From the alumni president
Ardith Harmon
Greetings Mizzou Nursing Alumni!
I am so excited to serve as the Nursing Alumni Organization President for 2009-2011. The amazing things that our graduates are doing astound me all the time. Mizzou Nursing has a strong legacy of achievements and I am honored to play a small role in the continued success of nursing at Mizzou.
As your new president, I’d like to take a few moments to introduce myself. I am a BSN ’03 and an MSN ’06 graduate of the School. After graduating, I worked as a pediatric nurse, a school nurse and as a nurse educator. Currently I am teaching nursing at a community college and raising my 1-year-old little girl. She is our "tiger in training" and is often seen sporting black-and-gold outfits.
I have also served as a board member for the NAO since graduating. What a privilege to be supporting the School that gave me such wonderful memories, skills and friends.
As a student, I was in the first class to receive the nursing attaché cases during our 5th semester. Now, each semester, I get to be a part of that special tradition by recognizing their achievements.
As a Mizzou alum, you should be very proud of the difference that our graduates are making every day in the lives of patients. Our graduates are leaving Mizzou with skills that will help them to impact patients, families, communities, politics and many more aspects. This would not be possible without the wonderful support of you — our alums.
As an active supporter of nursing students at all levels of their education, NAO has established many new traditions that make me proud to be an alum. These traditions create precious connections that bind us to the next generation of nursing alums.
Why don’t you come see for yourself? The Family Weekend Open House will be on Sept. 12. This is a great opportunity to meet current students, faculty and other alums while getting an overview of the School’s accomplishments.
A historic tradition that the School has recently become involved in is coming up soon — the Homecoming Parade. The students and alumni will be walking in the parade on October 24th. We want to see you there! So put on your black and gold and join us on the parade route. Let’s show them what great nursing alumni and students Mizzou has.
NAO will continue to be a voice for the numerous alums of our School. Please contact us if we can do to anything for you. We’re proud of our Mizzou Nurses!
Go Tigers!