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Using a technique practiced by her mother as a student nurse, Susan Laws learns to give intramuscular and subcutaneous injections to an uncomplaining orange.

Beth-El's curriculum had its own soul and identity, evolving as surely as any student on his person-al odyssey.

Some critical factors were unchanging. Those vertical and horizontal curriculum threads, first introduced in Health Communication, carried students to graduation with unwavering emphasis on human caring and holistic client treatment. The curriculum, and therefore the faculty, developed a -'new flexibility in handling the growing student

body.

-Labs and clinicals offered in one section to accomnfodate the Class of 1990 had to be increased to four sections in handling the Class of 1991; that trend seemed likely to continue with future classes approach-ing their clinical experience.

A new component of the student body had to receive special consider-ation, too; many registered nurses enrolled in the baccalaureate program needed lab situations that would take into account their years of experience.

Added to this were the constant and normal growth spurts related to new developments in the profession. Courses such as "Death and Dying," an elective offered in the summer, met students' professional and personal needs in a very specific way. "Legal and Ethical Issues," a fall elective, offered introspection and values clarification to future professionals.

Through student participation on the Curriculum Committee, Beth-El's academic regimen remained both pragmatic and responsive.

at the YMCA ; tells it all: outdistance other in a typical day on the A sign

nurses professionals job.

In Nursing Care of Adults lab, Debbie Calkins experiences one treatment used for patients with total hip replacement. Her nurses. are ~im Card and Billie Walther, with Lisa Larson enjoying the effort.

Sharon Burt and Lorrie Oliver check patient charts in a Nursing Care of Adults rotation.

4, Academics/ Student Life

With "just a spoonful of sugar," Nina Wright encourages a pediatric client to take his medicine while instructor Camille Durham observes.

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Honored by their peers with a special recognition, a group of Beth-El students and faculty gather at the annual Fun Run to celebrate National Nurses Day.

Yearbook staffers Laureen Wark, Violet Renfro, Scott Collier and Dottie Roberts make photo selections.

Yearbook staff members gave a

new look to the 1990 edition of "The Beth-El Chart." Several planning sessions early in the school year generated ideas for increasing income

and coverage in the book.

- - Enlarged from 28 to 44 pages, the book included a class section that featured stuclents' unique

community involvement and

employ-ment. Staff also ·0 increased the number of pages devoted to acade-mics and student life, hoping to better reflect the variety of the clinical experience.

A larger staff, including a number of underclassmen, even allowed for planning of future editions with an eye to using special effects, and color to continually improve the yearbook. A close working relationship with Rob Albers of Jostens Publishing helped the staff stay on track in setting goals and meeting deadlines

"The Beth-El Chart" 1990 Dottie Roberts, Editor, Cover Design Frances Slezak, Senior Class

Scott Collier, Sophomore Class Violet Renfro, Sophomore Class Laureen Wark, Freshman Class Jo Ruth, Advisor

Marilyn Atwood, Proofer Bonnie Gish, Typist Pictures also provided by

Beth Hamstra, Terry Anderson Nancy Steele and Jan Lukasiewicz Student protraits were done by Whit's Studio.

Rosie LeBlanc 11nd Michelle Kritzberg check through the contents of a public health nursing bag before their rotation.

Forgetting her "injuries" for a moment, Sonja Kindall enjoys puppy love from Jan Lukasiewicz and friend at the Fundamentals of Nursing practicum.

Barb Kohlhase, costumed for Halloween visibility, instructs pre-schoolers at Meadows Park Community Center in picking safe treats.

Lisa Larson speaks with a local news reporter about the recent nursing shortage.

Tami Golden enjoys the attention of daughter Sonya during visiting hours at the Fundamentals of Nurs-ing practicum. ·

More than just another club at Beth-El, the Colorado Student Nurs-es Association (CSNA) ·served as professional role models for the entire student body through service and involvement. Continuing recruit-ment efforts included hosting a .chill lunch, publishing a membership benefits list, and serving as a Big Brother/Big Sister resource to underclassmen.

