Beach recalls being a member of the first four-year nursing degree program--the curriculum, faculty and practicums at local hospitals. She describes her career and how the bachelor of science in nursing degree was seen as a threat to the nursing profession by registered nurses and physicians. She discusses her working life and the advent of more equality for women in the hospitals. She talks about campus life, the Vietnam era and the effect of integration on the University and in Greensboro. Subjects: 1966 being the first year the nursing degree was offered, nursing classes, Eloise Lewis, the campus/racial violence during the late 1960s.