Huron Regional Medical Center Delivering Care To Huron For 75 Years
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Huron Regional Medical Center Delivering Care To Huron For 75 Years

75 years ago, on November 21, 1947, in a crippling snowstorm, the hospital that would eventually become Huron Regional Medical Center (HRMC) opened its doors. The first patients were 11 babies transferred from the Sprague Hospital. Several people have expressed that they may be one of the two newborns pictured being carried up the steps to the brand-new St. John’s Hospital in the iconic photograph you’ll find on the cover of this publication.

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Recognizing University Of South Dakota Outstanding Alumni
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Recognizing University Of South Dakota Outstanding Alumni

A cornerstone Dakota Days event, the Unleash Your Legacy Alumni Achievement Awards celebrates outstanding alumni for their personal and professional achievements, service within their communities, and loyalty to USD. Honorees are recognized in the following four categories: Emerging Leader, Service to the University, Public Service and Professional Achievement.

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Nine from Essentia Health Receive ‘Joyful Nurse’ Award
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Nine from Essentia Health Receive ‘Joyful Nurse’ Award

Nine Essentia Health nurses are recipients of the 2022 Restoring Joy Award. The awards are presented by Restoring Joy to Leadership, a “spiritually based leadership-development consulting firm.” Nurses from a variety of organizations across the country were nominated; there were a total of 22 award winners. Recipients are “intentional in their efforts to add JOY to the work environment … in spite of the whirlwind, these nurses manage to brighten their environment with the light of a joyful heart!”

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USD School of Health Sciences Success Spotlight-Dawn Marie Johnson
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USD School of Health Sciences Success Spotlight-Dawn Marie Johnson

Dawn Marie Johnson originally chose to study at USD to be closer to her sick father in Vermillion. But what she found in the School of Health Sciences was an academic "home" that would carry her through not only her undergraduate degree in social work, but also her MSW eight years later.

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