| CCC Nursing Associate Degree Graduates Honored |
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Fifty-seven students in the Foothills Nursing Consortium Associate Degree Nursing Program were awarded their pins at a special ceremony recently at Isothermal Community College. The ceremony was held at The Foundation Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, May 10. The consortium is a joint effort between Cleveland, Isothermal, and McDowell community colleges.
After marching in to the processional, which was performed by instructor Lynn Rowland, the audience heard an invocation by student Dustin Roper. The new nurses were welcomed by Dr. Myra Johnson, Isothermal Community College’s president. Donnie Baker and Heather Voyles made remarks to the audience as class officers. The keynote speaker was FNC instructor Terry Carter. He 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, and Dr. Kelly Jones, the consortium’s assistant director. Cheshire and Jones also conducted the lighting of the nursing lamps. Special music was performed by Greg Conley.
The closing was given by Heather Hansen, another of the graduating students. Rutherford Regional Health System provided graduate awards. Gideon’s International provided New Testaments for the students. Spindale Florist donated flowers. Students and officers of the first-year class served as ushers.
For more information on the Foothills Nursing Consortium, contact Cheshire at 704-669-4017.
The graduates of the 2012 class are Teresa Batey Abernathy, Stacy Allen Anthony, Donald Lee Baker Jr., John Cory Ballinger, Tonya M. Bennett, Tracy Blanton, Brittany Nicole Boyd, Acacia Bradbury, Nickie Brady, Kelsey Elizabeth Brittain, Kimberly Capinstrant, Angela Renee Carswell, Krista Lynn Cartwright, Janice Shelton Cash, Elaine Shaw Cline, Brandi Nicole Cook, Stacey Lee Cornwell, Mark Stephen Crawley, Donald Ray Endsley, Jennifer Leighann Escalera, Carolina Elizabeth Fitts, Heidi Kressler Gilbert, Jamie Flack Grondahl, Heather Marie Hansen, Ashley Harris, Peggy Jean Harris, Rachel Neymeyer Hergenrother, Jill Alexandra Hilligus, Allison Skinner Hooper, Sandra A. House, Elizabeth D. Lemons, Cathy D. Lewis, Jason Daniel Litzenberger, Kendra Martin, Michelle Lee Martin, Esau Matamoros, Lynn Newton, April Norman, John Kevin Painter, Deborah Peters, Bethany Joy Pittman, Kristi Lynn Poteat, Tonya V. Price, Powell Ross Proctor, Stephanie Marie Purnell, Tonda Edwards Putnam, Theresa Robinson, Carrie Ann Robinson, Allison Brooke Roper, Dustin Matthew Roper, Ashley Elizabeth Ross, Haley Russ, Sara Brooke Seagle, Ashley Jean Short, Maria Greta Smith, Pamela Toney and Heather Hamrick Voyles.
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