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How the University provided the three-time graduate with much more than an education, and why she hopes to pay it forward.
“Rochester raised me,” says Farrell Cooke ’14, ’19N, ’24S (MBA), who is now a registered nurse and the assistant nurse manager in the surgical intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital.
She’s not exaggerating. In addition to her two bachelor’s degrees—in neuroscience and nursing—and an MBA, the University of Rochester provided Cooke with confidence, resilience, a sense of belonging, and even the love of her life.
“I have a dog named Eastman. I got engaged to my husband on the Eastman Quad, and my husband is a U of R graduate,” she says. “Some of my best friends that I met here are women who are going to be my lifelong friends.”
Read more about Farrell's story: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/my-rochester-story-farrell-cooke-coming-home-645692/
#MyRochesterStory
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How the University provided the three-time graduate with much more than an education, and why she hopes to pay it forward.
“Rochester raised me,” says Farrell Cooke ’14, ’19N, ’24S (MBA), who is now a registered nurse and the assistant nurse manager in the surgical intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital.
She’s not exaggerating. In addition to her two bachelor’s degrees—in neuroscience and nursing—and an MBA, the University of Rochester provided Cooke with confidence, resilience, a sense of belonging, and even the love of her life.
“I have a dog named Eastman. I got engaged to my husband on the Eastman Quad, and my husband is a U of R graduate,” she says. “Some of my best friends that I met here are women who are going to be my lifelong friends.”
Read more about Farrell's story: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/my-rochester-story-farrell-cooke-coming-home-645692/
#MyRochesterStory
Subscribe to the University of Rochester on YouTube: youtube.com/user/UniversityRochester?sub_confirmation=1
