What's New

Spring 2002

Seventh Annual Midwife Means With Woman Conference March 1 & 2, 2002, Kansas City, KS
Row 1: Cathy Gordon, class 2002; Helen Varney Burst, RN, CNM, MSN, FACNM, Director Nurse Midwifery Program, Yale University; Karen Mull, class 2002 , Judie Wika, our faculty;
Row 2: Ginger Breedlove, our education program director, Ann Wright, Jeane Schroeder, Suzanne Bentley, (3 from class 2002).

Spring 2002 Gathering

Lynn Grylls, preceptor, Judie Wika, our faculty, Ginger Breedlove, our education program director, Sherry Payne, class 2003.

Row 1: Angel Schmutz, class 2003, Ann Wright, class 2002, Suzanne Bentley, class 2002, Terrah Rothfuss, class 2003;
Row 2: Jeane Schroeder, Cathy Gordon, Samantha Petersen, (3 from class 2002).

Second Class of Program Completers Summer 2002
Row 1: Ann Wright, Suzanne Bentley; Row 2: Samantha Petersen, Jeane Schroeder, Cathy Gordon, Karen Mull, Kelly Fritz

In the Classroom
Judie Wika, our faculty, flanked by Susan Bentley and Jeane Schroeder, class 2002.

First Day Seminar for Class 2003
Hatsie Mallicoat, Terrah Rothfuss, Susan Cohen, Angel Schmutz. Not pictured Kay Garmon.

47th Annual ACNM Conference Atlanta, GA May 2002
Row 1: Lynn Grylls, preceptor, Kimberly Negrete, class 2001.
Row 2: Cathy Gordon, class 2002, Ginger Breedlove, our program director, Dorothea Lang, CNM, MPH, ACNM, one of the founders of the nurse-midwifery movement in the US, Annette VanAnne, class 2001, Terrah Rothfuss, class 2003;
Row 3: Jeane Schroeder, class 2002, Sharon Foster, preceptor, Susan Cohen, class 2003, Ann Wright, class 2002.

Conference, continued
Ginger Breedlove, our education program director, inducted into the ACNM as a fellow.

Conference, continued
Judie Wika, our faculty, received Instructor of the Year award.

Conference, continued
Sister Jeann Meurer, CNM, MSN, FACNM received Hattie Hemschmeyer award, the most prestigious honor that the ACNM bestows, named after the first ACNM president to recognize members who have made outstanding contributions to midwifery, the ACNM, or maternal and child health.

Conference, continued
Cathy Gordon, class 2002, received one of two Varney Participant awards and the ACNM Foundation Memorial Scholarship. To Cathy’s right is Helen Varney-Burst, RN, CNM, MSN, FACNM, Director Nurse-Midwifery Program Yale University.

Conference, continued
Ann Wright, class 2002, received one of two Wyeth-Ayerst Student Reporter awards.

Conference, continued
Three Region V meeting participants from Kansas.

Conference, continued
Silent auction fund-raiser bidding on "red hat" for Ginger Breedlove.

Conference, continued
“Red hat” won for Kansas!
Row 1: Jeanne Schroeder, class 2002, Terrah Rothfuss, class 2003;
Row 2: Annette VanAnne, class 2001, Denise Fryzelka, preceptor, Ann Wright, class 2002, Ginger Breedlove, our education program director, Cathy Gordon, class 2002, Susan Cohen, class 2003.

Conference, continued
Coca Cola corporate headquarters! Ginger Breedlove and Judie Wika.