. .. ...,.- Students practice skills (continued from page 171) With the change of Harding frorrl"- college to university status, the Division of Nursing became the School of Nursing, and Cathleen M. Smith was promoted from chairman of the division to Dean of the School of Nursing. Dean Smith and her faculty concen trated their thoughts and efforts in making preparation for the on-site visit by the examining team from the National League for Nursing in Februa ry. The examiners conducted a four-day eva luation and submitted a report to the National Board for accreditation approval. Accreditation will mean better job opportunities for nursing graduates and will better their chances for getting into master's degree programs. A $78,080 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation enabled three members of the faculty to take a year's leave of absence to earn master's degrees. Linda Brown worked toward her degree in maternal-child nursing at Indiana University. Martha Highfield worked in medical-surgical nursing at the University of Arkansas, and Jerry Myhan worked on his degree in family practitional nursing at the University of Tennessee. Dean Smith, Nancy Clark and Louise Bradford did part-time doctoral study while still giving full-time service to the program. Medical missions School of Nursing L..... .....,onI, IN, MIN • Ass! . Prof. s.... ......., .N, MHEti • Instr . ..... a...wul, IN. MNSc • Asst. Prof. Jill Citty, MD • AdiunCl Prof. Nncy CJortc, .N, MPH • Assi. Prof . ..... C.... PIID • Prof . Yield KKk. IN. MSN • Ass!. Prof . .....,. L••, IN. MSN • Ass!. Prof. DonI L'lter, .N, MNSc • Ass!. Prof. I.Meca Mcatth.WI, .N. MNSc • Ass!. Prof. c.tWtea WIll. IN, MN • Deo;"" Asst. a.rtone S........., IN, MSII • Ass!. ...., S,-wih, ISM. IN • Assoc. lnstr. WHIM WWt•• MD, fACG • Adiunct Prof. The School of Nursing continued its emphasis on medical missions. Nancy Leslie attended the Medical Missions Seminar in Atlanta and conducted the elective course on Health Care Missions in Developing Countries. During the summer of 1979 she took 11 graduate nurses to the Cameroons and Nigeria to work MIXING social and academic life together, nursing students Wendy Dahlstrom , Debbie Campbell. Jean Hames , April Jackson, Barbara Cash and Mary Copeland meet to discuss different aspects of nursing. with Christian hospitals in those countries. They took with them a large supply of vaccines to im-
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