PR2009 Dec 17

Date of Press Release:  Dec 17 2009

SHELTON STATE RESPIRATORY THERAPY PROGRAM PINS FALL 2009 GRADUATES

TUSCALOOSA – The Shelton State Community College Respiratory Therapy Program honored graduates at its

pinning ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 4:00 p.m. in the Unity Center on the C.A. Fredd Campus, 3401

Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Shelton State’s Assistant to the President, P. Graham Hatcher, Ph.D., C.A. Fredd Campus Director Ronald

Range, Program Director Riva McAlpine, and Program Clinical Director Glenn Pippen II, participated in the

ceremony that included presentation of the pins and five individual awards of excellence. The program also

provided checks to the American Cancer Society and Camp Wheeze-A-Way as a result of its fundraising efforts.

The graduates are as follows:

Buena Vista, GA: Becki Sue Scott

Carrolton: Rodney O’Neal Henley

Centreville: Natasha Shauntae Grier

Cottondale: Brandon Lamar Thomas

Maylene: Howard Martin Pike

Moundville: Whitney Jerome Hurt, Kathy Bishop Miles

Northport: Jennifer Falls Swindle

Piedmont: James Daniel King

Ralph: Kim Ariel Sealey

Randolph: Lauren Elizabeth Bolding

Southside: Emily Paige Thomas

Sulligent: Tanya Lashae Metcalfe

Tuscaloosa: James Calvin Narcisse-Cousar, Erica Tenise Wilson

Trussville: Stephanie Ann Johnsey

Individual award winners include: Clinical Excellence – Jennifer Falls Swindle; Peer Excellence – Kim Ariel

Sealey; Excellence in Leadership – Lauren Elizabeth Bolden; Academic Excellence – Emily Paige Thomas; and

Excellence in Service – Erica Tenise Wilson.

For more information about the respiratory program at Shelton State Community College, call 205.391.2654 or

visit www.sheltonstate.edu.

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