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Public Information Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: May 15, 2006
CONTACT: Donna Myers, 206.546.4717
Shoreline CC nursing students
receive scholarships
Shoreline, WA ― Shoreline Community College
(SCC) nursing students, Christy Scholtes (Seattle resident) and Ijeoma Ezeokeke
(Lynnwood resident) were awarded scholarships at the King County Nurses
Association annual meeting and scholarship banquet on May 3rd a the
Burke Museum. SCC nursing graduates, George Baxter, RN and Keith Koga, RN, also
received scholarships from KCNA. SCC nursing faculty Lynn Von Schileder and
Linda Barnes attended the event as did fellow SCC nursing students, Tabitha
Burns, Matt Holzknecht and Margaret Randell. Baxter will enter the CNS Masters
Program at the University of Washington next fall.
Scholtes also received a
scholarship from the Washington Foundation, and Ezeokeke, a scholarship from the
Marey Mahoney Foundation. Other scholarships earned this year by SCC nursing
students are Linda Filippi and Mary Dyczewski, Joan Heeter nursing scholarships;
Kristin Fuhlstrom and Princess Brown, Elizabeth R. Thomas Alumni Fund
scholarships; Sheila Peden, Washington State Nurses Foundation scholarship;
Diane Uplinger, Diana Call and Leigh Smollen, American Legion “Forty and Eight
Club” scholarships.
The Nursing Program at SCC prepares individuals to become Registered
Nurses. The curriculum provides a strong foundation in natural and social
sciences and an understanding of patient care in a variety of settings.
Throughout the program, students integrate experience caring for patients in
acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities and community agencies.
Graduates receive an Associate Degree in Applied Arts and Sciences in Nursing.
The program is approved by the Washington State
Nursing Commission and is nationally accredited by the National League for
Nursing Accrediting Commission
To learn about SCC’s Nursing
Program, please check out the web site at
http://www.shoreline.edu/nurse.html or call 206.546.4743. The College is
located at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, just west of Aurora and north of
Seattle city limits.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Shoreline Community College
nursing faculty and students attended the King County Nurses Association annual
meeting and scholarship banquet on May 3rd to congratulate Christy
Scholtes and Ijeoma Ezeokeke, who received scholarships that night. Front row
(l to r): Kenny Ezeokeke, Matt Holzknect, Margaret Randell, Lynn Von Schlieder;
and back row (l to r): Bette Perman (nursing instructor) second from
left,Tabitha Burns, Ijeoma Ezeokeke (scholarship awardee), Linda Barnes (nursing
instructor), Christy Scholtes (scholarship awardee), Sue Christenson (nursing
instructor), George Baxter and Keith Koga (SCC nursing graduates). — end photo
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