This was the first class of master’s degree candidates to graduate from MSU’s School of Nurse Anesthesia; the program was formerly known as the St. John’s School of Anesthesia at Missouri State. In addition, Dr. Monika Feeney, ’04, the program’s director, was presented with the inaugural Excellence in Service Alumni Award in recognition of her efforts to ensure that the School of Nurse Anesthesia could be fully affiliated with Missouri State.