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  • How a Coloma nursing grad earned LMC’s top honor

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• Coloma's Cameron Schinck receives LMC Spirit of Nursing Award (wsjm.com) — A Coloma resident, nursing graduate Cameron Schinck, has earned Lake Michigan College’s top Spirit of Nursing Award for exemplifying excellence, integrity, and compassionate care. Nominated by classmates and selected by faculty, he’ll soon begin work in Corewell Health Lakeland’s orthopedic and neurological unit in St. Joseph while planning to pursue a master’s degree in nursing.
   

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