Description: Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Hilliard, Ph.D., C.N.M., a University of Florida professor emeritus who founded the College of Nursing's nurse midwifery master's program in 1982 and was one of the early pioneers of nurse midwifery in Florida
Description: Loretta Cromwell holds her month-old daughter Miracle, who was delivered by her father Chris as Loretta gave birth in the front seat of their van before they could reach the hospital. Good Samaritan and UF nursing student Emily Hunt assisted the family until emergency vehicles arrived. (Photo by Sarah Kiewel/University of Florida)
Description: UF nursing student Emily Hunt holds Miracle Cromwell, daughter of Chris, left, and Loretta Cromwell, of Gainesville. Hunt aided the Cromwells when they were forced to make an emergency roadside delivery of their little baby "Miracle." (Photo by Sarah Kiewel/University of Florida)
Description: Gloria McWhirter, M.S.N., R.N., a clinical assistant professor of nursing, was recently elected to the National Black Nurses Association board of directors.