Faculty Women’s Club serves the campus

Faculty Women’s Club President April Sheridan, right, with the club’s two honorees: Patti George, left, and Barbara Harrison.

The Faculty Women’s Club Wednesday honored UNMC’s Barbara Harrison and Patti George for helping the group meet its goals. It also recognized seven student scholarship recipients.

George, a coordinator in the department of student counseling, family medicine, was recognized for her annual coordination of UNMC student elections, which the Faculty Women’s Club monitors on Election Day. “She has tirelessly streamlined our participation making it an effortless way for us to earn monies for student scholarships,” club members said.

Harrison, a staff secretary in the department of psychiatry, was honored for her voluntary contribution to scholarship sales. “She is tireless in her efforts at promoting, marketing, delivering and modeling each years’ offerings,” club members said. “She has personally raised not only a significant amount of student scholarship monies, but also awareness of what Faculty Women’s Club is about. We call her our ‘Sweatshirt Queen.’ ”

Joseph McGargill, left, and Samuel Settles are among the 2003-2004 student scholarship recipients. They are joined by Faculty Women’s Club President April Sheridan.

During the luncheon, the group also honored the 2003-2004 UNMC scholarship recipients. The seven recipients are: Heather Legler, nursing; Bethany Walker, dental hygiene; Joseph McGargill, medicine; Samuel Settles, graduate studies; Bryce Goebel, dentistry; Angela Hammer, pharmacy; Michele Kaspar, radiation therapy. Through various fund-raising activities, the club raised $10,999 last year for student scholarships.

This year’s officers are: April Sheridan, president; Peggy Shaffer, president-elect; Mary Gurney, recording secretary; Dianne Rosenquist, corresponding secretary; Sara Crouse, treasurer; and Connie Carstens, adviser.