2009 – 2010 FPB Alumni AssociAtion BoArd ExEcutivE oFFicErs Matthew Schnupp, BSN ’07 President Susan Farkas Gerard, BSN ’76 President-Elect Ann Jenkins Farmer, MSN ’81, BSN ’63 Secretary Ronald Lee Hickman, Jr., PhD ’08, MSN ’06 Treasurer Winifred J. Walter, MSN ’72 Past-President BoArd oF dirEctors Term Ends June 2010 Kathleen M. Chohaney, MSN ’00 Mary Lind Crowe, MSN ’83 Barbara A. Flowerman, BSN ’63 Kristen Guadalupe, PhD ’07 Betty Lou Mantzell, BSN ’69 Anne Marie McKee, MSN ’99 Sally Shipley, BSN ’75 Scott R. Ziehm, ND ’87 Term Ends June 2011 Mary Quinn Griffin, PhD ’01, MSN ’93 Karen Wainwright Hogan, ND ’83 Heather Schober, BSN ’96 Cheryl Lee Strother, MSN ’95 Scott R. Ziehm, ND ’87 Term Ends June 2012 Julia Rose Judge, BSN ’09 Ernestine Jenkins Patterson, MSN ’03, BSN ’98 Robert P. Savinell, BSN ’02 Brandon N. Respress, Cert ’09, BSN ’00 Fellow Friends & Fellow Alumni, 2 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Frances</strong> <strong>Payne</strong> <strong>Bolton</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nursing Case Western Reserve University I am so happy to greet you at the start <strong>of</strong> this 2009-2010 academic year. I think it’s hard to believe that only one year ago, our financial future as a nation was on the brink <strong>of</strong> the greatest recession in most <strong>of</strong> our remembered history. That reality being ever present today — the effects <strong>of</strong> unclear communication, unsafe lending practices, and risky ventures — I write to you with one simple message: I am so very proud <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Frances</strong> <strong>Payne</strong> <strong>Bolton</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nursing, its faculty and staff, its students, and most <strong>of</strong> all, its alumni. It is because <strong>of</strong> you that we not only met, but surpassed our fundraising goals and have therefore ensured that the education our current and future nursing leaders receive is as strong as ever. Because <strong>of</strong> your support <strong>of</strong> both the more recent $1,000 “BSN Stimulus Package” to each freshman, and the ongoing gift <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bolton</strong> scholarships to all students, they have been able to pursue their goals <strong>of</strong> a nursing education at one <strong>of</strong> the finest universities in the country. If only you all could have seen how awestruck and thankful they were at your willingness to invest in them! That continued investment in our future is my ongoing request to you. I ask for the investment <strong>of</strong> your time as a mentor, where your knowledge and ability to listen to a student encourages the flame <strong>of</strong> passion, compassion, and the desire to lead others to better health outcomes. I ask for the investment <strong>of</strong> your ideas for how we can better work with you to engage our communities and advocate for those in our charge. I ask for the financial investment from you, like the investment we saw at this past Alumni Celebration 2009, and the example above that spurs on the dreams <strong>of</strong> our students and forms the basis for sound research and nursing practice. It is my commitment to you, as this year’s FPB Alumni Association Board President, to invest myself equally as much as the generosity you have given to me and others in FPB’s bright history. And while I cannot predict the direction our country will take or what the future <strong>of</strong> our economy will be, I can be certain <strong>of</strong> one thing: I am honored to stand alongside you as FPB nurses and pr<strong>of</strong>essionals dedicated to improving quality <strong>of</strong> life, access to care, and healthy choices. As this year has already demonstrated, my pride in what we stand for only has reason to grow. Best wishes from your Alumni Association Board, Matthew Schnupp, BSN ’07, RN 2009-2010 Alumni Association Board President
<strong>The</strong>re was much to celebrate during FPB’s Alumni Celebration 2009 as over 250 attendees joined Dean May Wykle for various exciting events conducted in honor <strong>of</strong> alumni. <strong>The</strong> Alumni Day Luncheon (pictured above) is the most popular Nursing Alumni Celebration event, which includes attendance by alumni, new graduates, guests, faculty, and staff <strong>of</strong> FPB. A Shinning Weekend: Celebration Graduation & alumni two thousand y nine
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