idea, and an answer to 

a problem before moving ahead. “From this experience,” she 

said, “I developed a problem solving model for communities 

that I think typifies how community people still make decisions 

- in a circular process.” 

Some of her Papua New Guinea experiences later inspired 

the Block Nurse Program (BNP) she co-founded in 1981 in 

the St. Paul neighborhood of St. Anthony Park. The BNP 

began as an idea discussed amongst neighbors around their 

kitchen tables. In order to keep the elderly from being institutionalized 

earlier than necessary, if at all, BNP emphasizes 

the need for a collaborative community process to coordinate 

and provide services for seniors in their homes and communities. 

Jamieson served as the executive director of the Living at 

Home/Block Nurse Program, Inc. (LAH/BNP), a merged 

program, from 1986 until her retirement in 1998. Under her 

leadership, the program, which reflects successful civic 

engagement, has grown into a national model for long-term 

care of the elderly. She has received numerous awards, including 

the prestigious American Academy of Nursing Award. 

When Jamieson left Papua New Guinea in 1977, she went 

to graduate school at the University of Minnesota’s School of 

Nursing. “I felt pretty stupid next to all of my younger classmates,” 

she said, “because there had been a hiatus of 20 some 

years since I had done any serious studying.” Jamieson credits 

former SoN Professor Sara Rode for being supportive, caring, 

and encouraging on many occasions. In 1979, Jamieson’s husband 

and their four children proudly watched her graduate 

with a M.S. in nursing with majors in nursing administration 

and nursing education. 

Aside from being executive director of LAH/BNP, 

Jamieson’s nursing career in Minnesota included being a rehabilitation 

nurse at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, director 

of nursing at St. Mary’s Rehabilitation Center in Minneapolis, 

and corporate director of nursing for Group Health Plan, Inc. 

in Minneapolis. She was active and held many positions “in 

just about every nursing organization there was,” she said. 

She has written chapters in seven books and published a number 

of articles for periodicals. 

The high energy that Jamieson brought to the field of nursing 

is still evident after her retirement. She is still affiliated 

with some nursing organizations and is actively involved as a 

board member in the following organizations: University of 


enefits Elderly in the United States 

Marjorie Jamieson 

Minnesota Alumni Association; the University’s School of 

Nursing Alumni Society; Minnesota Board on Aging; Board 

of Social Ministry; Global Health Ministries; MetroEast Program 

for Health and St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church 

Cabinet. She also finds time to spend with her nine grandchildren, 

tend to the flowers in her lush garden, play the 

church organ when needed, and take a 10-mile bicycle ride 

every day. 

Jamieson’s advice to other nurses who want to make a 

unique contribution to the field seems both easy and difficult: 

Be visionary, take risks, live your dreams, and learn from criticism 

and mistakes, but never forget what inspired you to do it 

in the first place. “Our goal in developing the LAH/BNP 

program was to keep people in our community out of institutions,” 

she said. “I never envisioned that it would be so 

successful!” 

Marguerite Rheinberger, J.D., M.P.H., M.A., is a freelance 

writer specializing in health and wellness topics. 

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Block Nurse Program 

Places Seniors in the Care of their Neighbors 

In 1981, before assisted living existed, six women in the St. 

Paul neighborhood of St. Anthony Park sat around a 

kitchen table discussing what they judged as premature and 

unnecessary institutionalization of their elderly neighbors. 

They deemed it unnecessary had the elderly neighbors 

received help from within their own neighborhood. “As a 

very small group in our community, we sensed caring and 

belonging,” said Marjorie (Marge) Jamieson, R.N., M.S., 

F.A.A.N, School of Nursing (SoN), ’79. 

Ida Martinson, Ph.D., R.N., (B.S. in Nursing, 1960, and 

Master of Nursing Administration, 1962, both School of 

Nursing) then a faculty member at the University of Minnesota’s 

School of Nursing, suggested that nurses living in a 

specific community, who she labeled “block nurses,” could 

provide nursing care to neighbors that would enable them to 

stay at home. The others felt that if they could capitalize 

upon the social conscience within the neighborhood, volunteers, 

organizations, and businesses would be able to provide 

the other services that would enable seniors to remain at 

home. In doing so, placement in nursing home facilities could 

be delayed or avoided, and unnecessary isolation and illness 

could be prevented. Their ideas resulted in the Block Nurse 

Program (BNP). 

