Thirty-four students in the Foothills Nursing Consortium Associate Degree Program were awarded their pins at a special ceremony at Isothermal Community College. The ceremony was held at The Foundation on Thursday, May 6. The consortium is a joint effort between Cleveland Community, Isothermal and McDowell Technical Colleges.

 Cleveland Community College graduates of the Spring 2010 class are:

 After marching in to the processional, which was performed by instructor Lynn Rowland, and hearing an invocation by student Paula Crawford, the new nurses were welcomed by Dr. Bryan Wilson, McDowell Tech’s president.

 Carla Newsome and Michelle Harris made remarks to the audience as class officers. The keynote speaker was Veronica Poole-Adams, vice president and chief nurse executive at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was introduced by Dr. Becky Sain, vice president of Academic Programs at Cleveland Community College.

 Penny Cross, dean of Health Sciences at McDowell Technical Community College, presented the nursing awards.

The pinning of the graduates was conducted by Dr. Jeanette Cheshire, director of the consortium, and Dr. Kathy Ackerman, dean of Arts and Sciences at Isothermal.

 Dr. Kelly Jones, the consortium’s assistant director, conducted the lighting of the nursing lamps with Cheshire.

 The benediction was given by Beth Hamrick, another of the graduating students.

 At the completion of the ceremony, Lynn Ross, director of the Oncology Program at Rutherford Hospital, presented a rose to each graduate.

 Gideon’s International provided New Testaments for the students. Students and officers of the first-year class served as ushers. Walls Memorial Baptist Church provided a spring bouquet arrangement for the stage.

For more information on the Foothills Nursing Consortium visit www.clevelandcommunitycollege.edu.