USC Nurse Anesthesia Graduating Class of 2004

Yipeeeee a party celebrating the graduating class of of Nurse Anesthesia at the University of Southern California. This is the last class that will be graduating from the now defunct School of Nursing at USC. A new day is coming for the graduating class and for the Anesthesia school. The Keck School of Medicine at USC headed by Dr. Lumb and Dr. Gold is heading up the new program. The entering class that will be graduating in 2006 is the second class to be admitted to the Medical School program.

The party for the graduating students was held today at the Town and Gown on the USC campus. Festivities commenced at 10:00 and went on well into the wee hours of the afternoon. We are a really party group as you will see.

Gollie was honored as the recipient of the Memorial Hodgekins award which she shared with another student. Gollie was one of the students that worked very hard in her clinical settings putting in extra days especially at Arrowhead Medical Center where she is now a new employee.

We had a special guest appearance by Dr. Waugaman to receive special recognition for her contributions to the field of anesthesia. It was a real treat being able to meet the legend. Dr. Waugaman has been past present of the AANA and CANA as well as having received the national outstanding educator award from the AANA. Dr. Waugaman has over 35 years in Nurse Anesthesia practice and has been a leading educator for many of those years. She is pictured here on the left with Chris Stein on the right who is one the outstanding educators at the USC school of Nurse Anesthesia.

Three of the new students from the future graduating class of 2006 were able to be in attendance. From left to right David Godden (author), Karen Embrey, and Anya Bibergal. Don’t we look the excited little group. Unfortunately the rest of the class was not able to come to enjoy the festivities.

Tommy Trojan in all his glory this morning was a lonesome monument until we showed up to wake him up. If you want to see what Tommy is up to at any time you can always just check out the web cam that sits on top of the Student Union. The Tommy Cam looks down on his majesty and whoever else is in the vicinity at the moment. I have been meaning to see the movie “The Trojan House” or is it Helen of Troy”, I can’t recall at the moment but I understand that the cinema photography is pretty outstanding in the film. Seeing the movie will catch me back up with the Iliad classic (or was that The Odyssey, can’t remember) which has been sitting on my shelf for so many years.

This afternoon I would like to check out the movie which will leave Sunday free for some serious study time. The graduating class of the USC Nurse Anesthesia Program, I salute you and am following in your steps.