Flag Ceremony Honors NSU, Hastings Relationship
Published: 2006-05-25
TAHLEQUAH - To honor the continuing relationship between Northeastern State University
and Hastings Indian Medical Center, Dr. George Foster, dean of the College of Optometry,
presented an NSU flag to the administrators of the hospital.
"This flag symbolically solidifies the partnership between NSU and Hastings," Foster
said.
Foster, along with NSU President Larry Williams and Amber Bryant, Optometry Clinic
office manager, presented the flag to Hastings CEO Edwin McLemore and Clinical Director
David Gahn at a ceremony held on May 24 in the medical center's administrative offices.
The flag will stand with the U.S, Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, and United Keetoowah
Band flags.
Foster also presented McLemore, Gahn, and Administrative Officer Keith Barrick with
Cherokee language eye charts.