Internet Outage on Sunday March 3rd

Due to a service update the internet will be down on Sunday March 3rd starting at 2:00 p.m.  Both wired and wireless connections should resume at 5:00 p.m.

This week in history:

Mary Mohoney was the first African American Woman to complete nurses training in 1879 from the New England Hospital for Woman and Children.  To learn about her please click on the link below:




https://www.usfhealthonline.com/resources/healthcare/african-american-trailblazers-in-medicine-medical-research/

This week in history

Presidents Day, officially Washington’s birthday, is a federal holiday that was recognized as honoring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  It is sometimes understood as a day to celebrate all birthday’s and lives of the US presidents. 

President's Day Hours

In observance of President's Day the Wegner Library will have shortened hours, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on February 18th.  We will resume regular business hours 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on February 19th.

This week in history:

Rebecca Lee Crumpler studied medicine at the New England Female Medical College in 1860.  She received her M.D. in 1864. She was the first African American woman to practice medicine. To learn more about her please click on the link below.


https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-african-american-physician

This week in history:

James McCune Smith earned his MD from Scotland in 1837.  He returned back to the United States to practice medicine.  He became the first African American physician in the country.