2. Nicole Andres
“Life's under no obligation to give
us what we expect.”
― Margaret Mitchell
3. Kelsey Bystrom
Take pride in how far you have come, and have faith in
how far you can go!
– Christian Larson
4. Cassie Cabor
“To ascend to the art of Nursing requires a Nurse willing to perform a
thorough and accurate assessment of the person via Inspection of the
character, Palpation of the mind, Percussion of the heart and,
Auscultation of the soul.” -Karen Bugaj
Our ethics group was one of my favorite memories!
5. Adam Cronin
Future plans- Travel the world
Favorite memory from nursing- First day of clinical.
“If you want to travel fast, travel alone. If you want to travel far, travel together.”
6. Kacie Dingmann
• Future plans: begin my journey as a
floor nurse and eventually work in a
critical care setting
• Favorite nursing memory: South
Africa Summer 2012- completing
amazing clinicals, experiencing a
new culture, seeing things that I
never dreamed of, conquering fears
(bungee jumping and shark diving!!)
and becoming closer with some of
my classmates!
7. Anna Dixon
My favorite nursing memory was when I was in the delivery room and
got to be the first person to hand a dad his newborn daughter.
8. Kristin Donner
• Favorite nursing memory:
• Everything about South Africa!
• Practicing for all of my test outs on my roommates and taking
vitals on the entire Pat 2 floor.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters
compared to what lies within us."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. Becca Dummer
“A journey of a thousand miles begins
with a single step.” - Lao Tzu
Favorite nursing memory: The people-my classmates, who are great friends—the faculty,
who are inspirational role models—and patients, who I was able to care for.
Future nursing plan: Gain experience within the nursing field and become a critical care
nurse. My future nursing goal is to become a Nurse Anesthetist.
10. Maggie Engelmeier
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is
fighting a hard battle" - Plato
Favorite memory: All of the friendships I have made throughout my time in the
program. I also particularly loved my entire trip to Belize in the Spring of 2011. It
made me grow as a nurse and a person in ways I would never have imagined.
Future plans: Work with veterans at a VA hospital. I also have plans to continue my
education.
11. Emily Fagerholm
Favorite nursing memory: When
Janet sat on my backpack during
class to demonstrate acute renal
failure.
12. Jenni Folstad
"Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express,
not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence
noticed, just make your absence felt.”
13. Beth Gallus
"Unless someone like you cares a
whole awful lot, nothing is going to get
better. It's not.” – Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
My future nursing plans involve being that person that cares 'a whole
awful lot' and doing my best to make a difference in other's lives.
14. Ed Githiora
Favorite memory: Kathy’s acting:
she pretended to have a heart
attack or something like that, she
fell on the floor and for what
seemed like forever and no one
responded..…
Future plans: Become a nurse
practitioner and open a health
clinic in Africa
15. Laura Guimond
My future plan is to obtain a full time RN position. I have loved
getting to know my fellow nursing classmates who have truly
become some of my best friends!
16. Hans Gunness
Nursing Memory: Studying with Ed
for the OB/GYN final at Sals Bar!
Future Plans: Pursuing a life that I
look back on and say, "That was
pretty sweet!"
“Go confidently in the direction of
your dreams. Live the life you have
imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
17. Megan Gustafson
"We can't plan life. All we can do is be
available for it." -Lauryn Hill
19. Kelley Knapek
Favorite nursing memory: Driving to
hospice visits in the townships in Port
Elizabeth with Jenni
Future nursing plans: I will be going
to the University of Minnesota School
of Public Health in August for
epidemiology
20. Francesca Levine
Future Plans:
Work as a nurse for the U.S. Army and hang out
with my husband!
Great nursing memory:
Eating lunch after class with fellow nurses.
Conversation usually involved whatever bodily
functions we were learning about that day...Yum!
21. Lauren LaGue
Future plan: moving
to Colorado to work
as an RN before grad
school.
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
22. Janelle Lawrence
Future Plans: I love research and I can't get enough of working with children! I hope to
work in children's hospital and become involved in nursing research after graduation. I
hope to pursue a DNP in Pediatrics or Nurse Anesthesia.
Memory: After making the decision to take his son off of life support, a father told me
that he is so thankful for what nurses do, how kind and compassionate we are, and
that he will always be thankful that his son was brought to us. A moment I will never
forget- this is why I am a nurse.
23. Jan Lynch
Favorite memories....Torch....I need another hot
chocolate. Laughing and having fun with my peeps Torch,
Cabor, Andres, Cronin, and Fagerholm during 379 night class!
Future Plans: Become a certified Hospice nurse and/or Advanced Practice Nurse
specializing in Hospice Care with focus on Complementary Alternative Medicine.
