Sculpture of Former Faculty Member Is Dedicated at the School of Nursing Building
A summer monsoon did not stop the WNMU community and the family of the late Pam Kuthe from dedicating a sculpture of the former WNMU professor and nurse on August 28, 2023. The bronze sculpture, titled “Nursing Is a Calling,” was commissioned by the university and created by the team of sculptors at Made in Silver City, Colette Beers, Chelsea Boone, Maurice Camacho and Michael Metcalf. Kuthe, who retired from WNMU in 2007 and passed away in 2020, was a long-time Silver City nurse, a dedicated educator and a valued colleague. WNMU Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Jack Crocker welcomed those attending the event and spoke of the qualities that nurses possess and that Kuthe embodied. Nurses practice “the best qualities of humankind,” said Crocker, “ intelligent, ethical, committed persevering.” Among the others speaking at the dedication was retired physician John Bell, who worked with Kuthe for many years at Gila Regional Medical Center and its...