{"id":1958,"date":"2018-03-26T19:57:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T19:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2025-02-06T14:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:34:44","slug":"a-lesson-in-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/26\/a-lesson-in-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lesson in Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1958_1f3d8e-07 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1958_fc2ea2-63\">It all started in a grocery store, where Dr. Sheila Sharbaugh ran into a nursing colleague from Delaware Technical Community College. \u201cShe asked if I\u2019d ever thought about teaching,\u201d she says, adding that DelTech was hiring \u2014 in a week. &nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1958_bf8b2c-09 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1958_bf8b2c-09 size-1536x1536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1073\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luminary_cov-scaled-1-1536x1073.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-6392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luminary_cov-scaled-1-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luminary_cov-scaled-1-250x175.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luminary_cov-scaled-1-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luminary_cov-scaled-1-687x480.jpg 687w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Luminary_cov-scaled-1-2048x1431.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption><em>Dr. Sheila M. Sharbaugh, Assistant Vice President, Academic Affairs<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A successful ER nurse for more than two decades, Dr. Sharbaugh had to think quickly. \u201cI said yes and ended up falling in love with teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She then chose WilmU to earn her master\u2019s in Nursing Leadership with a focus on Education, and was the first student admitted to and to graduate from the program. Her first instructor was former Provost Dr. Betty Caffo. \u201cI am where I am because of the fabulous women who preceded me, specifically Betty Caffo and Tish Gallagher,\u201d she says. \u201cI had the greatest role models for leadership that anybody could\u2019ve asked for and they were instrumental in my ability to move forward in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo attract someone so bright, inquisitive and professional into our first Nursing Leadership cohort helped me realize our program would be a big success,\u201d says Dr. Caffo. \u201cSheila\u2019s clinical acumen is very impressive, and she has always been one of my \u2018go-to\u2019 nurses for advice on health care issues. Since leaving WilmU, it was also my pleasure to work alongside Dr. Sharbaugh on the Quality &amp; Safety Committee for Christiana Care\u2019s board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Gallagher concurs. \u201cSheila was an excellent student,\u201d she says. \u201cAs an educator, she was caring, consistent and creative. As a colleague, she was collaborative, dependable and always focused on the mission of the University.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after graduating in 1999, Dr. Sharbaugh received a call from WilmU, asking if she\u2019d be interested in a teaching position. \u201cI took a chance and never looked back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But she did pay it forward. Now an AVP of Academic Affairs, Dr. Sharbaugh is a role model and advocate for students and faculty. Her 18-year trajectory included roles as assistant professor, chair, dean, and with Dr. Angela Suchanic, as co-chair of the self-study for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education assessment. She is a full professor now, and her AVP role feeds her passion for building solid curricula, an interest ignited at Widener University, where she earned her Ph.D. and took on extra coursework involving curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat I enjoy most is being able to sit with a chair or a dean, look at new programs, and figure out how to offer that curriculum in a smart way that assures students will get what they need,\u201d she says. \u201cWe strive to create programs that allow students to prepare for the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former ER nurse learned to assess situations quickly and discover solutions. Thanks to Dr. Jim Wilson, the vice president for Academic Affairs, her pacing has changed. \u201cThe beauty of working with Dr. Wilson is that we have the same value system but we come at it from different directions,\u201d says Dr. Sharbaugh. \u201cHe has taught me to pause. I needed to learn how to take a minute and evaluate, instead of my usual quick nursing process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Wilson says the best decision he made as vice president for Academic Affairs was appointing Dr. Sharbaugh to her current position.&nbsp;\u201cOur values pertaining to the University\u2019s students, faculty and staff are the same; however, we often approach opportunities from a different perspective,\u201d he says. \u201cShe brings numerous leadership strengths to the position which result in a more balanced and synergistic leadership team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately it\u2019s about excellent communication. \u201cThe thing I\u2019m proudest of is that faculty, for the most part, feel comfortable coming to me,\u201d says Dr. Sharbaugh. \u201cWe all want to make sure our product is the best thing going, and our product is our programs.\u201d Wu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014Maria Hess<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all started in a grocery store, where Dr. Sheila Sharbaugh ran into a nursing colleague from Delaware Technical Community College. \u201cShe asked if I\u2019d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[650],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magazine","tag-magazine-spring-2018"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":135,"label":"MAGAZINE"}],"post_tag":[{"value":650,"label":"Magazine Spring 2018"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Mumford","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/eric\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":135,"name":"MAGAZINE","slug":"magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":692,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":431,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":135,"category_count":431,"category_description":"","cat_name":"MAGAZINE","category_nicename":"magazine","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":650,"name":"Magazine Spring 2018","slug":"magazine-spring-2018","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1207,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":18,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14623,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions\/14623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}