Front row: Audrey Zeigler, Catherine Louis, Emily Felger, Alyssa Gibson
Back row: Aubrey Matthias, Kendall Close, Kelsey Tackett, Bailey Cook, Mariah Maley (Not pictured: Erica Rieke)
FORT WAYNE, Ind.—Ten upcoming graduates of the University of Saint Francis announced their career paths at a Signing Day event with Parkview Health on Tuesday, April 8. The nursing students will graduate in May.
The Saint Francis students, with their Parkview Health destinations, hometowns and high schools (all hometowns are Indiana, except where noted):
- Kendall Close (6 South PRMC), Auburn, DeKalb High School
- Bailey Cook (Emergency Department. PRMC), Leo, Leo High School
- Emily Felger (CVICU PHI), Fort Wayne, Carroll High School
- Alyssa Gibson (Randallia Flex Team), Fort Wayne, North Side High School
- Catherine Louis (Carew Med Surg Randallia), Fort Wayne, Heritage High School
- Maria Maley (Surgical Trauma ICU), Kendallville, East Noble High School
- Aubrey Matthias (PHI CHTC), Fairport, New York, Fairport High School
- Erica Rieke (Parkview Bryan Emergency Department), Defiance, Ohio, Tinora High School
- Kelsey Tackett (Progressive Care PRMC), Leo, Leo High School
- Audrey Zeigler (Progressive Care PRMC), Churubusco, Churubusco High School
“We’ve done this several times with Saint Francis and every time we have more and more family members here to celebrate with them, and that is neat to see,” said Erin LaCross, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, Parkview Health Senior Vice President of Nursing Professional Development. “I always say you can see Saint Francis nursing graduates living out the Franciscan values. They understand what it means to know that every person has dignity, and they carry that with them and live it out as nurses.”
For more information on Nursing and other programs at Saint Francis, visit sf.edu.
Founded in 1890 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs through the College of Health Sciences and the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business. In addition to its traditional programs, Saint Francis designs focused curricula for working adults in Fort Wayne, Crown Point and online. USF Downtown houses the music technology program while offering enhanced internship and networking opportunities for students. The University of Saint Francis, recognized as an NAIA Five-Star Champion of Character institution, has 20 athletic programs boasting two individual and four team NAIA national championships. Approximately 1,800 students from a broad geographic region attend Saint Francis.