EMCC CONDUCTS COMMENCEMENT FOR SCOOBA PRACTICAL NURSING STUDENTS
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EMCC CONDUCTS COMMENCEMENT FOR SCOOBA PRACTICAL NURSING STUDENTS

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Twenty-one students who graduated from the Practical Nursing program on East Mississippi Community Scooba campus participated in a commencement ceremony that took place Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the Stennis Hall Auditorium.

December 13, 2023

Twenty-one students who graduated from the Practical Nursing program on East Mississippi Community Scooba campus participated in a commencement ceremony that took place Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the Stennis Hall Auditorium.

EMCC Vice President of Instruction Dr. James Rush provided the welcome and confirmed the graduates. The guest speaker was Mississippi Board of Nursing Director of Practical Nursing Education Dr. Priscilla Burks.

EMCC Director of Nursing and Associate Dean of Health Sciences Jamonicia Johnson also addressed the students. Awards were presented by Practical Nursing instructors Linda Farmer, Chiquita Jones and Princess Dawkins.

Graduate Khiaria Towers was presented with the Florence Nightingale Award, which is the highest award and is presented to the student who most embodies the spirit of nursing.

Towers was also named to the National Association of Licensed Practical Nurses Honor Society, as were graduates Cantaja Finnie and Sandy Dennis.

Clinical Excellence Awards were presented to Amber Davis, Sandy Dennis and Veronica Mullins. Dennis also garnered the Academic Excellence Award.

The Practical Nursing Class of 2023 graduates are:

Jaquandria Adams of Porterville

Deja Alvin of Columbus

Natiya Brooks of Columbus

Shamiyah Brooks of Columbus

Carrie Carr of Ackerman

Ashley Clark of Meridian

Amber Davis of Macon

Sandy Dennis of Columbus

Taranecia Dowd of Columbus

Valerie Edwards of West Point

Macy Fanning of Philadelphia

Cantaja Finnie of Shannon

Alexandria Guy of Starkville

Ashley Morris of West Point

Veronica Mullins of Starkville

Jo’nai Robbins of West Point

Shakiya Slaughter of Macon

Delilah Stevenson of Macon

Diamond Stevenson of Macon

Khiaria Towers of DeKalb

Kelsey Tubby of McCool