Shari Masyga is this year’s recipient of the Winona Health Foundation’s Phyllis A. McClenathan Nursing scholarship.
Masyga is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who has been caring for residents at Lake Winona Manor for more than 16 years. She is enrolled at Minnesota State College Southeast (MSCS) pursuing an Associate Science Degree in Nursing. She believes it is an honor to work with Winona Health and serve the community that she and her family are a part of.
Linda Atkinson, administrator for Lake Winona Manor and other Senior Services at Winona Health noted, “Shari is a competent, skilled, hardworking and trusted nurse. She is caring and compassionate with residents, families and her fellow caregivers. It is extremely satisfying to witness her genuine excitement as she journeys through her nursing program.”
Phyllis A. McClenathan was a long-time nurse in Winona Health’s Family Birth Center who passed away after a long battle with cancer. In 2006, her husband, Dean, and their children established a nursing scholarship in her name through the Winona Health Foundation. In addition to the scholarship award, the McClenathan family gives the recipient a nurse figurine from Phyllis’s collection.
The $1,000 scholarship is available to an individual in the final one or two semesters of completing a two- or four-year nursing degree who lives within a 60-mile radius of Winona, attends a post-secondary school within the designated area or is a current caregiver at Winona Health.
For more information about this scholarship, please call the Winona Health Foundation at 507.494.7384 or find information online: Winona Health Foundation.