Durham College Nursing instructor Margaret Campkin receives 2010 Alumna of Distinction Award Posted on August 5, 2010 at 12:35 pm. August 5, 2010 Oshawa, Ont. – Durham College was pleased to honour Whitby, Ont. native Margaret Campkin at this year’s spring convocation ceremony held on June 18, with a prestigious Alumna of Distinction award at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ont. A graduate of the Nursing program in 1985, Campkin returned to the college in 2007 as a part-time instructor in the Critical Care Nursing (e-learning) program, while continuing her work at Lakeridge Health in Oshawa where she started in the Medical Isolation unit before moving to the Critical Care department. In March 2009, Campkin was promoted to her current position as patient care manager of Critical Care. Throughout her career, she has been recognized with numerous awards and fellowships including the Lakeridge Health Corporation Leadership award in 2003. Campkin is also a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario, the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and both the Canadian and American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Durham College professors bring years of knowledge and real-world experience to our classrooms every day, providing students with unique perspectives and information that ensures students have the market-ready skills needed to obtain great careers and make a difference in the world. The Alumnus of Distinction Award honours the extraordinary contributions Durham College graduates make to society while achieving career success. -30- About Durham College At Durham College, the student experience comes first, an approach it has taken for more than 40 years. Through a vast range of market-driven programs that are taught by exceptional professors with real-world experience, students develop the skills required to meet the ever-changing needs of employers and the job market. Moving forward, Durham College’s expansion plans will see its Whitby campus grow by 40,000 square feet. Phase 1 of the construction features an energy-neutral living laboratory for new technologies and education that will serve the growing needs of the emerging energy sector. Phase 2 of the expansion will create additional classroom and laboratory space to support new program development, and Phase 3 will be a Food and Hospitality Centre designed to house culinary arts programs; a food and agricultural component; a food processing centre and agriculture and science laboratories. Durham College has more than 7,000 full-time students, thousands of part-time students and more than 1,400 apprentices. For more information, visit www.durhamcollege.caor call 905.721.2000. Media contact: Michelle Roebuck Communications, Marketing and External Relations Durham College 905.721.2000 ext. 2197 michelle.roebuck@durhamcollege.ca Disclaimer: The contact information provided in archived news releases was current at the release date. For current information please contact Communications, Marketing and External Relations. SHARE:
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