While the average Ferris students and professors spend their days in class or studying, nursing professor Mary Beaudry and sonography student Sarah Williams balance personal responsibilities with the wellbeing of the community’s most vulnerable members.  

Mary Beaudry has been a nursing professor at Ferris since 2016. After seven years away from working as a floor nurse, she found herself missing patient care and took a position at Spectrum Health Kelsey this past August.  

She began her new job in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite additional personal protective equipment and other precautions, things were relatively normal for the first few months. 

“My coworkers have never seen the bottom half of my face,” Beaudry laughed.