ADN graduates pinned during ceremonies May 5

Published or Revised May 09, 2005

The 2005 Associate Degree Nursing graduating class at Paris Junior College received their nursing pins at a special pinning ceremony held at First Baptist Church in Paris Thursday, May 5. Marcia Putnam, director of Health Occupations at PJC, welcomed the students and their families and friends attending the pinning program. PJC Instructor Vanessa Kibby, RN, BSN, was the keynote speaker. Faculty members presented special awards to several graduates, including the Outstanding Student Award that went to Nancy McIllwain of Sulphur Springs. Dianne Dodson of Clarksville won the Peer Award, while Donna Longbine was named Most Improved Student and Maranda Lane of Honey Grove was named Outstanding Clinical Student. Students receiving their pins, and their hometowns, were: [b]Paris:[/b] Wendy Leigh Browning, Amy Lynn Caldwell, Terri Ballard Cobb, Brigitte Batara Harootunian, Gerianne Lea Harper, Katie Marie Hill, Christi Vanderburg Holland, Amber Nycole Hollenshead, Doris Marie McElroy, Trinity Shea Oney, Jessica R. Sanders, Melissa DeAnn Shoemate, Lethia Coronado Sparks, Sherley Smith Wadford, Amanda Michelle Watson, Rachel Anne Wood, Robert L. Wren [b]Bogata:[/b] Paula Sue Huddleston [b]Bonham:[/b] Amy-Katherine Thompson Speight [b]Childress:[/b] Donna Gaylene Longbine [b]Cooper:[/b] Melissa Brooke Burton, Leah Wicks Colley, Jennifer Diane Fogelberg, Amy Sue Phillips, Karen Elizabeth Yandell [b]Commerce:[/b] Shannon Carol Little [b]Clarksville:[/b] Dianne VanNoord Dodson [b]Detroit:[/b] Lori Elizabeth Pitcock [b]Dike:[/b] Theressa Dionne Carrell [b]Emory:[/b] Jennifer LeAnne Foreman [b]Farmersville:[/b] Jeanne Kay Hinton [b]Greenville:[/b] Jessica Faye Bohannon, Patricia Joyce Harper [b]Honey Grove:[/b] Adeline Maranda Lane [b]Haworth:[/b] DeAnna Lynn Payne [b]Rockwall:[/b] Monique Clarice Williams [b]Rowlett:[/b] Diane Clemente [b]Roxton:[/b] Audrey Michelle Nelson [b]Sulphur Springs:[/b] Beverly Ross Davis, Nancy Charlton McIllwain, Rhonda Lynn Mobley, William E. Rogers, Karrie Lynn Thompson, Robin, Renee Wells. [b]Wolfe City:[/b] Joannie LeAnne Wilkinson