Includes articles on: Herbert Fowler receives Lenin Prize Laureate, nursing students assisted children with disabilities, dress codes in the School of Dentistry, damages to the human ear, a correction to an October 1976 article on a discrimination survey, changes coming to School of Nursing programs, a management training program, non-surgical treatment of cataracts and healing cornea wounds, learning about treatment of alcoholic persons, holiday recipes and tips, a day in the life of dormitory residents, Pacific Northwest Polyamine Conference, training one of the nation's first nurse-nephrologists, employee service anniversaries, Mercy Flights saving lives, and new equipment in the ultrasound lab.