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Dana Schoof McGuirk ’79
works at Texas
Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth as
the Breast Nurse Navigator, assisting women
at all stages of their journey with breast cancer.
Recently, Dana was instrumental in getting El
Centro College School of Nursing to award an
honorary associate’s degree in nursing to one of their former students
who had to withdraw from nursing school due to breast cancer.
She presented the youngwomanwith her honorary degree during her
birthday celebration days prior to her death. Dana is a wonderful
example of the TCU Harris College tradition of caring, professionalism
and excellence.
1980s
Mary Alice Stam ’81
received the 2012 Nurse of the Year Award at the
Texas Nurses Association District 3 banquet recently. She earned her
master’s as a clinical nurse specialist in maternal and child health from
Texas Woman’s University in 1989. Mary Alice spent her entire career
staffing or teaching pediatrics. She previously taught at TCU’s Harris
College of Nursing, and retired from UTA’s School of Nursing in 2004.
Mary Alice served her church as a nurse for nine years and contributes
her skills as a nurse for the church camps and ladies retreat center. She
has been a member of the TNA District 3 since graduation, and served
on the board for 16 years. Mary Alice is a member of Sigma Theta Tau
International and served as president of the Beta Chapter. She served
on the board of the Bridewell Foundation, which raises funds to send
children with cancer to Camp John Mark. Mary Alice was president
of the Harris College of Nursing alumni association for four years and
chaired the 50th year celebration of the College. Although she is now
retired, she remains active in TNA.
Cindy Aiken ’82
has been promoted to vice president
of programs and services, overseeing the Easter Seals
Massachusetts Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation
Services and Youth Services programs. In her previous
position, she was instrumental in building Easter Seals’
nationally recognized assistive technology program.
She joined Easter Seals 23 years ago as a speech-language pathologist
and regional coordinator of speech therapy. Widely known for her
professional expertise, she also has worked closely with the national
Easter Seals organization as they developed assistive technology
programs across the country. Assistive technology includes a wide
range of technological and mechanical devices that give people with
disabilities equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play. Aiken
earned a master’s degree in speech-language pathology from the
University of Massachusetts.
Colleen W. Southard ’89
has founded Charis Hills Camp, located
in Sunset, Texas, with her husband. She writes, “Growing up in Fort
Worth near TCU, the university and its activities were an integral part
of my childhood. After spending a number of years teaching and
camping, my husband and I founded Charis Hills Camp. Although we
have campers from other states and countries, many of our campers
come from the D/FW area.” Charis Hills is a special needs, recreational
summer camp helping children with learning differences. It serves
campers ages 7-18 with ADHD, learning disabilities, speech-language
and hearing impairment, and emotional/behavioral challenges,
including high-functioning autism and Asperger’s. (About 65 percent
of the campers have diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder.) Campers
also receive academic instruction for one activity period each day from
certified teachers. There also are Weekend Family Camps in the spring
and fall for special needs families. Visit http://www.charishills.org for
more information.
1990s
Kathy Jo McAteer Zeigler ‘93
recently accepted a position with
Santa Fe Youth Services in Fort Worth, where she oversees quality
management and fund development. She previously was employed
for 12 ½ years at Lena Pope Home in programming and fund raising.
She earned a Master of Science in social work in 1995 from UTA. Kathy
Jo and her husband, John, have a daughter, Avery, 11, and son, Johnny,
9, and live in Southlake. Sports and family fun occupy her evenings
and weekends.
Lance W. Wilke ’94
has been working as the fitness and wellness
coordinator/head of strength and conditioning for the Salvation Army
Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, in Kerrville, Texas, since
its inception in October 2010. An athletic training student while at
TCU, Lance went on to earn his Master of Science in exercise science
and sports performance enhancement from California University
of Pennsylvania in 2007. He is a Certified/Licensed Athletic Trainer;
a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist/Certified Personal
Trainer (CPT) through the National Strength and Conditioning
Association; a Health Fitness Specialist through the American College
of Sports Medicine; a Corrective Exercise Specialist and Performance
Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports
Medicine; and a CPT through American Council on Exercise and ACT
certification. Readers of the
KerrvilleDaily Times
recently voted the Kroc
Corps Community Center “Best Fitness Center” in Kerr County because
of its friendly and educated staff and innovative programs.
Courtney Zackheim Byrd (MS ’99)
is teaching at the University
of Texas in Austin. She recently received the prestigious Regent’s
Outstanding Teacher Award, which is given to only a few faculty
members from across the whole University of Texas System.
2000s
Kathy Gorman ’00
earned a Master of Science degree in audiology
from UNT in 2002 and a Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) from Salus
University in 2007. Since 2005 she has been in private practice in the
Dallas area. Kathy owns three hearing aid offices, one in south Dallas,
one in Cedar Hill and one in Corsicana. Her youngest son recently
graduated from high school.
Lauren Bartels Hale ’00
earned a MSN in Nursing Administration in
July 2010. She currently serves as a certified case manager for Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Texas’s high-risk obstetrical department. Lauren
lives in Woodbridge, Va., with husband Ed and children Will, Ella and
Ethan.
Sara Turner Camp ’01
is currently the
national director of Quality Marketing
and Research with the American
Heart Association/American Stroke
Association, but that was not what she
imagined for her life as she studied
nursing at TCU. After graduating in
2001, she began working as a bedside
nurse in the cardiothoracic ICU at Duke
University Medical Center, where her
passion for cardiovascular care began. Camp earned her Acute Care
Nurse Practitioner degree at the University of Pennsylvania, which
sparked her love for quality research. For the next five years she
managed the clinical care of cardiac surgery patients as the lone ACNP
in a busy cardiothoracic and vascular ICU. Camp’s physician boss and
mentor pushed her to take her love for quality improvement and
explore opportunities beyond the bedside/ICU arena. Camp said her
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