Using the strengths of the BNP, which focused on the coordination 

and provision of home care, and the Living at Home 

Program (LAHP), which focused on the early coordination 

and provision of social support and assistance in the home 

prior to a senior’s needing organized nursing and medical 

care, a new model of community-based care for seniors was 

formed in 1989. 

The services offered by the merged Living at Home/Block 

Nurse Program (LAH/BNP) include nursing services; home 

health aides; vision/hearing/depression screening; access to 

home therapy and hospice; companionship; help with household 

chores; social activities including intergenerational ones; 

and legal and financial services, among others. 

Seniors or caregivers can call one local number to receive 

help in coordinating services to address the individual’s needs. 

Funding sources include private donations, community service 

and other grants, fundraising, and city, county and state 

funding. 

Jamieson served as the executive director of the Living at 

Home/Block Nurse Program, Inc., until her retirement in 

1998. She spoke tirelessly about this award-winning program 

with state and national politicians and at numerous conferences 

and conventions throughout the country. Her speeches 

inspired others to start programs in their states, while her visits 

to Washington D.C. resulted in legislation to test the 

program nation-wide. 

Currently, 37 LAH/BNP exist in Minnesota—21 in rural 

areas and 16 in metro areas. The program has been adopted 

in communities in Alabama, Ohio, North Dakota, and Texas. 

Communities in Wisconsin and Florida have expressed serious 

interest. A LAH/BNP exists in Cambodia, and others in 

Israel, the Netherlands, and Japan are patterned after the 

LAH/BNP. Over the years, retired SoN professors Mariah 

Snyder, Marilyn Sime, and retired associate professor Bernie 

Feldman were involved with the program. 

While the LAH/BNP model shows how effectively the 

long-term care needs of seniors can be met using a community 

approach, Jamieson knows that this concept needs strong 

commitment. “The program is implemented because people 

in a community want it to work. It is successful because people 

in a community make it work.” 

Marguerite Rheinberger, J.D., M.P.H., M.A., is a freelance 

wrier specializing in health and wellness topics. 

continued from page 20 

Tribute Gifts 

The School of Nursing Foundation receives gifts in honor of individuals, in appreciation or celebration of achievement, and 

in memory of those who have passed away. The following individuals have been remembered in these ways: 

In Memoriam 

Cynthia W. Anderson 

Margaret E. Benson 

Edward Bieber 

Karen Brand 

Audrey A. Bryan 

Kenneth Cummer 

Ruth D. Davies 

Agnes “Nan” Dempster 

Katharine J. Densford 

22 Network 

Mary K. Enquist 

Marie C. Gilson 

Mildred D. Hagen 

Roger F. Hartwich 

Mary A. Harty 

Beverly F. Herrmann 

Edna Hildebrand 

C. Walton Lillehei 

Nancy H. Maguire 

James Melberg 

Robert G. Michaels 

Leona H. Morey 

Mary J. Nielsen 

Mary L. Raun 

Melissa A. Roeser 

Shirley A. Rostomily 

Lorelle Savaryn 

Elva Walker Spillane 

John Stevens 

Enid O. Swanson 

Barbara V. Tebbitt 

Robert W. Ten Bensel 

Ed Tornquist 

Lois E. Warp 

Alma D.Weiler 

Judy A. Zamzow 

In Honor 

Jean Kintgen Andrews 


Edwin L. Bersagel 


Carol L. Gackle 



Marilee A. Miller 

Debra S. Rohla 


Carolyn I. Schroeder 

Joan D. Stenberg

Zorada Hoge continued from page 16 

(AAEM). The AAEM put her in touch with Dr. David Morris, 

a La Crosse, Wisconsin, allergist. The rest is history. 

Diagnosed with multi-chemical sensitivities, Hoge was 

given sublingual drops containing inhalant, chemical and food 

antigens, as well as critical information for lifestyle management. 

Hoge cites the Human Ecology Action League (HEAL) 

and the Chemical Injury Resource Association of Minnesota 

(CIRA), as integral to her health maintenance. 

Now an 87-year-old widow, Hoge is still on a mission. 

The picture of health and vitality, she lives independently in 

her stylish Maple Grove apartment, determined to take her 

quest to a new level. A $10,000 gift to the School of Nursing 

has established the Zorada Hoge Nursing Research Fund in 

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Its purpose is to engage 

graduate nursing students and/or faculty in aggressive research 

to raise awareness about MCS. 

