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MWCC Graduates Join the Nursing Profession in 2017 Traditional Pinning Ceremony

Large group of nurses celebrating after taking their pledge
Members of Mount Wachusett Community College’s associate degree nursing class of 2017 celebrate after taking the nursing pledge following their pinning ceremony at the Fitness and Wellness Center at MWCC.

Family and friends from as near as Gardner and as far away as Kenya came to celebrate the achievements of Mount Wachusett Community College’s associate degree nursing class during a traditional pinning ceremony held May 18 in the Fitness & Wellness center.

The 44th graduating class was comprised of 102 students enrolled in the day and evening programs and included LPNs who returned to continue their education through the college’s Bridge to Nursing program.

Dressed in traditional nurse uniforms, the students were welcomed into the profession by having the program’s nursing pin fastened to their lapels by a family member, friend, or an alumnus of the program, or a faculty member. The pin marks where the nurses completed their studies and distinguishes them from other health care professionals. The eight-star MWCC pin is imprinted with the words “Service to Humanity and the World.”

As part of the ceremony, the students also took a nursing pledge that dates back to Florence Nightingale, who distinguished herself during the Crimean War by coming to the aid of sick and wounded soldiers.

The graduates were:

Ashburnham

Cassandra Benes

Lisa St John

 

Athol

Aurora Erali

Jessi Kuehl

Sarah Rattet

 

Auburn

Shawn Bello

Megan York

 

Ayer

Andrea Inostroza

Heather Sinofsky

 

Baldwinville

Tiffany Barsamian

Kayla Boutell

 

Brookfield

Sara Gallant

Meghan Robidoux

 

Cherry Valley

Stacy Riel-Rigiero

 

Clinton

Colleen Hannen

Erin O’Connell

 

Dracut

Shelmith Karimi

David Mungai

 

Dudley

Stacy Stackrow

 

Fitchburg

Nanam Adwubi

Allesandra Hollenkamp

Ashley McKinnon

Sharon Nabulime

Deanna Rossi

Amy Shattuck

Stefan Sicard

 

Framingham

Simone de Souza

Hanna Gyamfi

 

Gardner

Kristin Anderson

Benjamin Blake

Megan Casteel

Ashley Comley

Cynthia Cormier

Elizabeth Crete

Britnii Dyer

Acacia Fisher

Shannon Kelley

Charles Njaaga

Julia Pitre

Lani Scanlan

Kristina Snay

Amy Tervo

 

Grafton

Megan McNeil

 

Greenfield, NH

Andrea Langley

 

Groton

Stephanie Casey

 

Holden

Carolyn Felicio

 

Jaffrey, NH

Amanda Boucher

Rebecca Myott

Paula Whitcomb

 

Keene, NH

Ryan Firmin

 

Leominster

Samantha Berry

Elizabeth Brown

Lisa Doherty

Anna Gamaya

Felicia Harwood

Jocelyn Klein

Julie LeClair

Maysha Peckham

Veronica Valladares

 

Lowell

Beth Mwangi

Mamawa Sannoh

 

Lunenburg

Szerena Moyen-vonRosenvinge

Jodi Peternel

Valerie Poladian

Mija Waluck

 

Marlborough

Brenda Warren

 

New Ipswich, NH

Clayton Kuusisto

 

North Brookfield

Mindy Gendron

Keri-Ann Harvey

 

Oakham

Elizabeth Mahoney

 

Orange

Lisa Korpiewski

 

Pepperell

Rachel Pinney

 

Petersham

Ryan Lawrence

 

Princeton

Christopher Martin

 

Richmond, NH

Margaret Laplume

 

Rindge, NH

Manzall Mitchell-Dwyer

Bridget Murphy

 

Royalston

Ashley Sawyer

 

Russell

Sherry Whitman

 

Rutland

Courtney Champlin

Katelyn Kane

Sabrina Pettigrew

 

Shrewsbury

Katie Cooper

 

Spencer

Shannon Wolanski

 

Springfield

James Mugwanja

 

Sterling

Valerie Maloney

Amanda Nourse

 

Sutton

Kristina Pelletier

 

Templeton

Katherine Goguen

 

West Groton

Karen D’Agostino

 

Winchendon

Ashley Brunt

Leslie Cosentino

 

Worcester

Aaron Aikins

Monica Boafo

Judith Hunter

Joseph Kum

Lydia London

Eliud Mwangi

John-Mark Njenga

Guerda Pierre

Marta Szczubelek

Shana Tobin