Members also interacted with student nurses from across the nation at the annual convention and the mid-year conference. Fund raising efforts initially centered on helping students defray the costs of conference attendance·.

Beth- El became increasingly prominent in Colorado, too, as the state association _president was elected from its student body. Jan Lukasiewicz became a forward-think-ing, tireless force in expanding the state association and in increasing Beth-El's visibility in Colorado. Her special efforts included a benevo-lence drive to help student nurses hit by Hurricane Hugo in Charles-ton, SC.

The local chapter also received invaluable support from the District 3 members of the Colorado Nurses Association. These R. N. s partici-pated actively in fund-raising efforts, generating additional enthusiasm in their future colleagues.

CSNA Officers Steve DeNiro, President

Frances Slezak, Vice President Stephanie Flitcraft, Secretary/

Treasurer

Ruth Edgerton, Advisor

At NSNA mid-year conference in New Orleans, Jan Lukasiewicz gets in the Mardi Gras spirit.

In a unique volunteer experience, Dottie Roberts places a nasogastric tube in her "patient" Deanna Gunnison.

Although committees often change from year to year, the Process and Communication Council (PACC) gained new stability this year with a number of retul'ning representatives.

With Jan Lukasiewicz and Dottie Roberts re-elected as chairman · and secretary /treasurer respectively, PACC also sought new visibility among students by sponsoring addi-tional social events each semester. The Christmas party and gift ex-change returned as an annual favor-ite. During the spring semester, PACC planned a complementary event for the annual banquet.

Thanks to successful sales of Gold C coupon book~, the Council was also able to help the Colorado Student Nurses Association (CSNA) to send members to mid-year and annual conventions.

Vocal representatives did a good job of keeping classmates informed of activities and opportuni-ties, allowing PACC to remain an important instrument of student involvement on campus.

Kelli Curtis leads a health promotion class for pre-schoolers at Meadows Park Community Center.

Sponsored by Elim Fellowship Missions Board, Terry Anderson (center near doorway) has made three trips to Africa. Here she gathers with church members on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, after completing an AIDS teaching.

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PACC 1989-90

Jan Lukasiewicz, Chairman, Senior Class Representative

Dottie Roberts, Secretary/ Treasurer Junior Class Representative, Yearbook Editor

Liz Adams, Senior Class President Susan Laws, Junior Class President Pat Alexander, Level I President Scott Collier, Level I Representative Marilyn Atwood, Advisor

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Rounding a bend on a stretch of the Beth-El Fun Run, Betty Hopping goes on to finish first in her age division.

Beth-El became a favorite topic for local journalists who followed the process of National League for Nursing (NLN) accreditation.

Last fall's team of NLN visitors was welcomed by then Associate Dean Betty Hopping. Betty had been a moving force through much of the faculty's self-study and curriculum refinement in preparation for the team's visit. She maintained close contact with students as the NLN's decision for "deferment" reached Beth-El, and she also spearheaded efforts at appeal. Though no one person deserves credit for Beth-El's emergence as a major nursing college in the Rocky Mountain area, Betty began her tenure as Dean on a most positive note when NLN reviewers granted full accreditation to the Beth-El baccalaureate program.

For Marilyn Atwood, Director of

Betty Hopping, R.N.·, Ed.D. Dean, Chief Executive Officer Marilyn Atwood, M.A.

Director, Student Affairs Beverly Watson-Goodwin Administrative Assistant Not Pictured:

Lois Phillips, Business Manager

Betty Hopping talks with recruiters from the Naval Reserve before they meet with students.

Student Affairs, the NLN accredita-tion meant a new increase in student applications for admission. She could then proudly tell prospective students that Beth-El graduates could literally go anywhere and do anything professionally. She also had expanding financial aid oppor-tunities to offer students; grant and scholarship information came from across the nation, and armed forces recruiters were frequent visitors at the college.

Seeing the college through the accreditation process, Jean Johns decided to retire after serving more than 20 years as nursing faculty, school director, and first Beth-El Dean. Her retirement reception in August was both a sad and

magnifi-cent event, with Beth-El alumni and colleagues coming to honor this

Also advisor to the Class of 1991, Marilyn Atwood talks with juniors preparing for the New Beginnings ceremony.