A symbol of Hoge’s pioneering spirit, the seed money is 

also a gesture of gratitude for her public health education. 

“With the knowledge I obtained from the “U,” I was able to 

overcome this disease. It equipped me to be an analytical 

thinker.” She adds, “I may have coasted along like any other 

patient and never have gotten to the bottom of my problem.” 

The benefactor hopes that someday a course will be 

offered to inform nurses about this complex disease. “I want 

the information to get out,” Hoge says. “The nurse is the perfect 

person. If she’s informed, she can educate her patients.” 

General practitioners, Hoge believes, “have no background. 

When I was sick, I had to do most of the work myself.” But 

Hoge envisions a future where informed nurses will advocate 

for their patients, involving both the medical and public health 

communities. 

In fact, she is confident that if a pioneer can be found to 

walk on the moon, another can be found to tackle the challenging 

health issues of MCS on our polluted Earth. 

For more information about the Zorada Hoge Research Fund in 

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, contact Laurel Mallon, Director, U of 

M School of Nursing Foundation, 612.624.2490, or e-mail: 

mallo001@maroon.tc.umn.edu 

(Jane Ellen Nielsen is an R.N. and holds degrees in Communications 

and Human Services Planning & Administration.) 

Fagin Provides Insights 

Claire Fagin, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., consulted 

with faculty and staff during a May 7-8, 2002 

visit, providing insights and recommendations 

for strategically positioning the University of Minnesota 

School of Nursing as a valued University, 

national, and international leader in advancing nursing 

research/scholarship. Fagin is the Director of the 

John A. Hartford Foundation National Program 

“Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity.” 

Leadership Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus of 

the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, she 

was the first woman to serve a term as Interim President 

of any Ivy League University (University of 

Pennsylvania, 1993-4). Fagin has also served on three 

corporate boards, has been in elected and appointed 

positions with many professional organizations, and 

has received numerous honors, including the Distinguished 

Scholar Award presented by the American 

Nurses Association. Author of 11 books and monographs 

and more than 90 articles, she was named a 

“Living Legend” by the American Academy of Nursing 

in 1998. 

Internationally known nursing leader Claire Fagin, third from left, 

spoke with faculty and staff at the School of Nursing, May 7-8, 2002. 

Pictured from left to right are: Kathleen Krichbaum, Ph.D., R.N., 

Hartford/Densford Clinical Scholar; Jean Wyman, Ph.D., R.N., 

F.A.A.N., Hartford grant Program Director; Claire Fagin, Ph.D., R.N., 

F.A.A.N., Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation National 

Program “Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity;” Donna 

Zimmaro Bliss, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor in Long Term Care 

of Elders; Christine Mueller, Ph.D., R.N., Hartford/Densford Clinical 

Scholar; and Diane Holland, M.S., R.N., Hartford Geriatric Nursing 

Predoctoral Scholar. 


Memories, Mentoring, Members> 

Civic Engagement vs. Civic Visibility 

Nursing Alumni Society News 

by Marie Manthey, M.N.A., F.A.A.N., Adjunct Professor, President, Alumni Society 

DANIEL J. KIEFFER 

When nurses are civically engaged, are they also civically invisible? 

I believe so. The problem of nursing’s invisibility in society 

has a major influence on the profession’s impact on civic affairs. 

Behind The Screens, a book written by Joycelyn Lawler, offers the 

best explanation I’ve ever seen about the invisibility of nursing. 

My personal perception is that historically, nursing becomes most 

visible to society in wartime. Thus, wartime recruitment posters 

are valuable representations of periods when nursing was visibly 

respected by society. The Cadet Corps, championed so successfully 

by Katharine .J. Densford, is an exquisite example of a time 

when nursing had great prestige in society. The picture from 1944 

of over 1,000 graduates in Cadet uniforms marching into 

Northrop is stunning and unforgettable. Since becoming President 

of the Alumni Society, I have had an opportunity to speak 

with many nurses who served our country in the wars of the 20th 

century. As with Florence Nightingale before them, their valor 

and strength stands out in sharp contrast to the expectations and 

roles of women in society. 

