FLORENCE – Northwest-Shoals Community College’s (NW-SCC) Nursing Program honored 86 nursing graduates at its annual pinning ceremony Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Woodmont Baptist Church in Florence.
NW-SCC Director of Nursing, Brittney Humphres, faculty, and students participated in the ceremony that included remarks by Dr. Glenda Colagross, President of NW-SCC; Kimberly Brooks, NW-SCC Practical Nursing (PN) class representative; Casey Springer, NW-SCC Associate Degree Nursing (AND) class representative; and special remarks by Sarah Wilkinson-Buchmann, DNP, RN Alabama State Nurses Association President. Remarks were followed by the presentation of the pins, the Nightingale Pledge, and candle lighting.
The symbolic tradition of the ceremonial pinning originated in the 1860s at the Nightingale School of Nursing Hospital in London. The nursing pin received by graduates is a type of badge, awarded by the program’s faculty as a symbolic welcome into the profession. Both PN students and ADN students participated in the ceremony.
NW-SCC Nursing Students participate in 2019 Pinning Ceremony
The Practical Nursing participants were:
| Cherokee, AL | Madison Woods |
| Decatur, AL | Aniah Evans and Samuel Mann |
| Florence, AL | Tara Elliott, Heather Gonzalez, Magen Hubbard, Lindsay Lovelace, Lisa Magennis, Cadetra Murphy, and Lakia Thompson |
| Hillsboro, AL | Kylie Ivey |
| Hodges, AL | Kristi O’Dell |
| Killen, AL | April Crotteau and Kayleigh Hargett |
| Leighton, AL | Emmaline Adams |
| Muscle Shoals, AL | Weston Allen, Mollie Hollaway, and Trinity McCormick |
| Phil Campbell, AL | Trevor Farley |
| Russellville, AL | Candi Flanagan, Yesica Gonzalez Vargas, Megan Riley, and Mariza Vela-Astrain |
| Toney, AL | Kristen Russell |
| Tuscumbia, AL | Christy Bowman, Kimberly Brooks, Sharon Caldwell, Ashley Melendez, and Kimberly Steward |
The Associate Degree in Nursing participants were:
| Anderson, AL | Summer Belue |
| Arley, AL | Cassie Baker |
| Florence, AL | Candy Bevis, Robert Bozeman, Bethany Dussor, Sidney Gipson, Abby Hanback, Cheri Hutchinson, Lesa King, Mechelle Manciel, Kyle McCombs, Amy Smith, Kasi South, Shertoria Southward, Amanda Stanfield, Britany Stewart, Tracy Street, Lauren Turner, and Jessica White |
| Golden, MS | Heather Hoffmann |
| Hackleburg, AL | Ashton Smith |
| Haleyville, AL | Bailey Baggett, Kathryn Fischer, Kenneth Prescott, Maci Sadler, Shyann Smith, and Virginia Stewart |
| Hamilton, AL | Bailee Cummings |
| Killen, AL | Robin Crossley and Hannah Wright |
| Leighton, AL | Taylor Atkinson, Rebecca Spencer, and Deena Vandiver |
| Lexington, AL | Samantha Eubank |
| Mount Hope, AL | Christy Wilkins |
| Muscle Shoals, AL | Valerie Paulson, Jeremy Thigpen, and David Willingham |
| Phil Campbell, AL | Hannah Newell, Kaylee Saarinen, and Cortney Sides |
| Red Bay, AL | Kaitlin Gresham |
| Rogersville, AL | Hannah Davis, Brooklyn Gilbert, and Allison Sartain |
| Russellville, AL | Ricardo Arango, Jennifer Groce, Sadie Wade, and Callie Woods |
| Sheffield, AL | Catherine Demorse, Daniel Gaston, and Kaylee Norton |
| Town Creek, AL | Kristy Tidwell |
| Tuscumbia, AL | Lakin Hatcher |
| Vina, AL | Sydney Creekmore |
| Waterloo, AL | Casey Springer |
| Winfield, AL | Kimberly McCaleb |
Media Release/Trent Randolph
Public Information Officer
Northwest-Shoals Community College