"Gone Fishing!" Jean Johns enjoys paraphernalia of the sport, presented to her at the spring banquet to prepare for her upcoming retirement.

Preparing for , the NLN Beverly Watson-Goodwin

posters about

accomplishments.

College Board of Trustees John Armstrong, Jr. , Chair Nancy Andersen, Vice-Chair Ron Hathaway, Secretary Kenneth I. Curtis Dexter Peak Mary Vieth Marjorie Westbay Merrill Lesley visitors, hangs Beth-El Congratulations to Goodwin! Daughter was born December weighed 8 pounds measured 21 inches.

Bev and Jim Lindsey Kristen

6 at 4:00 a.m., 4 ounces and

10, Administration

Pikes Peak Nephrology

Associates.PC

Camille Durham verifies calculations as Liz Adams prepares an intravenous drip for her pediatric client.

Tricia Lind (right) welcomes guests at the Beth-El celebration in October. Professors

Pat Budd,

Director, Continuing Education Tricia Lind, R. N •, M. S.

Marcia London, N.N.P.

R.N.C,, M.S.N., Director, Neonatal Practitioner Program Sally Olds, R.N.C., M.S. Kit Pedersen, R.N., M,S.N. Linda Pfeffer, R.N., M.N. Jo Ruth, R.N.C., M.S. Staff "SaIIy Bender

12, Faculty

Beth Hamstra, assisted by a student interpreter, works triage with a family of five in Manto, Honduras.

Ruth Edgerton proudly displays the "Tom" she won in the CSNA drawing before Thanksgiving.

Linda Pfeffer and Mrs. demonstrate nasogastric placement for students in Care of Adults. "

Chase tube Nursing

Ready to share some holiday chee'r, Len Hauck serves as Santa for the faculty Christmas party.

Bonnie Gish Nora Ward Lee Foushee, Auxiliary Not Pictured: Memorial Ellen Biebesheimer, R. N. , M. S. N. Zoe Conkel, R.N., M.Ed.

Camille Durham, R.N., M.S.N. Mary Fisher, R. N. , M. S. N. Hope Mena, R.N., M.S.N.

Diversity continued to be a

hallmark of the faculty's personal and professional expressions.

Typical of the professional contributions included a health education coloring boQk created by

Jo Ruth for children in city

shel-ters. She subtitled her effort "an activity book for children and the people who love them", and worked with daughter Alisa as illustrator.

Local publication and use was her first goal.

Pat Budd represented the faculty members who pursued ad-vanced degrees. Pat's doctoral work continued at the University of

Colorado Health Sciences Center in

Denver with recent courses in. ad-vanced research and theory, .'; and

development.' Next summer·. she

expects to be back at the book5> with an integration seminar. · ·

Part of Beth Hamstra's personal

odyssey was her annual trip with

Sally Bender and Nora Ward show their affection for orre of Beth-El's oldest residents.

Saxon Ingino is checked into Fundamentals of Nursing practicum

by Sally Olds.

Holders of honorary credentials from

Beth-El gather at the 1989 graduation: Jo Ruth (graduate diploma, School of Nursing, 1984), JoAnn E. Glittenberg (baccalaureate degree, College of Nursing, 1989), Annie Frances Temple (baccal.aureate

degree, 1988.) ·

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Faculty

Christian Medical Society to Honduras. Promising only primitive conditions and the fulfillment of total patient care, Beth took senior stu -dents Karen Frantz and Mary

Oltmann on her junket in January.

Visible in other ways, Ruth

Edgerton remained active in handbell

choir at her home church Faith

Presbyterian. Besides Christmas

performances for church members,

Ruth joined the choir at Pikes Peak

Towers and Cheyenne Mountain

School. She also performed at the

Southern Colorado Handbell Festival

at the City Auditorium and planned

to be part of a summer festival in

Casper, WY. Melodrama was another

favorite through her involvement with the church drummer group.

