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The CentennialCelebration of ourCollege of NursingResurrection University MagazineSpring 20141914-2014

A message fromthe president2Our Centennial is a celebration of where we’vebeen and where we’re going.Being the President of this great University is an honor and of course there arechallenges to address, but if I had to sum up my three years at ResU in a singleword, that word would be “joy”.It has been a joy to meet our alumni who have through their own careers builtour reputation for excellence in nursing and healthcare. Trailblazers such asDoris Mesenbrink from the Class of 1939 who was a working mother beforethe term was ever coined—bringing her children to work with her during thenight shift so that she could care for her patients and manage her staff ofnurses. It has been a joy to work with our faculty who continue our tradition ofproviding outstanding nursing education. And a joy to see our students learningand developing the skills they will need to continue our legacy for another100 years.I now have the opportunity to be a part of the 100th Anniversary of ourCollege of Nursing, a year of inspiring, momentous occasions that honor thelegacy of nursing.The Centennial Celebration Weekend in May is going to be amazing becausethe ResU family will be joining together to celebrate. That means alumni,faculty, staff, Board members, health system leaders and students comingtogether for three remarkable days. I’ll have the chance to put faces to namesand celebrate with some of the people who have made our College of Nursingone of the very best.I’ll also have the honor of hosting this incredible event with Dr. Sharon Bolinwho is the honorary Chairperson for our 100th Anniversary. As a former WestSuburban student, faculty member, Director of the School of Nursing, andFounding Dean of the Concordia–West Suburban College of Nursing, Dr. Bolin’slegacy and commitment is proof positive that our people are second to none.And lastly, possibly my biggest joy will be to present an Honorary Degree toDoris Mesenbrink. The Faculty Senate and the Board of Directors voted andthe award will be presented to Mesenbrink on Saturday, May 3rd at theCommencement Ceremony for the Class of 2014.I’m looking forward to our Centennial Celebration Weekend. I’m alsolooking forward to continuing my work at the University—helpingto build the foundation for another 100 years of excellence in healthcareprofessions education.Beth A. Brooks, PhD, RN, FACHEPresident, Resurrection University

4 Cover Story: Celebrating our Centennial11 College of Allied Health and College of Nursing Updates12 Amazing Voices14 Centennial Weekend Information16 Alumni News21 Development News22 Presence Health and Board News23 Mission and MinistrySpring 2014, issue number 7Reflections is the official magazine ofResurrection University.Jeri Bingham – Senior Managing EditorDirector of Marketing & Communications,Resurrection UniversityAbigail Artig – Managing EditorMarketing and Communications Coordinator,Resurrection UniversityJose Fernandez – DesignMike Ryan – CopywritingAllen Bourgeois – Photography, except historicalphotos and portrait of Sandra Bruce on page 22TABLE OFCONTENTS2 Message from the President3

41914–2014Our Centennial:It’s been a remarkable journey.The College of Nursing owes its very existence to a simple meeting of physicians. The yearwas 1911 and a few physicians from the Chicago suburbs of Oak Park and Austin decidedthat their communities needed a hospital. Under the leadership of Dr. Charles E. Humiston,an Austin physician and president of the Illinois State Medical Society, a committeewas formed, funds were raised, land was purchased, and the cornerstone for the WestSuburban Hospital was laid on April 12th, 1912.The original hospital charter was very specific aboutthe mission: establish and maintain a hospital anddispensary for the care of the sick and injured, toprovide educational facilities to medical students andto establish and maintain a training school for nurses.A training school for nurses was indeed establishedon February 17th, 1914 when the West SuburbanHospital School for Nurses opened its doors for thevery first time. Miss Helen Scott Hay was the firstSuperintendent. The school’s first graduation ceremonywas held on November 18th, 1915 at the FirstCongregational Church of Oak Park. The graduatingclass consisted of four nurses.Just like the hospital, the school for nurses grewsteadily over the years and by the twenties, morespace was needed to accommodate an ever growingstudent body. In 1925, a new building was completedfeaturing state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories,living quarters and a large ballroom on the seventhfloor. The new building was described as a structure“equaled by few institutions in the country” for itsbeautiful architecture and furnishings. We were leadersin education from the very beginning.The school’s reputation for excellence grew with eachgraduating class and in March, 1946, the institutionentered into an affiliation with Wheaton College.The program, which had a strong missionary focus,attracted students from all over the United States,including daughters of missionary parents abroad.The Wheaton program had a global impact on themissionary work done by nurses. In the 1950s, over50% of the missionary nurses serving across the UnitedStates and in foreign countries were graduates of WestSuburban Hospital School for Nurses and the Wheatonprogram. (The affiliation with Wheaton ended in theearly 1980s.)In 1953 the name of the school was changed tothe West Suburban Hospital School of Nursing. Theinstitution continued to graduate large classes in the50s, 60s and 70s. The last class to live in the dormsinside the original nursing building graduated in 1982.Beginning in 1985 the institution entered into anotheraffiliation, this time with Concordia College (nowConcordia University Chicago) in River Forest and thename was again changed to Concordia-West SuburbanCollege of Nursing. Dr. Sharon Bolin led the charge

