Record Accession Number: 1360
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Fairfax County Home state VA
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Home town classification Suburb
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High school classification Public
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Was your high school co-ed? Yes
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Did you come directly from high school to UVA? Yes
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Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities Part-time job. Hospital junior volunteer.
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? During
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Was your spouse associated with UVA? other
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Mother's first degree RN Mother's first college U.Va. School of Nursing
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA Mother - Nellie A. Faulkner - NURS '32
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First other college First other concentration
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Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA Accreditation, excellent reputation of nursing school.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing parents, mainly
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration Longtime interest in caring for others. Good preparation of myself as a parent.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences Some very excellent instructors = good experience and vice versa.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions Limited interaction outside the classroom.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Zula Mae Baber, Mary Jane Morris - Excellent nurses and role models. Caring and genuinely concerned individuals. Sharon Napier - Class President and Virginia Student Nurse Assoc. President.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience Small size classes within nursing school fostered long-term relationship with classmates. Wide, varied experience in all areas of nursing have served me well throughout my career.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities Doing things with classmates. Visiting in homes of classmates. Activities of BSU (see #23).
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations BSU - Baptist Student Union. This union provided interaction with other U.Va. students when women were in great minority!! A home away from home!
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues SNAV - Student Nurse Associatioin of Va. Issues cocnerning future nurses.
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UVA housing
Comments on housing dorm - McKim
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes Choice of single rooms or sharing with a roommate.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital - provided socialization with other classmates, medical staff and hospital employees.
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail Regular church attendance; activities provided by church, specifically U.Va. students.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories A welcoming safe town to live and attend school. Fry Springs Beach Club welcomed the student nurses! Strolling "The Corner" area was okay. Passes were provided to Renovia Lake to swim.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings The student nurses were not recognized as part of the U.Va. community in the early '60s.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories The nursing school had a tradition of serving tea every day in the large living room in old McKim Hall. It was a wonderful time to visit with the faculty that you might not otherwise see.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status Was married 3 months before graduation - no problems with that.
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Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness Absolutely! Training was very thorough. Scores on State Board licensing exam proved experience and classroom courses had covered all bases.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event Have never had problems finding a job. Education by U.Va.'s nursing school is well recognized nationally.
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Do you think of yourself as a career woman?
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Additional comments The Nursing School's attempts to bring the School's alumnae together with reunions are very important. Attended last year's and thoroughly enjoyed seeing many classmates I'd lost touch with. Dean Lancaster opening her home for brunch was also especially nice.

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