Horizons - Spring 2019

Class Notes

July 17, 2019

Send Us Your News Completed a degree program? Published a written work? Received that awesome promotion? Earned a prestigious honor? If so, we want to hear about it. Share your memories and milestones by emailing us at alumni@graceland.edu. `75 MARY...

July 11, 2019

With funding for Newcom Student Union nearing completion, we are excited to turn our attention to Graceland’s architectural icon: CLOSSON PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTER. One of the most uniquely crafted buildings in Iowa, Closson celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. In...

July 5, 2019

2018 was a big year for Women’s Volleyball Head Coach STEW McDOLE ’65 — the latest of many, many big years in his 37 seasons coaching the Yellowjackets — and his accomplishments and accolades shine a light on the impact...

June 28, 2019

Jonathan Montalvo moved to Indiana from Lares, Puerto Rico, when he was 15 years old. He completed high school there before attending Purdue University and then going on to get his master’s degree in Spanish literature from Western Michigan University...

June 23, 2019

A Conversation with Graceland’s Deans of the School of Nursing " It takes gutsy people to be nurses." - Margaret McKevit PAST It’s impossible to talk about the history of Graceland’s nursing program without mentioning Margaret McKevit ’55, Graceland’s first...

June 17, 2019

Graceland students who have gone through the pre-professional programs on the Lamoni campus have a history of success as they take the next steps in their career path. I t has been said among the faculty of these programs that 100...

June 11, 2019

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="600"] VITAL KNOWLEDGE Nursing Club partnered with Science Club to bring School of Nursing Independence-campus faculty to the Lamoni campus to teach students how to take vitals.[/caption] The first nursing club at Graceland began 40 years ago...

June 5, 2019

Christina Koch ’20 always knew she wanted to work in health care, even if she wasn’t certain which field. It just always stood to reason that, as someone who wanted to help and make a difference in people’s lives, providing...

May 30, 2019

Even in his early 20s, Patrick Kirk ’19 has already had a great deal of experience in the health care field, which he has used to his benefit in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Graceland’s Independence...