An exciting event for both

faculty and students was the birth

of a son to Kathy and Peter Eliason.

Thomas Justin arrived November 19,

1989, weighing 8 pounds and 15 ounces and measuring 20! inches.

Not pictured: Larry Jewell, RN Rosemarie LeBlanc, RN Sharann Mills, RN Carolyn Patrick, RN Dawn Reynolds, RN Janet Wallis, RN Lois Wenger, RN Liz Adams Pam Beaudine, ,R.N. Melinda Bogan Marie Boyer

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Phillip W Ballard.MD

16, Graduates

Victoria Gigliotti Susan Hatton, RN Cynthia Jolly, R. N. Michelle Kritzberg Jan Lukasiewicz Ami Metts

Senior Class Officers ; Liz Adams, President

Steve DeNiro, Vice President

Frances Slezak, Secretary/ Treasurer Jan Lukasiewicz, PACC

Representative Mary Oltmann, Faculty

Rep re sen ta ti ve

Nina Wright, Curriculum Representative

April Robinson, Standards of Conduct

Melinda Bogan, Professional Standards

Stephanie Flitcraft, Student Policies Michelle Kritz berg,

Academic Advisory Ami Metts, College Board Sally Olds, Advisor

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Graduates

With her patient under a heat lamp, Karen Frantz performs oral suctioning.

Karen Frantz rewraps dressings on a burn patient.

Karen Frantz, 27, Senior

For some students, graduation from nursing school is an end in itself; for Karen Frantz, it is part of a personal evolution and a step toward other goals.

Karen, who holds an Associates Degree in microbiology with a minor in music, has 'worked in various capacities in health and science. She has been involved in bone growth hormone research and genetic cloning at the University of Colorado, where she has also held a position as a· microbiology laboratory instructor. _ Karen has been an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) ambulance volunteer for Teller County and; through the EMT pro-gram, an adult volunteer in the Penrose Burn Unit. Two years ago she became employed there as a burn technician, involved in general patient care with an emphasis on wound debridement and assistance in surgery and special procedures.

Karen credits the nurses in the Burn Unit for encouraging her to seek a degree at Beth-El, and she says there's a "strong possibility" she may work in the Unit after graduation in May. Of course she's also interested in renal and diabetic client care, as well as intensive care; she admits she thrives on the stress of working with critical patients in trauma situations. Karen has spoken with recruiters about commissioning in the Air Force Reserves and looks to advanced degrees in the future. Programs of interest include Critical Care as well as Nursing and Business Administra-tion.

Other interests for this busy student include sewing, and painting porcelain dolls.

Pulmonary Associates

20, Graduates

The Class of 1940 welcomed a new decade just as Beth-El's Class of 1990 does. The world was an

uncertain place for both; "wars and

rumors of wars" filled the news. Yet for both there was also one certainty: the ne.ed for nurses with compassion and ,. dedication was ever

increasing.

While the world waited, Beth-El students received instruction in anatomy, bacteriology,· chemistry, medical and surgical nursing, "and much more," according to Anna Louise Huston Coe. She remembered, "All classes were held in excess of our eight-hour duty time. . . we literally 'ran' the hospital." Venice Mathias Schafer also recalled "a class in Swedish massage that was especially useful. Even if it was a two week class, I've not forgotten .. "

Graduates of 1940 also still remember the buildings where they spent so much time. Anna Louise Coe remembered the sanitorium, called the "San," which "could be approched by an underground tunnel

Beth-El's Class of 1990 salutes the graduates of the class of 1940, who continue to share the odyssey that is nursing.

Freda S. Allman Johnson Delores Chapman Grant Geraldine Childs Tanck Dorothy Collins Rotz Pearl Culp VandeVenter Irene Faus

Blance Gregg Schurr Betty Lou Griffiths McCully

Leanore Howlett Nation Anna Louise Huston Coe Marjorie Lewis Betz

Margaret Ann Lewis Adams Marian Luckey Whipple Edith Martin Manning Venice Mathias Schaefer Florence Mullnix Sample Virginia Prather Tyler Mildred Shelhamer Keethler Ivol Ward Putnam

Margaret Williams French Charity Wolf Clements Thelma Wright Guy

from the main hospital, very scary. I took care of my only case of pellegra there." The building called

Contagion housed patients with

scarlet fever, measles, and polio. She wrote, "We ate and slept and

were virtually incarcerated in the building during our six week tour of duty."

