Class notes

College of Medicine students give Dr. Guy Benrubi a standing ovation after his “Last Lecture” for the graduating class of 2012 in May.

During the College of Medicine’s “Last Lecture” in May, Guy I. Benrubi, M.D., urged the graduating class to treat people right, face their fears and, of course, not to be full of hot air. Students vote on who they’d like to give their “Last Lecture,” a talk typically laden with final bits of wisdom before they head off to their residencies. Benrubi, senior associate dean for clinical affairs and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the College of Medicine-Jacksonville, was the first Jacksonville faculty member to give the lecture. Benrubi implored students to “Know your 68,” a reference to the Prague Spring, a revolution in the former Czechoslovakia in 1968. National Hockey League star and Czech Republic native Jaromir Jagr always wore number 68 and said everything he did was in honor of his country and his family, who were killed when the Russians invaded. Benrubi told the graduates to identify their “68” to learn what they are striving for and then make sure that every day they are doing this to further their “68.” …

The College of Nursing recently received an educational development grant from the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program that would allow one student to receive a $10,000 scholarship for financial support in doctoral studies. Faculty members selected doctoral student Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill to receive the scholarship based on her leadership experience in diabetes education, treatment and advocacy, as well as her research interest and career goals as a potential nursing faculty member.