Published May 28. 2021 9:00AM
By Aidan Schuler, Special to the Times
Prior to March 2020 there was already a national nursing shortage, but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the situation became worse due to retirements and the decision of some nurses to stay home with their families, among various other reasons.
Nurses bravely and stoically administered care and compassion during the pandemic while working tirelessly for those in their care.
And now there is hope for reducing the RN shortage here due to the creative strategies implemented by the nursing faculty at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich. On May 14 at Three Rivers Community College’s 57th Pinning Ceremony (first in-person pinning ceremony since the pandemic began), 33 students graduated at at Dodd Stadium; in total, the program has graduated 81 students since the pandemic began.
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Norwich Memories: Elm Tree on Washington Square
Silhouetting this 1880 photograph is the iconic “Elm Tree on Washington Square.” You are looking down West Main Street toward Thames Square, which was a city within a city. To the right of the huge Norwich Elevator building, on the left, is the entrance to the marina. Ken Keeley is the author of 12 pictorial books about Norwich history. To purchase any of his books he can be reached via e-mail at kenekjr000@comcast.net.
Emely Silver, left, with Jean Penny, RN, in Kenya.
The container that American Friends of Kenya loaded May 14, at Murphy Storage in Franklin.
Published May 24. 2021 12:33PM
By GLENN ALAN CHENEY, Special to the Times
What’s Norwich got to do with Kenya?
Quite a bit, actually.
It started back in 2004. Norwich resident Emely Silver, coordinator of the Career Center at E.O. Smith in Mansfield, met Irene Kimenyi, a math tutor there. Irene and her husband Samson, a professor of economics at UConn, were both Kenyans.
The Kimenyis had a modest but beautiful dream. They wanted to establish a little community library in their hometown back in Kenya, maybe even distribute books to nearby schools.