Celebratingour Centennialand paved the way as Founding Dean during thishistoric shift to a degree-granting program. The ideaof a single-purpose degree-granting college of nursingwas unheard of at the time, and in fact this model wasthe first in Illinois and possibly second in the nation.The affiliation ended in 2003 and the name was againrevised, this time to West Suburban College of Nursing.In 2004, Resurrection Health Care (RHC) purchasedWest Suburban Medical Center and the College ofNursing along with the Westlake Medical Center inMelrose Park, Illinois. Both were sold to VanguardHealth Systems in 2010. But RHC kept ownershipof the College of Nursing as part of its educationalvision. On July 1st, 2010, the West Suburban Collegeof Nursing was joined by the College of Allied Health,forming Resurrection University.In November 2011, through the merger of ProvenaHealth and Resurrection Health Care (RHC), PresenceHealth, the largest Catholic health system basedin Illinois, was formed. Presence Health has morethan 150 locations around the state, 12 hospitals,27 long-term care and senior living facilities, dozensof physician offices and health centers, home care,hospice, behavioral health services and more.2013 marked the beginning of a new era for theUniversity. After 98 years in Oak Park, we movedinto our new home at Presence Saint ElizabethHospital in the heart of Chicago’s historic Wicker Parkneighborhood. Instruction at the new facility beganon January 7th, 2013 and a formal ribbon cuttingceremony was held on March 13th, 2013 with BishopAlberto Rojas, Auxiliary Bishop Archdiocese of Chicagowho blessed the campus.Our new campus includes 44 offices, 10 classrooms,and a state of the art simulation learning center—37,700 square feet on four floors. The building hasreceived LEED-Certification for Commercial Interiorsfrom the US Green Building Council based on itsenergy performance, waste management, use of lowemitting paints and coatings, and the use of local andregional products.We were leaders from the very beginning. Our newcampus ensures we will enter our next century ofcaring fully prepared to meet the evolving needs ofour students.Our New Advanced Simulation Centeris as real as they come.It was designed to allow students to putclassroom instruction to the test under “real-world”conditions using actual hospital and clinicequipment. The center features four hospital bedswith adult human simulators, one bassinet with aninfant human simulator, and five exam tables toresemble clinics and private medical offices. If ithappens in practice, chances are we can simulateit right here.5

6We were here beforetraffic lights?It’s true! And here are a few otherhistoric moments from our first 100 years.191419192419341918: T reaty ofVersailles ends war1919: EighteenthAmendment passesprohibiting alcoholicbeverages1914: World War I begins1914: Panama Canalopens1914: World’s first red andgreen traffic lightsare installed inCleveland1916: A lbert Einsteinintroduces hisTheory of Relativity1917: World-wideinfluenza pandemicstrikes1917: Russian Revolution1918: D aylight SavingsTime goes intoeffect1920: NineteenthAmendment giveswomen the rightto vote1922: Lincoln Memorialis dedicated inWashington D.C.1922: King Tut’s tombdiscovered1926: Antifreeze allows peopleto use cars year round1927: First feature length“talking” movie “The JazzSinger” debuts1927: Big Bang Theoryproposed1927: “Lucky Lindy” CharlesLindbergh crosses theAtlantic in solo flight1927: P enicillin is discovered1928: First television sold1929: St. Valentine’s DayMassacre in Chicago1929: Stock market crashestriggering The GreatDepression1931: “Star Spangled Banner”becomes NationalAnthem1931: Frigidaire introduces theelectric refrigerator

19441934: Prohibition is repealed1934: Unemployment hits25%1936: First artificial heartinvented1937: Hindenburg zeppelinexplodes at Lakehurst,New Jersey1939: “Gone With The Wind”premieres1939: Germany invadesPoland, World War IIbegins1940: PennsylvaniaTurnpike opens –first multilane U.S.Superhighway1940: First television stationdebuts in New York1941: Japan bombs PearlHarbor, United Statesenters war1941: First HMO established1942: First programmabledigital computerinvented1943: A ntibiotics areintroduced1944: D-Day – Alliesinvade France1945: PresidentFranklin DelanoRoosevelt dies1945: Germany andJapan surrenderending WorldWar II1945: Grand Rapids,Michigan becomesfirst communityto fluoridate itswater supply1947: Yankees beatDodgers in firsttelevised WorldSeries1949: Cable Televisionintroduced195419641951: T wenty SecondAmendment limitspresidency to twoterms1951: Color Televisionintroduced to U.S.1952: DwightEisenhowerelected President1952: Jonas Salkintroduces Poliovaccine1953: First open-heartsurgery performedusing heart-lungmachine1953: ResurrectionHospital founded1955: Rosa Parksrefuses to sit inthe back of thebus beginning theMontgomery BusBoycott1957: Civil Rights Actpasses1959: Alaska andHawaii becomethe 49th and 50thstates1959: First GrammyAwards held1960: John F. Kennedyelected President1962: Cuban MissileCrisis1963: Civil Rights marchon Washington D.C.1963: JFK assassinatedin Dallas