CHESTER and MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – John Tyler Community College honored more than 65 fall nursing graduate candidates on December 16, 2013, during a pinning ceremony held at the Double Tree by Hilton in Chesterfield County. Trula E. Minton, MS, RN, NEA-BC, who is the chief nursing officer at Chippenham Hospital, delivered the keynote address. Those in attendance also heard from Elizabeth Butler, one of the fall semester Nursing Program graduates.
The nursing graduate candidates are as follows (zip codes appear in parentheses):
Amber Angeles (23832)
Kara Atkinson (23113)
Karin Bailey (23002)
Natalie Beck (23838)
Catherine Biringer (23139)
Travis Blosser (23188)
Kerri Bramos (23235)
Cameron Brittig (23832)
Allison Brown (23831)
Elizabeth Butler (23233)
Rachel Carson (23234)
Katysson Carvalho (23235)
Rima Chater (23139)
Yesenia Cole (23801)
H. Sue Collins (23832)
Megan Creggar (23222)
Jill Croker (23229)
Nicole Damron (23112)
Christina Davis (23113)
Christine Dean (23114)
Kelsey Dixon (23114)
Laura N. Dunn (23225)
Heather Elliott (23139)
Adkemi Fakulujo (23227)
Tessa Ferguson (23832)
Charlotte Fleharty (23112)
Kim Garnett (23113)
Ashley Gleason (23114)
Stephanie Heist (45011)
Leyda Hernandez (23860)
Amanda Holloway (23113)
Casey Garrison Jensen (23002)
Stacey Jones (23112)
L. Chris Kegley (23059)
Anna Kelly (23229)
Laura Kelly (23229)
Michele Kenney (23112)
Anne Knight (23139)
Laura Manik (23059)
Bridgette McCarty (23120)
Susan McGee (23831)
Troilyn McKenzie (23231)
Kristen Meyers (23139)
Rita Mix (23225)
Allison Monroe (23112)
Lindsey Montesflores (23236)
Brandi Morris (23229)
Pauline Mroczka (23803)
T. Angeline Nguyen (23112)
Silke Osborne (23112)
Cindy Perkins (23027)
Cynthia Ranalli (23832)
Victoria Shelton Smith (23803)
Anne Somerville (23831)
Bernice Spichiger (23113)
Susan Staggs (23834)
Christina Stecky (23113)
Veronica Taylor (23223)
Lindsey Thore (23831)
Tricia Treanor (23120)
Lolita Turner-Smith (23231)
Rebecca Weis (23236)
Cindy West (23114)
Asia Williams (23075)
Troy Williamson (23831)
Tiffany Yonta (23114)
Pinning dates back to the 1880s. The pin, given to graduate candidates, symbolizes the school of nursing where the students earned their clinical experience, achieved academic credentials and began their socialization into the profession. The ceremony marks the completion of that rigorous training and is often viewed with the same importance as commencement.
Photographs taken at the ceremony may be downloaded from the College’s Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/johntylercc/sets/72157638794901496/.
John Tyler Community College is a two-year, public institution of higher education and is the fifth largest of the 23 community colleges in Virginia. With campuses in Chester and Midlothian and off-campus classrooms throughout the area, John Tyler offers quality and economical opportunities for students who want to earn a degree or certificate, transfer to a four-year college or university, train for the workforce, or switch careers. The College, which served more than 14,000 students during the 2012-13 academic year, offers 17 associate degrees, seven certificates, and 34 career studies certificates. The institution also serves 15,000 non-credit students and more than 1,200 companies and government agencies annually through the Community College Workforce Alliance. The College also is committed to sustainability. In July 2010, it received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification for Hamel Hall on its Midlothian Campus, becoming the first in the Virginia Community College System to receive such recognition. John Tyler Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.