(Lamar, COLO.) – Lamar Community College (LCC) will honor its graduating nursing students on May 7 during the Nurse Pinning ceremony, a traditional rite of passage that signifies the completion of their studies and their ability to begin working professionally in the medical field.
Nursing students from both the class of 2021 and 2020 will be honored during the ceremony, slated for 10 a.m. at the LCC Wellness Center. The class of 2020 was unable to hold an in-person celebration last year due to safety restrictions in place from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Only ticket holders will be permitted to attend the event. Nursing graduates will be allotted a limited number to distribute to their family and friends due to ongoing COVID-19 capacity restrictions. Safety precautions including social distancing will be in place during the ceremony. Attendees are asked to wear a mask and refrain from attending if they are feeling unwell. The event will be live-streamed on YouTube and will be ava
Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has awarded Nadiesha Brown for being the Most Outstanding Nursing Student, having achieved a grade point average of 3.65. She was recognised during the virtual Nurses’ Pinning and Thanksgiving Service held last Saturday.
More than 100 prospective nursing graduates, who had passed the Regional Examination Nurse Registration, were recognised and pinned as registered nurses licensed to operate in the Caribbean. The event was held a day before the university’s virtual commencement ceremony where these nursing students were among more than 800 graduands who were conferred with diplomas and degrees.
The NCU Department of Nursing, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, presented the Long Service Award to employee of 19 years, Jaunell Latty Miller. Outstanding Preceptor was awarded to alumna Jannette Hendricks-Graham who supervises nursing students doing their clinicals at one of the public hospitals.