Midland College honors Vocational Nursing graduatesAugust 09, 2022

While most students are starting school this month, a group of hard-working Midland College (MC) students will be completing their training to become licensed vocational nurses.  Nursing faculty will pin graduates of the MC Vocational Nursing Class of 2022 at a ceremony on Friday evening, August 12, at 6:00 p.m. in the Allison Fine Arts Building Wagner & Brown Auditorium.  The pinning ceremony is a tradition for nursing schools, marking the transition to nursing practice.  

The nursing pin has a long and honorable history.  The tradition of pinning began in 1860 when Florence Nightingale was awarded The Red Cross of St. George by Queen Victoria for her service in the Crimean War.  Nightingale shared this honor with her nursing school students by giving each graduate a badge.  By 1916 the pinning ceremony became an established tradition of nursing schools.

MC August 2022 Vocational Nursing graduates are Wendy Anderson, Elyanah Calderon, Kelcey Campbell, Maria Casas, Kimberly Chourio- Herrera, Caitlyn Cortez, Ericka Cruz, Tameron Cyphers, Crystal Daugherty, Dianna Del Angel, Leslea Fierro, Ann Morika Fuentes, Sabina Galindo, Robert Hernandez, Leticia Lopez, Jaquelin Madrid, Dwana Martin, Angela Miller, Amber Navarro, Marisse Pacheco, Kahler Pulliam, Anabel Rivas, Amanda Rodriguez, Neyba Roman, Ashley Steadmon and Amanda Valdez.

“We are extremely proud of these graduates,” said Brooke Foutch, MC department chair of Vocational Nursing.  “During this past year, they have worked hard to achieve their passion of becoming professionals in the healthcare industry.  It is a beautiful thing when that passion can be combined with a rewarding career!”