Mrs. Coe also reported visiting the laundry once a week to pick up her clean "(very starched)" uniforms, and lived with other seniors in the dormitorv known as Idlewold.

Among the professionals who most influenced class members was Mary K. Smith, Director of the School of Nursing. Dorothy Collins .Rotz wrote

of Miss Smith, "She had' our best interest in mind with her . discipline and was sympathetic with each individual." Anna Louise Coe also

remembered Mrs. Georgia Shanstrom,

who "taught many classes. She was

a motherly type, but could lay it on the line when necessary. She held everything together." These and other women saw that the Beth-El Class of 1940 was well-prepared for the challenges ahead.

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Class Banner

Golden border, backdrop

Navy field, lettering

Pat Alexander Terry Anderson Elsa Aragon , RN Vicky Arnold Heidi Baker Julie Baughman Brandi Belding Karen Bi~ler

Billie Walther, 33, Junior

"Nursing is definitely the right

place for me," affirms Billie Walther

as she relates the story of her evolution to student nurse. It was

in high school that Billie decided she

wanted to be a nurse. She applied

and was accepted by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Then her

mother, trained as a nurse herself,

persuaded Billie to consider another

career.

Billie received a Bachelors

Degree in biology from San Francisco

State University in 1978 but decided

against medical school. After a

year's temporary work experiences

and some attractive job offers, Billie

chose the Air Force and received her

commission through the Officers

Training School. As a Captain six

years later, she separated from the active force and became a supply

officer in the Reserves. At the

same time she worked for Abbott

Laboratories and transferred to

southern Colorado to sell medical diagnostic equipment to hospitals.

Billie thought this would get

her close enough to medicine to satisfy those long-held interests

-until her eye was drawn to a Beth-El

bulletin board at Memorial Hospital.

She entered the College in 1988 as a

sophomore.

As Captain Walther, she

contin-ues her Reserve commitment at

Peterson Air Force Base with the 302

Combat Support Squadron but hopes to make the change to nurses corps when she graduates from Beth-El. Not intending to steal the recruiters' thunder, Billie nevertheless notes,

"The Reserves definitely need

nurses." She seems to have enjoyed her association with the Air Force

Reserves and considers military

service an exciting adjunct to per-sonal practice.

As for her nursing interests, Billie notes her excitement "varies

week by week." She finds the

operating room and intensive care both "fascinating" but realizes there

are other areas to experience. She

looks to graduate school as important for advancement in both the military

-and private sectors.

Currently, Billie also works for Excell, Inc., as a marketing

assis-tant responsible for billing the

company's newsletter. She enjoys reading and "crafts of all kinds."

Billie has been an avid downhill

skier since the age of six, and still loves riding after owning two horses

Mana Bishop Willard Bishop Melissa Black Michelle Braun ' Lisa Brizal ..Peggy Brown 'L\licia Bruno

Mary Ruth Burkett

Billie Walther checks supplies in a Reserves hanger at Peterson Air Force Base.

Sharon Burt Nicole Caldwell Debbie Calkins Margaret c'andage Monique Candies Jim Card Russell Carter Tina Clearwater Stephanie Cleveland Cheri Coleman Scott Collier Marla Cowell Eileen Cram, RN Carol Dare Tamara Davis Jan DeBruin, RN

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Students

Eye Associates

of Colorado 0prings.PC

Marcy Divel Mariclare Doolittle Judy Durr Janet Emerick Catherine Ferguson Bill Fitch ~arbara Forbes Robyn Forbes James Fredrickson Monique Gagne

While bake sales were fine -easily organized and moderately successful - juniors sought new ways to raise money for their class treasury. As the largest basic group to enter Beth-El to date, the Class of '91 established specific aims for itself financially. These included helping each student with the pur-chase of a class pin and with even-tual costs of graduation; long-term goals even involved a scholarship fund for class members.