As a consultant, I have had the opportunity to observe and experience 

the profession of nursing in many foreign countries. The 

invisibility of nursing in society seems to be a common phenomena, 

except in England. There, the nursing profession enjoys good 

standing in society and is honestly portrayed in the media. The 

nursing journal Nursing Times is published bi-weekly and sold on 

newsstands around the country. This journal gives average citizens 

an opportunity to see 

which issues the nursing profession 

is dealing with and how 

they are thinking about them. 

Nurses in England are visible. 

Civic engagement, how 

nursing contributes to society 

as a whole, is subsumed in the 

phenomena of invisibility. In 

my role with the Alumni Society, 

I have had the opportunity 

Marie Manthey 

to learn about some of the research conducted by our faculty. A 

great deal of it relates to problems of modern society and many of 

the findings could have major impact on how certain problems can 

best be approached—if only those findings became part of the public’s 

knowledge base. When I think about the amount of media 

attention given to pharmaceutical research, dietary fashions, and 

medical research, I am struck by the lack of attention our faculty 

and students receive for their research. Nurse scholars and leaders 

are engaged in finding effective ways of dealing with the major 

issues of today. I believe we need to find ways to get this information 

to the public more effectively and become more visible. 

Mark your calendars: The annual Reunion and Spring Celebration 

will be held on April 26, 2003, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. at the McNamara 

Alumni Center. 

The Book Corner 

Ruth Nelson Knollmueller, a 1959 graduate of the School of Nursing (“The 

year K. J. Densford retired and got married,” she notes), has edited two books 

recently, published by Mosby in St. Louis, MO.They are: The Handbook of 

Community and Home Health Nursing.Tools for Assessment, 

Intervention and Education, (Stanhope, M.S. and Knollmueller, Ph.D., R.N., 

editors, 2000. 668 pp. 3rd edition) and Handbook of Public and Community 

Health Nursing Practice. A Health Promotion 

Guide (Stanhope, MS and Knollmueller, 

Ph.D., RN, editors, 2001. 932 pp. 2nd 

edition).The latter was selected by the 

American Journal of Nursing as a 2002 

Book-of-the-Year. 

Knollmueller, a native of west central 

Wisconsin, received her M.S., from the 

University of Minnesota School of Nursing, 

her M.P.H., from the University of Michigan 

School of Public Health in 1968, and her 

Ph.D. from Walden University in 1991. She 

has been a public health nurse and educator 

for 43 years. She is on the editorial board for 

the journal, Public Health Nursing, and 

manuscript reviewer for journals and 

publishers of books. She says she’s “re-potted 

rather than retired,” and lives with her husband, 

Karl, in Hamden, Connecticut, where she 

spends time writing and speaking. Each 

autumn, Knollmueller is a “cyber-professor” for a graduate nursing course in 

Community Assessment for the University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston. 

Twice Dead, by Eleanor Sullivan, Ph.D., R.N., is the first of a series of 

mysteries featuring a nurse sleuth, published by Hilliard & Harris. The 

author is the former associate dean of the 

School of Nursing at the University of 

Minnesota, former dean of the School 

of Nursing at the University of Kansas, 

and past president of Sigma Theta Tau 

International.The story: When Monika 

Everhardt, head nurse of the intensive 

care unit at St.Teresa’s Hospital, learns 

that a young woman who bled to death 

following an abortion was never 

pregnant, she sets out to find out why the 

woman died. As the family threatens to 

sue and the hospital grapples with 

financial problems and anti-abortion 

protesters, a bomb threat becomes 

increasingly real. Fearing for the safety of 

her patients and the reputation of her 

staff, Monika is drawn into a personal 

quest to uncover the truth. Twice Dead is 

available through Amazon.com and Barnes 

& Noble.com, and local bookstores.The 

ISBN numbers are:1-59133-004-1 for the hardcover, $26.95 and 

paperback, ISBN 1-59133-005-X, $14.95. 

24 Network

Two faculty to be inducted into 

American Academy of Nursing 

Ann Williams Garwick and Barbara Leonard will be inducted into the American 

Academy of Nursing November 2, during the Academy1s 2002 Annual Meeting 

and Conference in Naples, Florida. They are two of only three new fellows 

inducted from Minnesota and a total of 73 nationwide. (The other Minnesota 

nominee is Margaret Dexheimer Pharris, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.) Criteria for 

selecting fellowships in the Academy include outstanding contributions to nursing 

over and above those required in one1s position of employment as well as 

evidence of potential to continue contributions to nursing and the Academy. 

