Shoreline’s Nursing students break fundraising record for students in need

December 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

IMG_0300[12]Each year, the Shoreline Community College Association of Nursing Students (SCCANS) raises money to help one student with financial need. Funds are distributed anonymously and can be used for tuition or to help with living expenses that may be barriers to a student’s success. This year SCCANS raised a record amount and was able to distribute funds to several students.

The students held a competition to see which of the nursing cohorts could raise the most funds, with the winning cohort earning a pizza party. The part-time student group (attending for 10 quarters instead of the 6 that full-time students attend) won the competition, raising $980 between just 19 students. Together, all the cohorts raised over $1800. In past years, SCCANS has raised an average of $5-600 for the fund.

“The 10-quarter cohort is really a phenomenal group this year,” Nursing professor and advisor Corinne (Corki) Budnick said. “While they’re juggling so much – work, family, school – and coming to campus at night after most everyone else is gone, it can be harder for part-time students to bond with the campus community. But these students dove right in and really rose to the occasion to show that they care about their fellow students and the program.”

The SCCANS club contributes to a variety of events on campus each year, including helping plan nursing graduation ceremonies and nurses’ day celebrations and organizing blood drives. The club also runs a winter clothing drive that collects warm clothes for the community at large.

“Our students knock our socks off every year,” said Budnick. “And this year’s group is no exception. We’re so proud of them and how they’ve rallied around each other and the program. Part of nursing is about caring for the community, and these students are truly caring for theirs. It’s great to see.”

Some of the objectives of the club are to contribute to nursing education; provide programs of social, educational and political import; provide an opportunity for students to participate in leadership roles and to provide a supportive network to students enrolled in the nursing program.

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Nursing Prof. Linda Barnes passes away

July 17, 2014 by 2 Comments
Linda Barnes and nursing faculty

Prof. Linda Barnes (fifth from left) with other Shoreline Community College nursing faculty members in 2011.

Prof. Linda D. Barnes, a mainstay in the nursing program at Shoreline Community College for the past 24 years, has passed away.

Prof. Linda Barnes

Prof. Linda Barnes

Barnes, 57, died the evening of July 16, 2014, following a nearly year-long battle with cancer, according to family members. She is survived by her husband, Larry, and daughter, Shannon. Services are pending.

“I’ll always remember her marvelous smile,” said Gillian Lewis, the academic dean who oversees the nursing program. “Linda taught labor and delivery to literally thousands of students who became registered nurses and are now working in the area.”

Barnes came to Shoreline in 1990 as an associate faculty member to teach perinatal care. In 1998, she applied for a tenure track positon and was awarded tenure in 2001. Barnes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Western Reserve College, Cleveland, in 1979 and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University in 1980. She earned her Master’s in Nursing from the University of Washington in 1990.

Nursing program director Lynn Von Schlieder said Barnes’ passing is like losing a member of the family. “Her office was right where everyone walked by and she always had an open door,” Von Schlieder said. “All the students, all the faculty would stop by to chat. She was very personable.”

Von Schlieder said Barnes was also very passionate about perinatal care. At Shoreline, that part of the program is called “nursing care for the child-bearing family,” Von Schlieder said. “That’s largely due to Linda’s perspective about care, not just details of delivery.”

Shoreline’s nursing program has a well-earned reputation as having a high bar for admission and being rigorous for those who do get in. Much of that, Von Schlieder said, is due to Barnes insistence on setting and meeting high standards.“Linda did site visits to other programs for the National League for Nursing,” Von Schlieder said. “She brought that experience and knowledge back to Shoreline to help make us better.”

Interim President Daryl Campbell and incoming president Cheryl Roberts were notified of Barnes’ passing while they were attending a statewide retreat for community and technical college presidents. “Our thoughts are with Linda’s family, friends and all those who were touched by this wonderfully compassionate and dedicated nurse, educator and human being,” Campbell said.

Roberts said she’s touched by the strong sense of community at Shoreline: “Losing a key faculty member is difficult, losing a friend is devastating. The way that Shoreline comes together to support one another is what makes us such a special place to work and to learn”

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