Many Mondays the fund~raising crew, chaired by Marla Cowell, planned lunches for students and faculty. They became experts in obtaining food donations from local merchants such as Pace and Wal-Mart, and tempted the lunch crowd with everything from hot dogs to tacos. Even without donated products, each event turned a profit and t,he Class of '91 moved steadily toward its goals.

Junior Class Officers Susan Laws, President Tami Golden, Vice President

Wanda Jeavons, Secretary/Treasurer Dottie Roberts, PACC Representative Nancy Steele, Faculty Representative Joanne Hindle, Curriculum

Representative

Rosa McKnight, Professional Standards

Terry Anderson, Standards of Conduct

Donna Williamson, Student Policies Jim Card, Recruitment

Marilyn Atwood, Advisor

Inja Garrett RN Tami Golden' . Camille Goodnight, RN Gillian Graven George Grover Janet. Gruetzmacher Deanna Gunnison

With Ingrid Capin at Palmer High School, Alicia Bruno works on setting and serving techniques. Alicia Bruno and resident Melvin Johnson share a chuckle at Springs Village Care Center.

Alicia Bruno, 21, Sophomore

Like many nursing students,

Alicia Bruno works in an allied

medical profession while attending

college; she is a nurse's aide at

Springs Village Care Center. But

similarity may end there because

Alicia is also sophomore volleyball coach for the girls' team at Palmer High School.

She became interested in volley-ball through her mother, Carmen,

who is head coach at Palmer. Alicia

played on the state championship

team during her junior year in high school and after graduation became certified by the State of Colorado as

an expert/coach. The 1989 team was

the sixth team in Alicia's association that has participated in state finals. Volleyball is indeed a family enter-prise for the Brunos; Alicia notes that she has played the game with sister, Joanna, and coached sister,

Nicole Hathaway Cynthia Heinicke : Debor~h Helgeson Judy Halley, RN Jerri Hance Patricia Hardas Diane Harder

Tonya, in her years at Palmer High. Alicia also enjoys reading, art, and dancing.

In discussing her interest in nursing, Alicia says, "I can go to a hospital and I feel like I'm supposed

to be there." She began in the

ninth grade as a Teen Volunteer at

Penrose Hospital after several

changes in career choice - "from

math teacher to botanist" - and has been devoted to nursing ever since.

In her first three months as a

volunteer she logged over 250 hours and notes she even spent 12 hours at the hospital on her birthday.

Alicia expects to practice nurs-ing in the greater San Francisco area after graduation, hoping for the neonatal intensive care experience that will serve as a springboard to

the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Program.

Development 0ervices

of Colorado

Heather Hellickson Rosita Helseth Luann Hermann, RN John Himberger Joanne Hindle Stacey Hudson Saxon Ingino Sharon Istvan, RN Victoria Jack, RN Trevor Jacob Trudy Jacobs Wanda Jeavons Lori Jennen Gayla Jensen, RN Pamela Kelly, RN Tereze Kierstead

Alexis Majors Carol Mangold Carol Martinez Sonja· Kindall Pat Kochaniec Barb Kohlhase, RN Sally Kolling ,DeeAnn Kraft · Lisa Larson _ Susan Laws · Carla Lee Marilyn Lehman Yvette Levingston Sally Lowe Debbie Mabon

Colorado 8prin8s

Orthopaedic Association

Students, 29

Claudia Martinez Miles McDonald Wanda McGill Cheryl McGuire Rosa McKnight Kathleen M~ll, RN Christine Mon.dragon

John Morgan Nancy Morrison Kathleen Mowen

Laureen Wark, 41, Freshman

Laureen Wark is realizing a dream·. deferred. Years of moving through husband Bill's Army career made it difficult· to make much pro-gress in college. Now the family is settled in Woodland Park, Bill is retired from his military service,· and their three children are growing in independence. Laureen, who re-mains a very family-oriented person, is nevertheless excited about the chance for personal development through nursing education.