Ann Williams Garwick, Ph.D., R.N., L.P., Associate 

Professor, is the director of the Center for Child and 

Health Promotion Research at the School of Nursing. 

She is also adjunct professor in the School of 

Public Health and Department of Family Social Science 

at the University of Minnesota. Garwick 

completed her undergraduate work in nursing at St. 

Olaf College, earning a master1s degree in nursing 

with a minor in psychology at the University of Colorado 

and received her doctorate in Family Social 

Science from the University of Minnesota. Garwick 

completed a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship 

sponsored by the Institute on Disabilities 

Studies and the Center for Children with Chronic 

Ann Williams Garwick Illness and Disability at the University of Minnesota, 

funded by the National Institute of Health. A family 

health-nursing scholar, Garwick’s current research focuses on the impact of 

chronic illness and disability on children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds. 

She won national media awards from the National Council on Family 

Relations for two videos: "Breathing a Word: Indian Stories of Asthma" and 

"Getting to the Heart of It: Bridging Culture and Health Care." She serves as an 

advisory board member for the Minnesota Life College for Students with 

Learning Disabilities in Minneapolis and the Minnesota Asthma Action Coalition 

sponsored by the American Lung Association of Minnesota. She is a 

member of the Honor Society of Sigma Theta Tau International and is chair of 

the Family Health Section of the National Council on Family Relations. 

Barbara Leonard, Ph.D., M.S., R.N., Professor, 

is the director of the Center for Children 

with Special Health Care Needs. She holds a 

professorship of Long-Term Care of Children 

and Youth and is director of Graduate Studies in 

Complementary Therapies and Healing Practices 

as well as division head II for the School of 

Nursing. Leonard serves as adjunct faculty 

member in the School of Public Health at the 

University. Leonard is currently working on two 

research and training grants. She is co-principal 

investigator in a $1.6 million training grant 

(along with Mary Jo Kreitzer, Ph.D.) with the 

Department of Health and Human Services Public 

Health Service. Leonard is four years into a 

five-year grant on Nursing Education: Children 

Barbara Leonard 

with Special Health Needs, which is being funded by the Office of Special Education 

and Rehabilitative Services at the Minnesota Department of Education. 

Widely published in peer reviewed articles, Leonard has also written chapters in 

several books. She received the Recognition of Excellence from the Academic 

Health Center in 2001, and the Public Health Achievement Award from the 

Minnesota Public Health Association and the Excellence in Leadership/Administration 

Annual Nursing Award from the Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau 

International Honor Society of Nursing, both in 1999. 

Breaking News 

SoN Team 

Race for the Cure 2002 

Two faculty are pictured representing a team of 60 

runners, walkers and supporters from the School of 

Nursing in the May 12th, Mother's Day 2002 Race for 

the Cure. At left, holding the sign is Bonnie Bata 

Jones, in front of her is Kären Alaniz, both Education 

Specialists. Alaniz and Chris Mueller, Associate 

Professor, served as co-captains for the SoN group. 

The Future of the U 

Depends on YoU 

Your voice, united with others, can make a 

powerful impact on higher education policy. 

With a state election around the corner, now is 

the time to join the chorus of voices that are 

impressing on legislators, and legislative and 

gubernatorial candidates, the key role that the 

University has in advancing the state’s economy, 

shaping tomorrow’s leaders, and engaging in 

ground-breaking research. 

You don’t have to be a political expert to participate. 

Follow these five easy steps to help 

ensure that, through adequate funding, the state 

fully supports the University’s mission of 

achieving excellence as a world-class institution: 

1. Communicate with your local legislators and 

legislative candidates. Share your unique U 

of M experiences, and tell them about the 

great things that are happening at the U. 

2. Volunteer your time or money to support a 

candidate1s campaign. Do this by distributing 

campaign materials, going door-to-door, 

mailing letters or making phone calls for the 

candidates you support. 

3. Once you’ve done #1 and/or #2, tell the candidate 

that you expect them to support the U. 

4. Join the Legislative Network by calling the 

Alumni Association at 1.800.UM.ALUMNS. 

5. Vote on November 5th! 


Breaking News . 

