Record Accession Number: 1406
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Basking Ridge Home state NJ
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Home town classification Small town
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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
Comments if not directly from high school Mary Washington, 2 years
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities Music - band, orchestra, choir, family Tri -Hi - Y Student Government
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? After
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Was your spouse associated with UVA? No
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Mother's second college Mother's second degree
Mother's third college Mother's third degree
Father's first degree none Father's first college
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Father's third school Father's third degree
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA Brother - ENGR
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Date entered UVA Date left UVA
First other college First other concentration
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Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA 4 year nursing degree program and cost. Limited East coast degree programs then (5).
How did you finance UVA?
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Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration Several family members were nurses. Always had an interest in medicine and science.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences Good. The nursing program was not typical. We had classes in the Med School, on campus in evenings with (Ed. School) the football team and in McKim Hall.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions Distant. Only one nursing professor was very friendly, got to know us, invited us to her home. Almost every class in McKim/Hospital was negative in attitude - critical of work - rarely praised.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Above Professor, several staff physicians, med students, head nurses. We were treated with respect and for our knowledge, asked our opinion. Their dedication and work ethics were discernable and they were willing to teach me to be a better nurse.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience The friendships that have endured through the years.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities (and summers and holidays) Working in the hospital to pay for room, board, and laundry. One weekend a month off - I dated, went to Durham, N.C., to friends.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations Orchestra 1 year at MWC. U.Va. Magazine.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues Vietnam - my brother was drafted (deferred with marriage to Diploma RN at U.Va. for two years.)
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UVA housing
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Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes McKim - close to hospital. Rooms too small, no air conditioning.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital, occasionally at Corner
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail church - shops
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories The beauty of the grounds and Virginia. Charlottesville was a small university town with many activities, friendly people.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings Limited. Basketball, football games. Concerts. Marching down the lawn at graduation - seeing picture brings back the memories of this.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories During OB/Gyn rotation, I was assigned to a med student's wife for delivery. We have been friends since then, I was the first person to hold the first three children. Also - a student I met at Church - I met 10 years later in Pa. He married my husband and me.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status not married then
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background N/A
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness I have always had a job. Just mentioning that I graduated from U.Va. gave me an advantage over other job applicants. My prep school students are impressed that I atttended U.Va.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event Marriage, school nursing
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Do you think of yourself as a career woman?
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Number of children
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Additional comments When I attended U.Va., there were 200 women and 4000 men. We were not truly integrated with the men except for a few classes. We spent most of our time in McKim or the hospital. I think the present program is better, even though I loved Mary Washington. The entire college experience was a goal of mine that I have treasured through the years.

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