Melissa graduated from Arizona State University on December 14th, 2007. We are all obviously very proud of this wonderful accomplishment and admire her determination to complete her degree. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and is also a member of the international honors society Sigma Theta Tau. In addition to those honors she was also one of only two nursing students to be designated a Fuld Nursing Innovation Scholar. Way to go Melissa!!!!!
Grandpa and Grandma attended her graduation along with the rest of us. My dad (aka grandpa) graduated from ASU in 1958 with a bachelors degree and went on to complete a Masters of Music from Southern Illinois University in 1959, and then a Doctorate in 1976 from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.Now Melissa and her Grandfather are alumni of the same university!!!!! She intends to enter a Nurse Practitioner program after gaining some employment experience as a nurse. Currently she has accepted a position in the cardiac intensive care unit of a hospital in Sun City, AZ.
Melissa's "learning community" or LC5 as they refer to themselves became close friends throughout the program. Not only did they study together, but got together just for fun as well. They all became great karaoke singers and also spent time at the lake, camping and jet skiing. I'm sure they will all remain friends through their transition from students to their new lives as RN's. 
Seth and Madilyn, along with the rest of us, were very proud of their big sister and her accomplishments. They were very well behaved during a pretty lengthy ceremony. We all had lunch at PF Chang's following the graduation. Melissa then flew to Vermont on a red eye flight in order to visit family, she also hopes to see her brother Christopher and his girlfriend Julie along with others in Massachusetts during the trip.
