May 22, 2009
For Immediate Release

RCCC Holds Nursing Pinning Ceremony

              SALISBURY, N.C. — Fifty-one students who will graduate from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College later this month with an associate degree in nursing participated in a recent pinning ceremony, held at St. John's Lutheran Church, in Salisbury.

               Ceremony guests included family and friends, college faculty and staff, and the program's RN preceptors who also received special recognition.

               Receiving pins at the ceremony were:

Simone Alexander-Bailey, Mark Allen, Starrbria Anderson, Sharon Bare, Annie Barnette, Mary Ann Bell, Denise Bibb, Cheryl Casper, Ashley Cauble, Tiffany Cook, Candace Davis, Nikki Deese, Deandrea Desmond, Megan Dwiggins, Kim Goodman, Sarah Erickson, Brandon Hazlett, Sheena Head, Joy Hiatt, Donna Hurt, Hannah King, Meghan , inser, Nicole Kobel, Loren Lamb, Carolyn Larry, Amanda Linker, Lefiesa Linwood, Christine Mack, Kristie McCarn, Ashton McDaniel, Paula Mullis, Caitlin Mundy, Tabatha Overcash, Debbie Owens, Tiana Patterson, Dorene Player, Latrenda Pressley, Susan Price, Candice Proctor, Jennifer Rasbach, Ashton Reavis, Margareth Romero, Susan Rumple, Darlene Seaman, Tara Sigmon, Johanna Slaydon, Lauren St. Clair, Clarissa Stiller, Megan Walton, Wendy Watson, and Laura Zipp.

              The RN preceptors honored at the ceremony included:

Renee Beam, Rochelle Bohannon, Amy Bonds, Melinda Boyd, Jessica Butler, Ginger Church, Chris Cook, Linda Correll, Angela Deal, Jane Edwards, Lanette Follenius, Cynthia Frick, Rachel Gamble, Lih Gorrell, Kathy Heffner, Trang Ho, Nena Knight, Ashley Krapl, Jill Lazina, Cynthia Lingle, Sherri Lyon, Dani Morton, Karen Moylan, Heather Oliver, Shana Phelps, Tracy Powell, Lynn Raper, Jesse Smith-Baldwin, Harold Snider, Mona Stevenson, Katie Taylor, Mary Webb, Anna Lee Weaver, Jessica Williams, and Erica Yow.

              After receiving their pins, the graduating nursing students recited the Florence Nightingale Pledge.

               RCCC's Associate Degree Nursing program provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide nursing care to clients and groups of clients throughout the lifespan, in a variety of settings. Courses include the nurse's role as provider of nursing care, as manager of care, as member of the discipline of nursing, and as a member of the interdisciplinary team.

               Graduates are eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) which is required for practice as a registered nurse. Employment opportunities include hospitals, long term care facilities, clinics, physicians' offices, industry and community agencies.

               For more information about RCCC's multiple nursing programs, call 704-216-3701, or visit the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu/programs/haps/adn.html.  

               RCCC is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus counties in North Carolina. RCCC is one of 58 colleges in the state-supported North Carolina Community College System.

                RCCC offers fully-accredited associate-degree programs in more than 40 areas of study, including arts and sciences, business, information technology, health and public services, and engineering technologies. RCCC also offers accredited diploma and certificate programs focused on career training, continuing education and basic skills education. RCCC provides a strong foundation and transferable credits for students moving on to four-year colleges and universities and helps adults get the additional training they need to start new careers.

               RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an overall enrollment of approximately 20,000 students. In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus being developed in Kannapolis. For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.