Lee's Summit Student Nominated

for MU Nursing Award

March 20, 2008

COLUMBIA , Mo. – Erin Caldwell, of Lee's Summit, Mo., was recently nominated for the 2008 Nursing Alumni Organization's 5th -Semester Nursing Award for Overall Excellence from the Sinclair School of Nursing at the University of Missouri. The award recognizes potential for clinical proficiency, academic excellence and professional commitment.

Caldwell, a 2006 graduate of Lee's Summit North High School, is the daughter of Jim and Charlotte Haggard.

“My dream is to be a nurse practitioner in a children's hospital,” said Caldwell . “This way I can assist as many kids as possible in going back home to live a happy and rewarding life.”

MU is the largest and oldest campus of the state's major public research institutions. MU's primary mission in research and graduate education provides enhanced opportunities and challenges in the undergraduate areas of humanities, arts and sciences, and selected professional fields. The University provides a basis for service to the people of the state through outreach programs.

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