Members Spotlighted for New Programs, Donations, and Awards

May 19, 2026 |  2 min read

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AARC member Frank Freihaut, RRT, RRT-ACCS, was featured in a 2015 flashback article on the KETV7 website that covered the biocontainment unit at Nebraska Medicine, which has recently been called into action to monitor passengers from the cruise ship suffering from the hantavirus outbreak. Read it Here

AARC student members Lilly Topping, Macy Espe, and Myrna Mawete were pictured in an article in The Gazette about Kirkwood Community College’s “The Community’s College — The Community’s Future” campaign and its five funding priorities. Read it Here

AARC member Cortelius Wright, PhD, MPH, RRT, was featured in an article in the Marietta Daily Journal about the launch of his new RT program at Chattahoochee Technical College. Read it Here

AARC member Ashley Lancaster, BS, RRT, was featured in an article in the Cullman Times about the RT graduating class at Wallace State Community College. Read it Here

AARC member Janae Zachary, MPS, RRT, and senior member Ken Killion, RRT, CPFT, were featured in an article on KSCBNews.net about the donation of two ventilators to Janae’s respiratory care program at Seward County Community College. Read it Here

Congratulations to AARC member, Garry Kaufman, MPA, RRT, FAARC, LFACHE, for receiving a Lifetime Fellowship into the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

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