Class Notes

School of Nursing

1973
Maureen Henehan Famiglietti ’73RC writes, “Last spring I spent six weeks in Lesotho, a small country in sub-Saharan Africa, mentoring nurses and doctors at a 60-bed hospital. Like the rest of the African continent, Lesotho is devastated by HIV/AIDS. Antiretroviral drugs are only now reaching the remote areas of countries like this one. I taught the nurses about staging patients with HIV to determine when it is appropriate to begin medication and how to use the medications safely and effectively. It was a tremendous experience, and I plan to do more international work. I encourage my classmates to consider any opportunities that allow us to share our knowledge and expertise with those in need.”

1980
Virginia Romano Duffy (MS), ’92 (PhD), an adjunct assistant professor at the School of Nursing, is the author of Behavioral First Aid.

1988
Jennifer Teahan Wright (MS) (see ’86RC undergraduate).

1989
Elizabeth Caruso (MS), director of student health and counseling services at SUNY Brockport, received the Chancellor’s Award for excellence in professional service last June.

1991
Yvonne Dobbenga Rhodes (MS) writes, “I am the perinatal clinical nurse specialist at Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, Calif. I also serve on the California Board of Registered Nursing’s clinical nurse specialist task force. The task force establishes state standards for the profession’s practice and education.”

1992
Virginia Romano Duffy (PhD) (see ’80). . . . Cheryl Bagley Thompson (PhD) is assistant dean for informatics and learning technologies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Nursing.

2001
Alexandra Boyer Reidmiller and her husband, Jeff ’99 announce the birth of their daughter, Amelia Grace, on April 22, 2006.