… to say goodbye to three colleagues whose aggregate service to the Institute is 38 years. Pat Reidy , interim dean for the School of Nursing and director of … a lifetime. When she invited me to join the Institute. I thought to myself, ‘What is an Institute?’ I had no idea of what was ahead for me, but it became my very … “What a journey it's been. And as I've often said to our graduates, nursing is a profession full of opportunity. From the bedside to the community, from primary …