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200 interns in 20 years.

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Interns are an essential component of the Melpomene community. Their skills and talents have been the keys to assisting with so many of our activities. More than 200 women (and two men) have served in this role, so it's been difficult, if not impossible, to keep in touch with everyone. However, for this 20th Anniversary issue, we have put together a group of 20 and brought their lives up to date as best we could. Some details are missing and so are some photos, but we have supplemented the missing photos with others from our abundant collection.

Lillian Abelson - 1991

Lillian interned at Melpomene while she was a student at St. Cloud University. She coordinated the fall conference, worked in the media center/library and helped initiate the development of an information packet on breast health and exercise. She describes her internship as a "fabulous experience." Lillian has worked as a county health educator, completed her coursework for dual majors in public health and social work from the University of Minnesota, and become a grandmother. Now the chemical health-violence prevention coordinator for a school district in Elk River, Minnesota, she has developed a love of kayaking and biking.

Barbara Crea - 1996

Barbara did a 50-hour Melpomene internship for a women's studies class she was taking at Century College in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. She subsequently received her Women's Studies certificate and graduated from Century's Accelerated Nursing Program. Barbara went on to do an internship in surgery at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood. Two days after starting, the hospital hired her and she's been working as an RN in surgery ever since. She...

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