The University of Louisiana at Monroe Department of Nursing hosted a Student Nurses Association Day April 8 in Brown Auditorium.

The event featured guest speaker, Dr. John Cooksey, an ophthalmologist and former U.S. Representative, who was elected to Congress in 1996 and represented Louisiana's Fifth District for three terms.

Second-level nursing student and champion jump roper, Chad Rankin, who recently taped a segment on the Ellen DeGeneres show in Los Angeles, as well as other nursing students, performed during an afternoon talent show.

Dr. John Cooksey, an ophthalmologist, and former U.S. Representative, who was elected to Congress in 1996 and represented Louisiana's Fifth District for three terms, speaks during the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Department of Nursing Student Nurses Association Day Wednesday in Brown Auditorium.

Christin Mohon, a level 4 ULM nursing student from Paulina hands a door prize ticket to Varun Chauhan, a Level 1 nursing student from India, before the kick-off of the Student Nurses Association Day.

Florencetta Gibson, ULM director of nursing, greets students during the opening of the Student Nurses Association Day in Brown Auditorium.

Photos by Richard Lupo, University Photo Services