SCC nursing grads receive pins
Published 4:56 pm Friday, May 24, 2019
- Nursing graduates, from left, front row: Mercedes Ly of Albemarle, Jonah Lee Valdez of Charlotte, Lashara Singletary of Charlotte, La Vonda Tabron of Concord, Anna Mault of China Grove, Jennie Copeland of Wadesboro, Kennedy Blalock of Albemarle, Brianna Taylor of Concord, Elizabeth Huneycutt of Albemarle, Lyndsey House of Salisbury and Kiersten Spurrier of Peachland; second row: Laura Nolan-Bader of Gastonia, Brittany Brooks of Locust, Heather Griffin of Wingate, Kimberly Griffin of Unionville, Miranda Geise of Marshville, Elizabeth Meyer of Matthews, Hayli Holmes of Albemarle, Madeline Watson of New London and Elizabeth Peele of Locust; third row: Lachandra Means of Charlotte, Megan Mabry of Oakboro, Monica Wampler of Concord, Ross Lippard of Matthews, Holly Little of New London, Teresa Fowler of Stanfield) and Lauren Raker of Midland; back row: Melanie Nash of Norwood, Colby Edwards of Locust, Kayla Gosselin of Concord, Jeffrey Cunningham of Wingate, Melissa Eddins of Albemarle, Christon Farr of Stanfield, and Courtney Martin of Charlotte. (Contributed)
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Students from the Annie Ruth Kelley Associate Degree Nursing program at Stanly Community College had their pinning ceremony at the Providence Church of God in Locust on May 7.
The guest speaker for the ceremony was Deann Welke, RN, MSN, CCRN, an ICU nurse at Atrium-Northeast in Concord.
Welke has worked part-time with the nursing program as a clinical instructor for the last eight years.
Nursing instructors Jan Almond, Angela Hamby and Kayla Huneycutt presented the students with awards.
Family and friends watched as 35 graduates received their nurse’s pin from instructors Dr. Blair Whitley and Chassity Washburn, MSN, RN, CNE, as the director of nursing at SCC.
The pinning ceremony symbolizes completion of the nursing program at SCC. The graduates will become licensed nurses after passing the National Council Licensure Examination in the summer.
Instructor Wanda Huneycutt, MSN, RN, CNE read the Nightingale pledge as the class lit candles and recited the pledge in memory of Florence Nightingale.
This pledge is a statement of principles indicating the nurses’ commitment to professionalism and patient care.
The nursing program is named in honor of Kelley, the first chairwoman of the college Board of Trustees and the first woman to chair a community college board in North Carolina. Kelley served for 28 years as a college trustee.
— Stanly Community College
