Gov. Mike Beebe recently appointed four new members to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing. They are:

Cynthia Burroughs, of Little Rock, is an associate professor of biology at Philander Smith College in Little Rock. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Talladega College in Talladega, Ala., and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in endocrinology from the University of California at Berkeley. Burroughs has received numerous honors including the Distinguished Service Award from the National Center for Toxicological Research and the Blue Heron Award from Audubon Arkansas. She replaces Pamela Crowson as the consumer representative on the Board. Burroughs is married and has two children.

Gladwin Connell, of Little Rock, is the consumer representative of the older population on the Board. He is a retired United Methodist minister and previously served as pastor of churches in El Dorado, Malvern and Little Rock. Connell has served in numerous capacities on various boards and committees including the Hendrix College Board of Trustees and previously as president of the West Arkansas Area Agency on Aging. He also served as president of the Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Center in Little Rock. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College, a master of theological studies degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a doctor of ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

Brenda Murphree, of El Dorado, is a registered nurse and is the representative of associate degree nurses on the Board. She received her associate degree in nursing from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. Murphree is a nursing instructor at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado. Previously she has served patients in a wide range of areas such as surgery, case management, orthopedics and as an office nurse. “I would like to use my experience to enhance the nursing profession and I look forward to advocacy for the citizens of Arkansas,” Murphree said. She is married to Jeff Murphree and has one daughter and one granddaughter.

Doris Scroggin, of Vilonia, is a registered nurse and a graduate of St. Edward Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Fort Smith. Scroggin works in the nursing pool at Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute. She has served as a nurse in the medical/surgical unit, public health, emergency room, operating room, home health and oncology. Previously she was an emergency medical technician and licensed practical nurse instructor. Scroggin, a native Arkansan, stated, “I believe that the citizens of Arkansas deserve to have competent and safe nursing care. I feel that with my years of experience in nursing I can contribute to the regulation of the practice of nursing in the state.”