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' 3-11 Employes Fete Student Editor's Note; This article was writ ten by an employe on the 3-11 shift in the Intensive Care Nursery about an African student who worked his way through school as an orderly at Duke. By Mrs. Kathryn McLean Justus Mutia Muthembwa is a native of Kitui, Kenya, Africa. Oldest of five children by his father's first wife, he has four other siblings, children by his fa ther's second wife, Africa being polyga mous. Mutia, a member of the Kamba tribe, was educated in Kitui High School, a Baptist mission school. He came to America to complete his education, at tending a college in Chicago for one PCA Class Will Begin This Month An eight-week intensive training pro gram will begin April 14 for 37 future patient care aides. The class will end June 6. The new PCA class will spend the first week in a classroom orientation program. The remainder of the course will be devoted to clinical experience on one of six hospital wards, in addition to two hours of class each day. Instructors for the course are Miss Janet Askew, R. N., and Mrs. Carol Schutz, both of Patient Care Education, and Mrs. Thelma Cheek, R. N. Hospital employes taking the course include Edith Ashe, Alice Barbee, Mar gie Barbee, Rebecca Bland, Sheridan Brown, Emily Carlisle, Annie Couch, Bessie Cozart, Mary Downey, Catherine Hannah, Ronnie Johnson, Annette Jo nes, Leora Jones, Freddie Kearns, Mar garet Lloyd, L. Beatrice McNeill, Lottie McPherson, Catherine McRae, Annetta Markham, Dorothea Mayhue, Alma Mor ris, Jerry Mosley, Nellie Newman, Lora O'Neal, Hazel Parker, Ruth Partridge, Mary Prince, Nannie Proctor, Joyce Ro berts, Lucille Robinson, Vernetta Roys ter, Lottie Smith, Gladys Spransy, Bill Swain, Annie Taylor, Therlan Thomp son and Herman Thorton. term. He then entered Shaw University,, completing his undergraduate work at that school. Entering North Carolina College in the fall of 1967, he completed his grad uate work in economics in January of this year. At the time he came to this country, Kenya was a British colony; therefore his schooling was sponsored by the British government. However, when Kenya became independent, his sponsor ship by the British ended. In order to complete his education, he found it necessary to find work compatible with. his class schedule. Consequently he came to Duke, working as a male at tendant on the 3-11 shift, carrying his class load in the morning and working a 32-hour week which is all his visa as an alien student would allow. He did a most creditable job, en dearing himself to all the patients with whom he came in contact. He was a very pleasant and willing worker, often expressing concern for the little effort our own young people make to take full advantage of their educational op portunities. Mr. Muthembwa signed a contract with the government of Kenya last August at a substantial salary and is working with the ministry of commerce and industry directorate of supplies in Nirobi, the capital of Kenya. Duke Hosts Session For Milwaukee Glub The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology hosted members of the Mil waukee Hospital Travel Club at a scien tific session and visit March 6-8. The club, composed of physicians who are former OB-GYN residents at the Milwaukee Hospital, was organized in 1962 to allow residents to visit facil ities at other medical centers and to promote acquaintances with other doc tors in the OB-GYN field. Nine physicians in the Duke depart ment presented discussions of scientific subjects including cancer of the cervix, immunology and pregnancy, and genet ics as related to gynecology. The visitors also observed gynecolog ic surgery and toured the OB-GYN de partment and other sections of the med ical center. On February 5 the 3-1! hospital em ployees surprised him with a bon voyage party and gift of an attache case packed with a few appropriate items. In his acceptance remarks he commented that so often his work had seemed so un rewarding, but nowhere in his expansive travels had he even seen such a gesture of friendship which, to him, made up for the hard work, loneliness, and priva tion of friends and family for the past five years. A home-baked and decorated bon voyage cake, sandwiches, cookies, chips and nuts with punch was the compliments of the 3-11 staff to a friend whom we would all like to see again and wish well in his far-away homeland. P. S. He says he is going to have two wives! Duke RT's At Meeting Two radiologic technology students won the first-place award for student papers at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Society of Radiologic Technologists March 15-16. In addition, four Duke RT's were named to state offices and a staff tech nologist was elected North Carolina's delegate to the national association. Miss Wanda Davis and Miss Sharon Wicker, both juniors, received a cash award and trophy for their presentation on "Mammography." Miss Elizabeth Norris, a senior stu dent, won the third-place trophy for her exhibit on the styloid process of the temporal bone. Eric Porter, assistant chief technolo gist in the Department of Radiology, was installed as president of the North Carolina association. Other staff technologists elected to posts in the state organization include James Miller, treasurer; Richard Whor- ton, chairman of the Publications Com mittee, and Miss Bobbie Holtzman, cha irman of the Health Careers Committee. Miss Cindi Campbell, also a staff technologist, was elected North Carol ina's delegate to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists meeting in Atlanta in June.
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