Category: 100 Years
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A Century of Stories: Dr. Michael Carter
Dr. Michael Carter’s long history with Frontier Nursing University dates to 2003 when he joined what was then the Frontier Nursing Service Board of Governors. Dr. Carter has been a board member ever since and has served as the Board Chair since 2009.
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A Century of Stories: Jean Fee
Jean Fee was born in 1937 in rural Alberta, Canada. In 1958, Jean traveled to the mountains of eastern Kentucky to attend the Frontier School of Midwifery. Fee later returned to Kentucky in 1973, settling in McKee. Jean applied her blend of experience in both public health and hospital acute care working in the private…
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A Century of Stories: Dr. Cathy Cook
As a graduate, regional clinical faculty, preceptor, and faculty member, Dr. Cook has done it all. After earning her MSN from Case Western Reserve, she came to Frontier to obtain her CNM (1998). She later returned to Frontier for her DNP (2020). She worked as a certified nurse-midwife from 1998-2020, specializing in natural childbirth and…
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A Century of Stories: Delphine Jewell
Former FNS nurse-midwife Delphine Jewell worked at Hyden Hospital in Kentucky from March 1956 to March 1957, and became a Certified Nurse-Midwife at Frontier. She then went on to do missionary work in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. She coordinated the establishment of an in-house birth center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Delphine was a maternal-newborn nurse educator, serving…
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A Century of Stories: Pandemic Heroes Part 2
When the COVID-19 pandemic spread to the United States in early 2020, the public responses ranged from panic to denial. As businesses and services were restricted or completely shut down across the country, FNU alumni stepped forward. True to the Frontier mission, they were determined, creative, and brave in their efforts to serve their communities.
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A Century of Stories: Pandemic Heroes Part 1
When the COVID-19 pandemic spread to the United States in early 2020, the public responses ranged from panic to denial. As businesses and services were restricted or completely shut down across the country, FNU alumni stepped forward. True to the Frontier mission, they were determined, creative, and brave in their efforts to serve their communities.
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A Century of Stories: Leslie Copp, MSN, FNP, DNP (Class 57)
Frontier Nursing University alumni go on to do so many amazing things that it is sometimes easy to overlook the incredible accomplishments they achieved before graduating. Current DNP student Leslie Copp is a prime example. In the summer of 2023, Copp, whose husband Justin is a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army with 24 years…
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A Century of Stories: Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Founded in 1993 by Executive Chair Peter Coffin, Breckinridge Capital Advisors (BCA) is an independently owned asset manager based in Boston. Coffin, who is Chair of Frontier’s Foundation Board, served as BCA’s President for over 30 years before retiring on June 30, 2024. The relationship between BCA and Frontier Nursing University dates back to 2017, when…