{"id":30916,"date":"2011-05-12T20:23:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T00:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2011\/05\/13\/necc-student-receives-state-honor\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:31:01","slug":"necc-student-receives-state-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/05\/12\/necc-student-receives-state-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Student Receives State Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_341\" style=\"width: 116px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/departments.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/05\/Shannon-Sheltra1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Sheltra<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shannon Sheltra, a student at Northern Essex Community College\u2019s respiratory care program was named one of \u201c29 Who Shine\u201d from the Public Higher Education Class of 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Sheltra, a single mother of three who resides in West Newbury, turned to NECC for a career when her long-time partner and father of her children, died unexpectedly, forcing their horse farm into foreclosure.<\/p>\n<p>A lifelong asthmatic, she was drawn to the respiratory care program because of her personal experience as well as the job prospects. She graduates from the program this month. She will continue to work at Spaulding North Shore Hospital in Salem where she has been working under her student license for the past year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Sheltra has been accepted into Tuft University\u2019s pre-med program for the fall of 2011. She dreams of becoming a pediatric pulmonologist. As the recently named recipient of the national scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, valued at $60,000 over two years, this will help make her dream a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Sheltra, who still owns horses and operates a therapeutic horse riding business, is the founding president of the NECC Respiratory Care Club. She was also selected as this year\u2019s student commencement speaker.<\/p>\n<p>The recipients were honored by at a State House ceremony on Wednesday, May 12.<br \/>\nAs a group, the \u201c29 Who Shine\u201d range in age from 17 to 52. They hail from each of the state\u2019s 29 public higher education campuses located in 25 cities and towns across Massachusetts. Each student was nominated for the \u201c29 Who Shine\u201d award by faculty and staff at the individual campuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shannon Sheltra, a student at Northern Essex Community College\u2019s respiratory care program was named one of \u201c29 Who Shine\u201d from the Public Higher Education Class of 2011. 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