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which
have the potential to turn a life around." -Leo Buscaglia
24. Jessamy Lyons
Future plans: Working in the critical care
immersion program for new grads starting on
cardiac medicine floor at Regions hospital.
Favorite nursing memories were in
Belize. Forming new friendships, flying
around, learning about the culture, and
experiencing many 'firsts'
25. Emily Marks
"Believe in yourself. You gain strength, courage, and confidence by
every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face... You
must do that which you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
26. Nicole Nierenhausen
"To accomplish great things, you must
not only act, but also dream, not only
plan, but also believe.”
-Anatole France
27. Alisha Pepera
“The future belongs to those who
believe in the beauty of their dreams".
28. Jess Pfahning
“When you're a nurse you know that
every day you will touch a life or a life
will touch yours.”
Future plans: Work on the Medical Thoracic unit at Mayo Clinic-St. Mary's
Hospital and pursue Graduate School
29. Xin Piao
Favorite nursing memory:
First sophomore clinical at a nursing home, my patient didn’t know
how to pronounce my name. So I told her ―My name is Xin, it sounds
like shinbone on your leg.‖ She replied ―oh, your name is Shin Bone,
how cute.‖
30. Rachel Polk
“We must let go of the life we had planned so as to have the
life that is waiting for us.” - Joseph Campbell
Future plans: RN on the Telemetry Unit at St. Cloud Hospital
31. Gabe Ruhland
Favorite nursing memory: all the friends I have made throughout the years and
the laughs we have shared!
"Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness
and bad days give you experience. Both are essential in life. All
are God's blessings."
32. Abbey Rosium
Favorite nursing memory: getting to know all of my nursing
classmates and professors throughout the program :)
Future nursing plans: Work as a staff RN for a few years and then
pursue further nursing education (either DNP or CNS).
Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So,
love the people who treat you right and forget about the
ones who don't. And believe that everything happens for a
reason. If you get a chance - take it; if it changes your life
- let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just
promised that it would be worth it.
33. Sara Sandwick
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. ~Dr. Seuss
Quotes from the profs:
"what three things will you take with you in your back pocket?" -Julie
"pearls of wisdom" and "lil' cherubs" (pediatric clinical) -Sigrid
"symptoms of fart (heart) failure" -Kathy O.
Memories: Studying abroad in Africa: safari, home health visits to township,
world's tallest bungee bridge
Future plans: orthopedic floor at Mayo Clinic, Rochester
34. Nicole Schaefer
My favorite nursing memory: it’s a tie
between our entire trip to Belize(Painting
that bathroom was probably one of my
favorite and least favorite days) and
Sigrid literally pushing me into a patient’s
room on one of our first days of our
pediatric rotation.
Future nursing plans: work in Pediatrics for the rest of my life and hopefully do
some volunteering in other countries in need.
35. Caroline Smith
Favorite memory: I had a patient who
used to love playing poker but hadn't in
over 40 years. After some serious nagging
on my part, I finally convinced him to play
cards with me. His laughter, smiles, and
jokes were priceless!
Future plans: Working on an Oncology/Hospice floor at Mayo Clinic
36. Kayla Solum
―Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by
the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover.‖ - Mark Twain
Future Nursing Plans: General Surgery RN at the Mayo
Clinic/St. Mary’s Hospital
37. Mae Stodola
"The future belongs to those who
believe in the beauty of their dreams.‖
-Eleanor Roosevelt
38. Elissa Terhaar
Favorite memory: Going to Gorecki with a big group on nursing
majors and having conversations that would make most anybody
else lose their appetite!
39. Kellyn Thomas
"Dance like nobody is watching; love like you've never been hurt.
Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth." - Mark
Twain
Future Plans: Becoming a Child Life Specialist
40. Sarah Thompson
My favorite memory from nursing is the trip to South
Africa in general. One word...Hunters.
41. Katy Torchia
Future Plans: RN on the Adult Unit
at Gillette Children’s Specialty
Healthcare; eventually pursue a
DNP in Pediatrics/ Special Needs
“Attitude is everything. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you
meet is fighting some kind of battle. Live simply, love generously, care
deeply, speak kindly, and leave the rest to God.”
42. Katy Trost
My favorite nursing memory is one from South Africa. We went to AIDS
Haven, a place for kids with AIDS or parents who died of AIDS to live.
We spent time with the preschoolers. Teaching them to write and see
the smiles on their faces was really moving and eye-opening, and it
really reminded me of how precious life can be.
"The greatest adventure is what lies ahead."
-J.R.R. Tolkien
44. Sam Whitacre
My future plans including working at
the cardiac ICU at Sanford.
45. Chelsea Wilson
After graduation I will be working at the
Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital
(Pediatric Unit for the Mayo Clinic) and I
also have aspirations to become a
Nurse Practitioner in the near future.
