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ReflectionsMagazineREFLECTIONSispublishedforalumniandtheResurrectionUniversityCommunityandcompiledbytheMarketingandCommunicationsstaffofResurrectionUniversity.ScottDunnellManagingEditorDirectorofMarketingCommunicationsandAlumniRelationsJanetBarrettAssociateEditorSeniorWriterAbigailArtigEditorialAssistantSreyaAlexEditorialAssistantPamelaBourgeoisGraphicDesignerAllenBourgeoisPhotographyexceptionspg.31011backgroundIStockpg.5VeerImagesinsidebackcovertreebackgroundJupiterImagesOntheCoverJessicaMonteroSeniorNursingStudentClassof2012ForalmostacenturyResurrectionUniversityx19seducationalmissionhasbeentoofferitsstudentsauniqueprofessionalhealthcareeducationalexperiencecombiningthechallengeofstrongappliedacademicprogramsandclinicalexperienceswithafacultyandstaffwhobuildnurturingrelationshipswiththeirstudents.AsIseeeverydayx13reAectedintheachievementsdedicationandcommitmentofourstudentsalumnifacultyandstaffx13ResurrectionUniversityisadistinctivelearningcommunitydevotednotonlytofulllingitseducationalmissionbuttofosteringrelationshipsthatsupportlifetimelearning.ThroughrelationshipstheyformhereResurrectionUniversitygraduateshavethepowertoshapenotonlytheirownworldbutalsotheworldaroundthem.Whetherintheclassroomaclinicalsettingorthroughservicetoothersinaforeignlandourstudentsaremotivatedtoachieveacademicexcellencecultivateintellectualcuriosityanddeepentheircompassionforothers.Fittinglythewinter2011issueofReAectionsMagazinecelebratesourmostvaluedassetx13ourstudents.ADayintheLifeofaNursingStudentexaminestherigorousacademicpathourunder-graduatenursingstudentsmusttraveleverydaytotransformthemselvesbothpersonallyandprofessionallytorespondtoonex19scallwithconvictionandlivethevaluesofjusticecompas-sionserviceandexcellence.ThisissuealsoincludestheannualPresidentx19sReportareportontheinstitutionsx19academicachievementsaswellasanarticleaboutthenewResurrectionUniversityAlumniAssociation.TodayResurrectionUniversityisenjoyingrecordgrowthaswellasagrowingreputationforeducationalexcellencethankstothetirelesseffortsofadedicatedfacultyandstaffthatcarryonthemission.EnjoytheholidaysandmybestwishesforahappyandprosperousNewYear.SincerelyBethA.BrooksPh.D.RNFACHEPresident1914ResurrectionuniversityillinoisPresidentx19sMessage