Ramona Clawson, BSN
Ramona works at the McCurtain Memorial Hospital and is a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve Nurse Corpse, trustee on the Board of McCurtain County Higher Education Center, and Director of the American Heart Association's Community Training Center for McCurtain County.

                                                                                                         Janet Dixon, BSN 
Janet is a volunteer speaker for Abstinence By Choice (STDs).  Her children are Jeremy, 8 years old, Jonathan, 5 years old, and Joanna, 18 months.

                                                                                                            Mark W. Dunavan, BSN
Mark works at the Medical Anesthesia Group, P.A., in Memphis, TN. He has been married to Kim for 16 years.  They have two sons:  Joseph and Kevin, and two daughters: Christy and Heather.  He graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Masters of Nurse Anesthesia in August, 1998.  He currently works as a CRNA in Memphis and Arkansas, and currently holds the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves.

                                                                                                       Debra Feagins, BSN, MNSc
Debra is currently employed with Kaiser Permanente (Managed Care Organization) as a Medicare Compliance Manager.  She was the 2004-2005 President for the Case Management Society of Georgia.   She is also the mother of 6 year old daughter, Lynzi, wife to husband Ronnie, and enjoys reading and shopping.

Tammy A. Hill, BSN, RN
Tammy works at Arkansas Children's Hospital in the Infant and Toddler Unit.  She has been there since graduating from UAMS College of Nursing in 1996.  She and her husband, Darren, have two sons, Tyler (born 9-4-96) and Aaron (born 7-10-00). Darren is a Master Sergeant at the Little Rock Air Force Base.  They have built a home in Bryant, AR and love the country life there.  Tammy is a member of ANA and Sigma Theta Tau. e-mail: Flyboy444@msn.com.

Kathy Hillis, BSN, MNSc
Kathy works at the Wadley Regional Hospice & Home Medical Equipment Service in Waco, Texas.

Arlyn Howard, BSN
Arlyn has been honored to be named Nurse of the Month for June at UAMS as well as charge nurse of the NSGY.  She gives thanks to all the people who have mentored her along the way.

Andrea Leigh Kellar, BSN, MSN                                                                           Andrea received her BSN in 1999 and her MSN in 2001.  She works with Pulmonary/Sleep Consultants as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.  Her husband, Damon, is currently working towards a law degree.

Mary Ann Langston, APN, MNSc
Mary's son, Stewart, is in his second year of law school at UALR.  Her daughter, Rebecca, and  husband, Keith, are having another son in October.  Big brother Colby is 3 1/2 years old and seems eager to meet his little brother.

Lori Lednick, MNSc, RN
Lori works at Children's Hospital.    

                                                                                                    LouAnne Lovett, BSN
LouAnne currently is residing in Southern California working for a cooperation-ANS based out of Plano, TX.  She is no longer a traveling RN, but is still single.  Recently, she returned from a tour of Australia.  "Hope all is gong well with everyone!  See you in April."

                                                                                                           Janis Maness, BSN, MNSc
Jan works for Beverly Enterprises and has been promoted to Clinical Service Manager for Northern Arkansas Healthcare Facilities.

                                                                                                Stephanie Middendorf  
e-mail address:  stephaniemiddendorf@yahoo.com
Stephanie lives in Dallas and works at a local Academy.

Tara Mink, BSN
Tara works for UAMS BMT.  She married in May 20, 2000 and was promoted in July, 2000, to RN II.  She has been selected as Nurse of the Month in July and serves on the  Recruitment and Retention Council. Her first child was born 9/16/03, and she is currently adding to her family through adoption. Tara hopes to travel to Kazakhstan in Fall '05 to adopt a little girl.

Walt Nickels, BSN                                                                                                  Walt has served with the Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency (ARORA) for the past four years.  He works as the Manager of Organ Procurement in Little Rock.  Walt is also involved with the National Organ Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services.   He is currently the Improvement Leader for ARORA and has made presentations at recent National Learning Sessions in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.  Walt also has the distinction of Certified Procurement Transplant Coordinator (CPTC) and is actively involved with the Organization for Transplant Professionals (NATCO).  He currently resides in Little Rock with Jack and Zeke, his two 4-legged 'kids'.

Kasia Pabian, BSN, CRNA                                                                 Kasia received her CRNA and a Masters in Nurse Anesthesia in August 2004 from California State at Fullerton.

Rebecca Anne Ratliff, BSN
Rebecca worked at Arkansas Children's Hospital in the Neonatal ICU from June 1997-September, 1999.  Rebecca has been a travel nurse in Washington, D.C., and Dartmonth Hitchcock in Lebanon, New Hampshire, from September 1999 until the present.  She is still working in the NICU.

                                                                   Thomas Rawlings, BSN
Thomas received his BSN in 1996.  He is in the Master's program at USUHS in Bethesda, MD, studying to be a clinical nurse specialist (set to graduate in May 2006).  He won 1st year student of the year and is still a CPT in the Army Nurse Corps.

Stephanie J. Reed, BSN, MNSc
Stephanie is working at Cornerstone Health Care.
 

Sarah Rhoads, BSN, MNSc 
Received her BSN in 1995 and MNSc in 2000.  She currently works at the UAMS College of Nursing.  Additional updates on Sarah can be found at: http://nursing.uams.edu/directory/results.asp?FirstName=Sarah&LastName=Rhoads

Wendy Sisson, MNSc
Wendy is currently working at the Northwest Family Medical Center.  

Michael L. Springer, BSN                                                                                       Mike and Leeann.  Michael graduated in 1990.  He works at CAVHS and lives in North Little Rock.

Janet "Jan" Turner, BSN, MSNc
 Her e-mail address is:  jturner@mail.doh.state.ar.us. 
She works at the Arkansas Department of Health, Central Public Health Region.
1994:  ADH Area VIII Director of Nursing. Nursing.
1996 Her son, Brad Turner, died in an automobile accident. |
1998 Scholar-South Central Public Health Leadership Institute.
2000-Certificate:  Graduate certificate program in public health, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Jonitha Willis, BSN                                                                                           Jonitha is a recent graduate of Strathmore's "Who's Who" honors for 2005-2006. This award is limited to individuals who have demonstrated leadership and achievement in their occupations, industry or profession. She is also an active member in the National ONS and Little Rock ONS chapters. Jonitha is very proud to be an asset to the nursing community.

Jonitha married to DeMarcus, the love of her life, on September 9, 2006.

Sharron Walter, BSN
She works at the Arkansas Children's Hospital and is on the Board of                                         Directors of NAMI-Arkansas (National Alliance of the Mentally Ill).

                                                                                                         Mary Ann Whaley
She works at St. Vincent Hospital, 3NW.  She has completed her first year of graduate school!  Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Program at UAMS.