Northeast State Nursing welcomed more than 50 students to get their nursing pins at the annual pinning ceremony held May 8 at the Ballad Health Performing Arts Center Theater on the Blountville campus.
The College’s Director of Nursing, Laura Jones, along with members of the department’s faculty and staff, recognized the 24th class of nursing students receiving their pins. Family and friends packed the theater to cheer on students. Students selected members of the nursing faculty to attach the nursing pin on their stage walk.
Northeast Nursing spring graduates who received nursing pins Friday night are the following: Samantha Bailey, Shauna Bear, Ella Binkley, Kayla Boyd, Aaron Bragg, Chloe Butler, Madison Chandley, Kayla Clonce, Logan Cooper, Jaimie Edwards, James Edwards, Michele Edwards, Linda English, Edward Frye, Megan Gage, Shannon Gillman, Sydney Harding, Cara Hayton, Ava Hebert, Lyndsee Hyatt, Brittany Keene, Bliss Key, Trajan King, Jennifer Livingston, Makayla Montgomery, Vanessa Morris, Samantha Mullins, Andrew Myers, Jennifer Newland, Kasey Presnell, Amber Reece, Kayla Ricker, Kelli Roberts, Julianna Ruiz, Tyler Running, Sydnie Schmalzried, Audrey Schmitt, Emily Seals, Macey Seymore, Chad Smith, Haley Stephenson, Baylee Taylor, Roy Vargas, Chanley Vengchiem, Adam Walden, Sadie Ward, Chloe White, Michaela Winiger, Taylor Wise, Jennifer Woolsey, Jennifer Worth, and Gary Wright.
Northeast State pinned its first class of nursing program graduates in May 2009. The program awards an Associate of Applied Science degree in Nursing.
The pinning ceremony provides a threshold of welcome for new nurses in the profession. Each graduating student received the Northeast Nursing pin on his or her white lab coat, signifying completion of the associate of applied science degree.
Chad Smith and Chanley Vengchiem tied for the Outstanding Student Award for the traditional nursing pathway. In the licensed practical nurse to registered nurse pathway, Cara Hayton received the Outstanding Student Award.
In the traditional registered nurse pathway, Roy Vargas received the Adult Learner of the Year Award. For the L.P.N.-to-R.N. nursing pathway, Kelli Roberts took the Adult Learner of the Year Award.
Logan Cooper received the Program Support Award for the traditional pathway, and Brittany Keene took home the Program Support Award for the LPN-to-RN pathway. The program support award recognizes students who extend themselves to support fellow students and the program.
The evening also recognized students James and Michelle Edwards for their extraordinary dedication to service others. Jones highlighted the Edwards family for their work as paramedics and graduating nursing students. It was agreed by the Nursing faculty that the couple exemplified selfless service through both their professional careers and academic journey. The Edwards family founded the Mattie J CPR Foundation in honor of their son, Mattie. The nonprofit organization devotes its mission to promoting CPR education, emergency preparedness, and lifesaving community awareness.
Pinning, or honor, ceremonies are traditionally held for nursing classes at colleges and universities across the country. The pinning ceremony symbolizes the culmination of a student’s professional nursing education. The nursing school pin distinguishes the graduates from all other health care professionals and paraprofessionals.
The nursing students graduating this spring will receive their diplomas on May 12 at the College’s spring commencement ceremony on the Blountville campus.
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