Her long-term plans in the profession include becoming a nurse practitioner, perhaps in pediatrics; as a freshman interested in experiencing all of nursing's possibilities, Laureen note"', "I

don't have any field targeted yet!" Working with daughter Renate, Laureen began 10 years ago to raise Holland Lop rabbits for show with the American Rabbit Breeders Asso-ciation. Three years ago she became Rabbit Project Leader for Woodland Park 4-H, working with 10 or more youngsters who raise these pedi-greed rabbits for competition. -Laureen is also in her fifth year as

receptionist for the Colorado Springs Symphony.

Laureen's family and faith are , most important in her life. She

attends Agape Fellowship in Green

Mountain Falls and treasures time with her family when responsibilities of work and school allow her to be at home.

With daughter Renate, Laureen Wark works with her Holland Lops to prepare for show.

Laureen Wark shares phone messages with Christopher Wilkins, l\1usic

Director and Conductor of the

Colorado Springs Symphony.

Michelle Pace Tina Parker Judy Paulsen Rachel Mucklow Debbie Nowland, RN Lorrie Oliver Karen Ortiz

Students, 31

Celeste Payne Lisa Pizzitola Leslie Pope Michelle Reimer Vie>let Renfro Faye Rice, RN Chia Richmeier Dottie Roberts Jan Rondeau Robyn Rosemark Lorie Sandner Angela Sanks

Students enjoy baked goods offered by Colorado Nurses Association District 3 members at a fundraiser for the Beth-El chapter of CSNA.

Nancy Steele Rachel Storm Raylynn Schalcosky Joan Schoendaller Nancy Schultze Hannah Schulz Rhonda Sexton, RN .' Sandra Sharp · Ingrid Silva Susie Singmaster David Smart Frances Smith Pat Soufny, RN Carolyn Southworth

Steve Storrs Karey Sucher Kristine Summers Kimberly Swaim Lisa Temple Joyce Thompson Marsha Thompson Shaun Thompson

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Freshman and sophomores began shaping Beth-El as their institution by encouraging the development of a total collegiate atmosphere. Through their representatives on the yearbook staff and Process and Communication Council (PACC), these · underclassmen shared their desire for new activities and opportunities.

Freshmen and sophomores provided the impetus for the new student activities fee, which would channel funds to College organiza-tions to make them more viable in meeting student needs. Although Beth-El's single purpose as a nurs-ing institution eliminated some of the social opportunities found on larger campuses, these students actively worked to create other avenues for interaction. They were especially involved in the family potluck in November and in planning spring activities.

Level I Officers

Patty Alexander, President

Heather Hellickson, Vice President DeeAnn Kraft, Secretary I Treasurer Scott Collier, PACC Representative Jeriann Hance, Faculty

Representative

Kami Venes, Curriculum Representative

Vicky Arnold, Standards of Conduct Tereze Kierstead, Professional

Standards

Sandra Toomey, Student Policies Tricia Lind, Advisor

Sandra Toomey Janet Trembly Regina Vanmeter, RN Kami Venes 'Susan Vincent Billie Walther - Laureen Wark Lesli Weaver

Holly Wiep king Andrea Williams Donna Williamson

Marti Willis Jackie Wiseman Carol Zielomski

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Phone: 392-4243

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Michael Berman, MD, PC

Jerome L. Bramschreiber, MD, PC John W. Bristow, !\JD, FACOG,

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Norman G. Cole, Jr., M.D. Thomas P. Dlugos, MD, PC Jack Ford, !\1D

Jerry S. Graul,, MD, PC Gerald and Beth Hamstra Internal Medicine Specialists of

Colorado Springs, PC John Hillman, MD John Norton, MD Phyllis V. Clark, MD John L. Kucera, MD Allen Murphy, MD Joseph S. Pollard, MD, PC Sidney D. Rubinow, DO, PC Henry J. Schmitt, Jr, MD

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