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Sarah Williams, '09
Major: Nursing

Current Position: Williams is a registered nurse at Sacred Heart Medical Center, in Spokane, where she works in the psychiatric center for children and adolescents. In her spare time, she leads Young Life at Rogers High School, which she first became involved in as a Whitworth undergrad.

Why Whitworth? "Whitworth offered all the programs and activities I was interested in. I was attracted to the small class sizes and the generous financial aid package. My campus visit sealed the deal. People were welcoming, and the strong sense of community was evident. It was the right fit academically, financially and personally."

Whitworth Activities: Women's choir, a small-group Bible study, women's intramural Frisbee, and Young Life leadership at Rogers High School. Williams also toured Europe with a Whitworth study program.

Quote: "Whitworth taught me the necessity of genuine community in my life. As a student, I was surrounded by a strong support system of professors, resident assistants, small-group leaders and friends. This support has been vital during the challenges of nursing school and in my career as a nurse."

Influential Whitworth Experiences: "Whitworth professors go beyond their commitment to providing a solid academic education by assisting students in discovering their unique gifts and calling. Although I was a nursing major, theology professor Kent McDonald encouraged me to serve in Young Life. I discovered my passion for working with troubled youth while developing the leadership and communication skills that are essential to nursing. Now I am able to combine my passions with my strengths into a job I love."

Career Goals: "I'm interested in short-term medical missions, and I'm contemplating a psychiatric nurse practitioner degree. In nursing school I loved oncology, so I might try that someday."

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their health science degrees:

• Drew Park, '06, interned with the NFL's Green Bay Packers and is now an athletic trainer at a Los Angeles health club. Drew is also enrolled in the California Western School of Law.
  
  
• Peter Clark, '08, is the head athletic trainer for the Gonzaga University women's basketball team.
  
  
• Cynthia Wright, '05, is earning a doctorate at Virginia Commonwealth University.
  
  
• David Howell, '08, is a graduate assistant with the University of Oregon football and lacrosse teams, and is a master's student in the university's Motion Analysis Laboratory and Athletic Training Education Program.
  
  
• Tyler Assmus, '05, interned with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and is pursuing a master's degree in sport psychology at Boise State University.
  
  
• Aubrey Prince, '07, completed post-baccalaureate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and is now head athletic trainer at Fontana High School, near Los Angeles.
  
  
• Elise Hinrichs, '08, is working for STAR Physical Therapy, in Spokane, and is teaching aquatic rehabilitation and water aerobics.
  
  
• Jordan Montgomery, '07, is working as an athletic trainer at a sports physical therapy clinic in Sacramento, Calif., while preparing to enroll in a physician's assistant program.