Distinguished Guests
November 9, 2010 - During the past several months, we have been fortunate to host a number of distinguished guests at Vinland.
A large group visited from the Federal Recovery Coordinators Program. This program is a coordinated effort between the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Norwegian guests included Roger Andresen, Deputy Police Chief of Oslo; Ambassador Rolf Willy Hansen, Norway’s Ambassador to Syria and former Norwegian Consul General in Minneapolis and his wife, Ingeborg Sundet; Steinar Opstad, PhD, founder of the American College of Norway program; and Sverre Mørkhagen, a Norwegian author and journalist.
We hosted John D. Corrigan, PhD, ABPP, Director, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University Medical Center and Founder and Director, Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation and TBI Network; Susan Wagner, Program Administrator, North Dakota Department of Human Services- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program; and Landon J. Feil, Vice President of Brain Injury Services, HIT Inc., Mandan, North Dakota.
Visitors from the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality & Healing included Mary Jo Kreitzer,PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Founder and Director; Tami Briggs, Therapeutic Harpist, Instructor; Jean Haley, MLS, MS, MSW, LICSW, Clinical Social Worker; Terry Pearson, R.Ph, MBA, Instructor; Linda Halcón, PhD, MPH, RN, Director of Graduate Studies at the School of Nursing; Merrie Kaas, DNSc, RN, CS, Associate Professor at the School of Nursing; Gisli Kristoffersen, Doctorate of Nursing Practice Graduate Student; Jeannie Larson, PhD, HTR, CTRS, Program Manager, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Center for Therapeutic Horticulture and Recreation Services; Dianne Lev, Director of Development; and Beth Sommerville, Outreach Programming.
Other University of Minnesota International Medical Education and Research (IMER) Program and Medical School guests included Phillip K. Peterson, M.D., Director; Paul Quie, M.D., Regents Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Co-Director; and Shannon Benson, Coordinator.