Congratulations to the School of Nursing 

Class of 2002 

The following is a 

list of the Class of 

2002 graduates with 

a Bachelor of 

Science Degree 

from the School of 

Nursing: 

Kristen Aaltonen 

Christine Aikin 

Melinda Anton 

Rebecca Asuma 

Bryan Austin 

Jackie Bargman 

Grace Barthel 

Megan Bautch 

Andrea Berning 

Carol Biscardi 

Jennifer Bjork 

Sarah Book 

La Tesha Brown 

Carrie Chicos 

Allison Crandall 

Stephanie Cress 

Becky De Luca 

Jill Dean 

Twila Dekanich 

Katie Dinndorf 

Kristi Dummer 

Michelle Dunne 

Caragh Dwyer 

Caroline Eberley 

Kelly Erdman 

Gina Fitzer 

Treff Friedman 

Meghan Gaspar 

Beth Gibowski 

Eric Griffith 

Christina Herrmann 

Katherine Hieb 

Kimberly Holicky 

Joslin Huepenbecker 

Victoria Ivchenko 

Darbin Jefferies 

Sarah Jilek 

Carlye Johnson 

Kumaree Johnson 

Deanna Keeler 

Laura Kennen 

Michelle Kohner 

Kara Kopp 

Kerri Kroll 

Beth Lange 

Amy Langenfeld 

Louisa Lorimer 

Jennifer Lu 

Kristi Lundberg 

Julie Mager 

Melinda Marra 

Jacqueline Matuska 

Autumn McHenry 

Hilary Meyer 

Tracy Meyers 

Alison Mickelson 

Paula Miller 

Mara Mueller 

Lisa Niskanen 

Michelle Olson 

Heidi Quant 

Leianne Reich 

Rebecca Renner 

Kimberly Richens 

Shay Rogers 

Tiffany Rose 

Katherine Ross 

Meredith Rubocki 

Anna Rutherford 

Jody Sarkinen 

Gia-Hue Schendel 

Kori Schoppenhorst 

Sara Schroepfer 

Karen Schueller 

Martha Serbus 

Kari Serie 

Katherine Stodola 

Lara Thomas 

Anna Uremovich 

Michael Vad 

Jennie Vakoc 

Jennifer Vickers 

Christine Volp 

Dynese Weah-Holder 

Cheri Webb 

Michelle Wermager 

Gina Westberg 

Jennifer Yench 



2001-2002 graduates 

with a Master’s 

Degree from the 

School of Nursing: 

Greta Abruzzese 

Lori Acker 

Annie Bailey 

Christa Beach 

Kristi Bentler 

Mary Beshara 

Jennifer Boyle 

Cheryl Burkel 

Laura Burkland 

Steven Busch 

Marsha Cobbs 

Delsey Colby 

Mary De Villers 

Nancy Drange 

Carol Droegemueller 

Deanna Finifrock 

Sandra Fonkert 

Christine Foss 

Jason Fratzke 

Demenia Gbarbea 

Mary Goering 

Anna Gryczman 

Laurie Heil 

Geraldine Herriges 

Virginia Hetzer 

Deborah Jefferson 

Jeffrey Johannsen 

Jill Johansen 

Robin Johnson 

Darlene Julkowski 

Stephanie Kimmes 

Laurie King 

Barbara Lever 

Gina Liverseed 

Amy Magedanz 

Susan Mans 

Krystal McKay 

Karen McMenimen 

Kerstin McSteen 

Naheed Meghani 

Vicki Metelak 

Jacquelyn Meyer 

Angela Moscho 

Cindy Motl 

Michelle Murphy 

John Nelson 

Cathryn Olson 

Colleen Olson 

Shiho Ozeki 

Ann Page 

Carol Peitzman 

Rita Peters 

Nilofer Prasla 

Mary Regan 

Shamsah 

Rehmatullah 

Elizabeth Rogers 

Nicole Rozek 

Nasrin Sanei 

Michele Schermann 

Elisa Schmitz 

Sophia Shroff 

Kathrine Simon 

Amy Smith 

Jenifer Smith 

Jennifer Smith 

Kelli Smith 

Agatha Smolecki 

Sheela Solomon 

Jill Stewart 

Diane Strandlund 

Craig Strom 

Diane Thorson 

Dorothy Van Buskirk 

Marilou Vendiola 

Gail Waagen 

Linda Warnest 

Karen Welnel 

Roxanne Wilson 

Doris Yates 

John Zweber 



2001-2002 graduates 

with a Ph.D. 

from the 

School of Nursing. 

Barbara Matthees 

Sonja Meiers 

Paulette Zachman 


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