Alumni Reunions

2007
June 8-10

The College of Nursing welcomed back the classes of 1954, 1957, 1962 and 1967 with a full schedule of activities for the weekend. Friday started out with a tour of the Nursing Building, followed by lunch at the college, and a tour of the Nursing Clinical Education Center at The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Guests were impressed by the advancements in clinical training, and reminisced about the different methods used in their day.

Saturday morning began with a breakfast at the College, where Interim Dean Craft-Rosenberg gave a state of the college address, and Woodrow Morris "knighted" a new Friend of Nursing, Congressman Dave Loebsack (see Awards page of the website for more on the Friend of Nursing and other Alumni Awards).

The college's events were wrapped up Saturday evening with the annual Alumni Awards Banquet at the 2nd Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. Classes were gathered to have their photographs taken before dinner.

Following dinner, the college presented the Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to Terry Wicks (BSN'81) for his commitment to students and to professional service. Dr. Joanne Herman (MSN'75) received the Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement for her commitment to theory, clinical reasoning and nursing scholarship. Karen Martin was also present to accept the Distinguished Achievement for which she was named last year, but was unable to accept due to travel out of the country.