Phil Campbell, AL – Northwest-Shoals Community College Nursing Program honored 62 registered nursing graduates at its pinning ceremony on Thursday, May 11, 2017.
Director of Nursing, Brittany Humphres, faculty and students participated in the ceremony that included remarks by Dr. Lee, president of NW-SCC; Lisa Allen, class representative; and special remarks by Melissa DeFloor, ECM Patient Care Manager. Remarks were followed by the presentation of the pins, the Nightingale Pledge, candle lighting and a solo by graduate Brady Whitten.
The symbolic tradition of the ceremonial pinning, originated in the 1860s at the Nightingale School of Nursing Hospital in London. The nursing pin the graduates receive is a type of badge, awarded by the program’s faculty as a symbolic welcome into the profession.
The pinning participants were:
| Danville, AL | Savanna Lee Hill |
| Florence, AL | Kurtis Mallet Blacklidge, Rachel Elizabeth Berry, Brooklyn Taylor Boothe, Kaitlin Jay Brewer, Susan Lynn Dickerscheid, Ashley Marie Eddy, Wendy June Franks, Adam Glenn Holt, Matthew Dwane Johnson, Allison Joan Lee, Ariel Nicole Miller, Benjamin Blade Murphy, Ashley Ruth Purdy, Tristan Taylor Thornton, Doris Michelle Vinson, and Michelle Elaine Young, |
| Haleyville, AL | Stephanie Ruth Boyd |
| Hamilton, AL | Elliott Morgan Gervais, and Desiree Faith Lowery |
| Iron City, TN | Dominic Trey Norato |
| Killen, AL | Claudia Estelle McDuff, and Cassandra Louise Thigpen |
| Leighton, AL | Allyson B. Clarke |
| Loretto, TN | Crystal Marie Rico |
| Lynn, AL | Benjamin Adam Cagle |
| Moulton, AL | Emily Brooke Hood,and Salli Rae Pitt |
| Muscle Shoals, AL | McKenzie Jane Austin, Caroline Alisha Dale, Steven Matthew Flannagin, Lauren Elizabeth Greene, Mackenzie Lane Kimbrough, Kayla Elizabeth Pickle, Taylor Grace Tidwell, and Nicholas Todd Wallace |
| Phil Campbell, AL | Andrea Danielle Fugate, Shayna Kaye Fugate, Taylor Michelle Morgan, Amye Elizabeth Plumley, and Brady Lee Whitten |
| Red Bay, AL | Jessica Hope Jackson |
| Russellville, AL | Hannah Elizabeth Blacklidge, Sara Marie Davis, Brittany Paige Flanagan, Kayla Brook Frederick, Henrry Rodolfo Garcia, Tanya Marie Goodloe, Ashley Brooke Herring, Jodie Marie Jansen, Maria Martinez, Jeslyn Shayne Parker, and Katie Dakota Taylor |
| Sheffield, AL | Jessi Blackstock Tidwell |
| Spruce Pine, AL | Tabitha Diane Miller |
| Town Creek, AL | Kandi Nicole Collins |
| Tuscumbia, AL | Lisa Gail Allen, Maria Gabriele Howard, Kathryn Lynn Kennedy, Reggie Stewart Melton, and Trendy Sinae Steele |
| Vina, AL | Andrew Thomas Hester |
Media Release/NWSCC/Sarah Wright
