My Mizzou Stories allows you to get to know our students, faculty and alumni at the Sinclair School of Nursing. They talk about “their Mizzou” – what it means to them to be a part of this school as well as how the generosity of our donors has impacted their lives. Take a minute to read and be touched by their stories – and then send us yours!

Pam Evans-Smith
Most profound things are usually very simple. For example, doing whatever it takes to help students learn while instilling professionalism and accountability; or honoring loved ones who made it their life's mission to help others.
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LuAnn Tandy
LuAnn Tandy's job is to take the University of Missouri Health Care system's nursing division to the next level of excellence. Yes, a large undertaking but one she embraces so whole heartedly that she took on the added responsibility of completing a BSN-to-PhD nursing program.
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Katie Edlund
As a childhood cancer survivor, Katie Edlund pursued science courses throughout junior and senior high with her sights set on a career in medicine. However, during a job shadowing experience she met a clinical nurse specialist who showed her that nurses can take a leadership role in determining a patient's health care regime.
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Robin Wollard
Robin Wollard is directing her life to complete a full circle. Twenty-four years ago she graduated from a diploma nursing program, returned to her hometown of Sedalia , Mo. , and started her nursing career at the local hospital.
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Wunvimul Benjakul
The decision to study in a foreign country is not one an individual takes lightly. It's not one that Wunvimul Benjakul took lightly. Benjakul knew when she left her homeland of Thailand that she would have to put forth much self-control, self-discipline and self-determination to complete the School's PhD program
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Rachael Cornwell
Rachael Cornwell remembers hearing stories about her mother's career as an emergency room nurse. While the stories were meant to deter Cornwell from becoming a nurse, they only increased her interest in following her mother's footsteps.
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Steve and Sally Richardson
Steve Richardson brought his wife, Sally, to tears, as well as the couple's CPA, when he announced he wanted to honor her nursing career by establishing an endowed faculty fellowship in Sally's name. “We've been married for 27 years and it is the most thoughtful thing he's ever done,” Sally said.
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Danielle Smith
A typical day in St. Louis' Cardinal Glennon's intensive care pediatric unit can include what most are only used to seeing on ER: car accident victims, kids with gunshot wounds, children fighting cancer. Danielle Smith helps children through this type of intense pain on a day-to-day basis.
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Verna and Jim Rhodes
Emeritus professor V. James Rhodes and wife Verna Adwell Rhodes, associate nursing professor, are a true Mizzou couple. While both retired in 1995 — he from agricultural economics and she from nursing — they continue their involvement with the University and, collectively, have amassed more than 70 years of service.
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Curt Canine
After high school, Curt Canine put his interest in nursing on the back burner and studied ministry at Ozark Christian College instead. However, a school-sponsored internship at a Haitian mission hospital, and working in its birthing center, ignited his nursing passion again as he realized health care was his true calling.
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