6 GEORGIANVIEW SPRING 2022
RESILIENCE RESILIENCE
Nursing
alumna
stands
resilient
Robin Trumble (class of 1998) had no idea that her home
was about to be destroyed as she lay down for a nap
before her nightshift in the neonatal intensive care unit
(NICU) on July 15, 2021.
She had barely closed her eyes when a devastating
tornado whipped through Barrie's south-east end, hitting
Robin's house and taking her hard-earned Georgian
credentials with it.
"It suddenly went silent, like the sound had been sucked
out of the room," she says. "When it hit, everything went
green. It was shaking the whole house. You could just
hear glass breaking everywhere."
After the tornado passed, Robin surveyed the damage.
"When I opened my closet door, I could see the sky,"
she says. "It took 75 per cent of the roof."
The closet was where Robin kept her most cherished
mementos, including the diploma she earned as a
mature student after graduating from Georgian's
Nursing program 24 years ago.
"My diploma and my award were part of the things
that I lost. I graduated with honours, and I got the RVH
Nursing Award for clinical and academic excellence. I
was very proud of that," she says.
When she realized they were gone, Robin contacted the
Alumni Engagement Office. Staff went into the archives
to reprint her documents. Robin was thrilled Georgian
could help.
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Georgian replaces the credentials that Robin lost after her home was hit by a tornado in 2021.
