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10 18 13 32 FEATURES It Takes a State 10 Educating the School’s students is a statewide effort. Funding a Cure 13 Biomedical research that matters to patients is a sound investment at the SMHS. Cultivating Rural <strong>Medicine</strong> 18 The School’s programs nurture rural health care professionals. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES ROBERT O. KELLEY, President, University of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> JOSHUA WYNNE, Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean, School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences EDITOR WRITERS CONTRIBUTORS GRAPHIC DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY COVER ART ON THE COVER WEBMASTER Denis MacLeod Emily Aasand, Denis MacLeod, Dave Miedema, Kristine Morin, Juan Pedraza, Jessica Sobolik Kristen Peterson Laura Cory, John Lee, Victoria Swift Jackie Lorentz, Wanda Weber Jackie Lorentz Julie Boyer, Stephanie Foughty, MD, Roger Schauer, MD, Greg Greek, MD www.ndmedicine.org Eric Walter NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE (ISSN 0888-1456; USPS 077-680) is published four times a year (March, June, September, December) by the University of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences, Room 1106, 501 N. Columbia Road Stop 9037, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037. Periodical postage paid at Grand Forks, ND. Printed at Forum Communications, Fargo, ND. All articles published in NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE, excluding photographs and copy concerning patients, can be reproduced without prior permission from the editor. Want more NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Look for this symbol, and check out our WEB EXCLUSIVES site: www.ndmedicine.org Sisters of St. Joseph School of Nursing Holds Class Reunions 32 Before the SMHS, there was the SSJSN. DEPARTMENTS Dean’s Letter 4 News Briefs 6 Guest Author - Raymond Goldsteen, DrPH 22 Student Profile - Peter Knopick and Amanda Schenk 24 Alumni Profile - Honoring Buck Zahradka 26 Alumni Notes 28 Student Profile - Jason Askvig and Kate Behm 30 In Memoriam 34 36 Philanthropy 37 Parting Shots 38 POSTMASTER: Send address corrections to: ND <strong>Medicine</strong> Address Correction UND School of <strong>Medicine</strong> and Health Sciences Office of Alumni and Community Relations, Attn: Kristen Peterson 501 <strong>North</strong> Columbia Rd. Stop 9037, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037 e-mail: kristen.peterson@med.und.edu phone: 701-777-4305 NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE is available online at www.ndmedicine.org NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2012 3