West Kentucky Community & Technical College’s nursing department held two pinning ceremonies for May 2013 graduate candidates in the Clemens Fine Arts Center on Friday, December 7.
This was the first time the nursing department held two pinning ceremonies. “We are proud to have 396 nursing graduates over the past five years, and that number continues to grow as the healthcare industry continues to need qualified nurses,” said Shari Gholson, WKCTC dean of nursing. “So this year we needed to have two pinning ceremonies to better accommodate our students and their families in the Clemens Fine Arts Center.”
This year eighty-two nursing students crossed the stage to receive nursing pins in their respective programs. Thirty-three received pins representing the completion of the practical nursing program in the first ceremony. During the second ceremony, 49 students received pins representing the completion of the associate degree in nursing program.
For more information about the WKCTC nursing programs, visit WKCTC's nursing program page or contact Shari Gholson at (270) 534-3372.
The pinning ceremony is a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursingprofession.
Those receiving pins for the associate degree in nursing:
| Associate Degree-Nursing | Practical Nursing |
| Ballard County Emily Ann Hunt | Ballard County Rikki Alderson |
| Caldwell County Donald Conway II Tammy Stinnett | Calloway County Carla McClain Cielita Allen Ashley Snider Bethany Aldridge Mary Moffitt |
| Calloway County Jennifer Mason Halee Musser Charity Paschall Carla Rossi | Graves County Alisha Watson Lacie Watkins Jessica Ramos Leslie Myers |
| Carlisle County Crystal Bruer | Hopkins County Ashley Jones |
| Fulton County Crystal Prehoda | Johnson County Anna Allen |
| Graves County Lisa Babb Tammy Mathis Jason Mick Nicholas Ridge Tammy Rogers Brandi Worthen | Livingston County Payton Jackson |
| Hickman County Emily Horton | Lyon County Deborah Swiader, Nadia Berber |
| Livingston County Amber Biggers Kari Garner Melinda Gordon | Marshall County Amy Abdo Joy Shields Suzanne Lewis Laura Kemp |
| Marshall County Michelle Allday Susan Cobbie Kassandra Criswell Laura Duncan Kristen Fields Britny Jenkins Megan Moss Adriann Rob | McCracken County Kelli McKinney Amanda Baker Anita Fondaw Whitney Adams LeeAnn Keeling Tanna Myatt Kayla Metcalf Laken Graves |
| McCracken County Kayla Forsythe Michelle Bowland Megan Caito Patricia Clement Kayla Curtis Joy Farler Sheena Felts Sue Gholson Ashley Hopwood James Huff Carmen Johnson Chad McCormick Ellison Norton Chapman Offutt Mika Sadler Laura Thompson Joshua Wadley Sarah Watson Karen Wenning Chaelim Young | Trigg County Jessica Mohler |
| TENNESSEE Scott County Emily Glastetter Weakley County Margaret Hicks | ILLINOIS Massac County Kelly Bailey, Tracee Harville, Andrea Keipp Pulaski County Peggy Casper |
| TENNESSEE Obion County Shannon Hutchison |