(l-r) Dr. Jesse Colin, Barry University nursing professor poses with master’s prepared nursing students who are the first to graduate from the Nurse Faculty Loan Program; Janet Kibbons, Michelle Varela, Ana Couceiro, Rebecca Honzik, Lauren Oates, and Dona Elliott during Commencement, May 5. (Ann Simler, Kimberly McDuffie, Alexandra Ellis, and Yolande Ashman are not pictured).The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Barry University’s Division of Nursing a grant for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program. The program is geared toward helping close the gap in the nation’s nursing shortage by allowing nurses wanting to continue their education and return to school to earn their master’s or doctoral degrees in nursing education.
