PR2012 May U2

SSCC NURSES RECEIVE PINS

Tuscaloosa – Graduates of the 2012 class of the nursing program at Shelton State Community College

were recognized on Tuesday, May 8 at a 6:00 p.m. “Pinning Ceremony.”

Near the end of the ceremony they take a pledge which reaches back to Florence Nightingale who

distinguished herself during the Crimean War nursing sick and wounded British soldiers. Because of

her selfless duty during the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale became known as the "lady with the

lamp." As a tribute to Florence's dedication, the lamp icon became symbolic of nursing. The lamp will

always shine brightly as a symbol of the care and devotion the nurse administers to the sick and injured

in the practice of Nursing.

The nursing graduates honor the dedication of Nurse Nightingale and symbolically plan to carry the

ideals for which she stood in the Lamp lighting portion of the pinning ceremony. The tradition of the

Lamp lighting and Pledge recognizes her ideals.

Shelton State nursing graduates participating in the ceremony included:

Alabaster, AL: Sarah Wilson Neighbors

Aliceville, AL: Rachel M. Lewis, Nikey Nicole Prude,

Asheville, NC: Katie Ilene Baunack

Bessemer, AL: Dewand T. McQueen

Birmingham, AL: Dustin Ray Harrison

Brent, AL: Tiffinee J. Holladay

Brookwood, AL: Brandi Price

Centreville, AL: Heather Kaye Craver, Majorie Elise Kasterke

Coker, AL: Monique Gibson, Selina Marshall, Hannah Michelle McMillian

Dora, AL: Halli Chance

Ducanville, AL: Stephanie Wyatt

Gordo, AL: Maketa Thomas, Shelley Lynn Wheat

Hoover, AL: Jonathan Patrick Weaver

Keller, TX: Taylor Lemmons

Mandeville, LA: Kristy B. Hearing

Marion, AL: Amy Parsons

McCalla, AL: Lauren M. Lewis, Amy Owenby, Haley Thomas

Monroeville, AL: Latishia Showonne Lamar

Moundville, AL: Stacy T. Garcia, Brittany L. Thomas

Northport, AL: Eric S. Davis, Beth Herren, LaToya Lynnette Jefferson, Tiffany Lynne Johnson,

Lacey Moses, Nikita Sewell, Regina Slatton, Bill Snowden , Lindsay Jordan Wilson

Peterson, AL: Madilyn Eason

Pleasant Grove, AL: Angela Brooke Crumpton

Thomasville, AL: Alisha Danielle Larrimore

Tuscaloosa, AL: Ana Alvarez, Martha Ann Beverly, Susie Brock, B. Todd Chism, Jessōlynn Daniel,

Christy Allen DeFrance, Ashley Franklin, Dathne Frazier-Sturdivant, Laura Anne Gunter, Brad

Hardemon, Lisa Heravi, Lindsey Jones, Rachel Lambert, Justin L. Lewis, John Moltz, Tekya Letrice

Nevels, Joshua Phillips, Megan Scalla, Suzanne Schuhart, Erica Scott, Lindsay Tant, Veronica Taylor,

La’Kendra Tidmore, Allison Walker, Ashley Watson, Lauren Christine Wenth

Vance, AL: Carolina Gomez Hernandez, Chloé Anna Webster

Woodstock, AL: Justin Hogue

York, AL: Ashley Renee Mitchell

Conducting the Shelton State ceremony were Mark A. Heinrich, Ph.D., President; Kim Inman Smith,

Director of Nursing; Gladys Hill, Assistant Dean of Health Services, and Nursing Faculty members

Royce Roby, Andrea Bowden-Evans, Rosann Turner, Julie Jones, Rosalynde Peterson, Beth Babin,

and Nancy Mathews.

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