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1960s
Christine Vourakis ’67 (BSN)
, a Sacramento
State professor of nursing and a nationally
recognized expert on mental health and
addictions, hasbeennamedtothe2014Classof
Fellows by the American Academy of Nursing.
She began teaching at Sac State in 2006, is
one of only 168 nurse leaders from across the
United States and 24 foreign countries to be
singled out this year for the selective honor. A
leading voice in the field of addictive disorders
and addiction recovery, Vourakis has co-edited
a landmark textbook about addictions,
Substance Abuse: Pharmacologic,
Developmental and Clinical Perspectives
and is the editor of
Journal of
Addictions Nursing
.
1970s
Margie
Dorman-O’Donnell
’77
(BSN)
was named the Harris College of Nursing
Alumni of the Year, receiving the award from
Dean Paulette Burns at a special ceremony.
She currently works as the director of case
management at Cook Children’s Medical Center
and is still actively involved with Harris College.
Dorman-O’Donnell is the president of the Texas
Nurses Association, often collaborating with
Harris College on the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s Texas Nursing Action Coalition to
Champion the Future of Nursing and other initiatives. In addition, she is
a continuing member of Sigma Theta Tau.
On her time at TCU, she writes, “I have such fond memories of each of
my clinical rotations — learning not only the nursing skills I would need
to practice effectively but also a love for nursing and our profession. I
am the nurse and the nurse leader today because of the influence,
examples and underpinning that I received while a student in the Harris
College of Nursing.”
Doug Dittfurth ’77 (BSFA)
has accepted a position
with the Texas Department of State Health Services
as the Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
program coordinator. In this role, he oversees the
state’s early hearing detection and intervention
program, helping ensure that newborns and young
children who are deaf or hard of hearing are identified
as early as possible. Early detection is critical because it allows these
children to receive the services to enhance their language acquisition
and communication abilities, enabling them to appreciate life’s joys to
the fullest.
Previously, Dittfurth worked for 14 years at the Texas Commission for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/DARS/Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Services, where he implemented and led the state’s advocacy and
information on assistive technology programs. Back during his time as
an undergraduate at TCU, Dittfurth studies fine arts and never thought
he would end up making a career working with the deaf and hard of
hearing. Now, he has been in the field for 40 years and is thoroughly
enjoying his career.
1980s
Grace Whitington Barber ’83 (BSN)
After 12 years as a school nurse,
Barber has gone back to graduate school to obtain her master’s degree
in nursing education. She has already completed her Nurse Educator
Certificate at UTA. Currently, Barber teaches at the Dallas ISD’s School
of Health Professions, a magnet school that offers academic tracks for
both career and college readiness.
1990s
KimBarnes Donaldson ’92 (BSN)
recently joined the Emory University
faculty full-time as a clinical instructor teaching Fundamentals of
Nursing, Community Health, Skills Lab, Medical-Surgical Nursing and
Senior Role Transition. She previously worked part-time at the Atlanta,
Georgia-based university. In her career, Donaldson says she tries
to emulate her favorite professors at TCU — Dr. Alice Gaul, Dr. Susan
Watson, Dr. Marinda Allender and Dr. Rhonda Keen-Payne. She has
been married to her best friend for 16 years, and together they have a
13-year-old son.
Katherine “Kathy” Jo Zeigler ’93 (BSW)
now
holds the annual giving and communications
officer position for the All Saints Health
Foundation. Part of the Baylor Scott & White
Health System, the Foundation supports
the Fort Worth hospital exclusively. In this
role, Zeigler is responsible for developing
and implementing annual fund strategies
and programs that include identification, cultivation, solicitation
and stewardship of annual gifts from individuals. She has more than
seven years of experience in fundraising and development, previously
holding roles at Lena Pope Home, Santa Fe Youth Services and the
North Texas Food Bank. Ziegler also has more than eight years in direct
practice social work and considers herself a social worker through
and through. In fact, she calls her fundraising/development positions
“macro-level social work.” Outside of work, Zeigler is also involved
with the National Charity League, Southlake Chapter and is currently
the Vice President of Philanthropy. She is married and the proud
mother of a 14-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son.
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The Harris College Magazine
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