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Alumni
Alumni News
Wesley Belizaire (B.S., Nursing, 2001), a regional manager and trainer for Belizaire and Associates, is collaborating with a local company which
specializes in helping people supplement or replace lost incomes due to sickness
or injury. Mr. Belizaire has worked with the company for close to two years.
Deborah J. Clark (Ph.D., Nursing, 2003) recently joined Clayton College & State
University in Morrow as an associate professor and associate dean of nursing.
Clark focuses her studies in gerontological nursing and technology, having done
extensive research on the ICONS web system.
Delynn Dee Heberlein Keeton (B.S., Nursing, 1988) was recently appointed by
Governor Sonny Perdue to serve on the Georgia Board of Nursing. In addition to
her new duties, Ms. Keeton also holds the position of Director of Risk
Management at the DeKalb Medical Center.
Brent Robinson (M.S., Nursing, 2001) was named Chief Nursing Officer and Vice
President for Patient Services in the DeKalb Regional Health System holding
jurisdiction over the DeKalb Medical Center, Decatur Hospital, and a new
hospital at Hillendale scheduled to open in the summer. Mr. Robinson previously
served as the Director of Medical Services at DeKalb Medical Center.
Features
THREE GENERATIONS OF NURSES PAVE WAY
FOR ACCELERATED NURSING STUDENT
Like many graduating nursing students, Angela Cobb received her nursing pin
from a relative who is a fellow nurse. However, Cobb's graduation allows her to
carry on a strong family tradition; she comes from a line of career nurses. Both
her mother and grandmother chose nursing as their profession, and both were
present when Cobb received her pin.
Her mother, Rosemarie Girardeau, is a neuroeducator for Integra Neurosciences
and previously worked as both a surgical and emergency room nurse at Atlanta
Medical Center and Gwinnett Medical Center. Cobb's grandmother, who graduated
from a diploma program at a Savannah hospital, spent her career in critical care
at Emory University Hospital and at what is now DeKalb Medical Center.
Cobb didn't initially set out to become a nurse. She earned an undergraduate
degree in psychology and a master's degree in child development. While working
in a hospital's child life program, Cobb witnessed the nurses' interaction with
the children and the difference they made in their lives. She realized that she
wanted to pursue the same goal as her mother and grandmother.
The accelerated track for the Bachelor's of Science in Nursing provided Cobb
with the entry into the field of nursing. With the aid of a scholarship from
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, she was able to fulfill her dream. Cobb says
the accelerated program is challenging and she couldn't have done it without the
support from the nurses in her family.
Says Cobb, I couldn't have done it without the help from my mother and
grandmother. My mother, who is an educator, helped me study throughout the
program, even with my last finals of the program!
Following her December graduation, Cobb will work for Children's Healthcare
of Atlanta, Egleston campus on a unit which serves liver and kidney patients.
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