After a warm welcome given by CAC director of nursing Cherrie Evans as well as Interim President Dr. Doris Helmich, the graduates were addressed by Kathryn Givre, CAC’s professor of nursing.
Next, each of the 32 members of the program’s graduating class received pins signifying the students’ completion of the program. Following the pinning, class speaker Whitney Dorame (Show Low, AZ/Show Low) congratulated her fellow students.
Lastly, following a candle lighting ceremony, the graduating students took the Florence Nightingale Pledge. The pledge, an adaption of the physician’s Hippocratic Oath, was written in 1893 by Mrs. Lystra E. Gretter and the Farrand Training School for Nurses in Detroit, Mich.
The following 28 students received their pins during the convocation and will receive an associate of applied science degree:
- Kristina Baer (Casa Grande, AZ/Casa Grande Union)
- Rebeca Berruete (Casa Grande, AZ/Casa Grande Union)
- Faye Breaux-Parker (Oakland, CA/Castlemont)
- Daniella Cleveland (Queen Creek, AZ)
- April Cole (Queen Creek, AZ/Gilbert)
- Chris Copploe (Queen Creek, AZ)
- Whitney Dorame (Show Low, AZ/Show Low)
- Tesha Fox (San Tan Valley, AZ)
- Dalila Frias (Florence, AZ/Florence)
- Esther Hollon (Tucson, AZ/Tucson High Magnet)
- Brittney Hoyt (Casa Grande, AZ/Home Schooled)
- Jodi Jacobson (Fridley, MN/Fridley)
- Krista Jones (Queen Creek, AZ)
- Deborah Landry (La Palma, CA/John F. Kennedy)
- Holley Larson (Casa Grande, AZ/Casa Grande Union)
- Kevin Lunt (San Tan Valley, AZ)
- Krista Montgomery (Chandler, AZ/Mesa)
- Tim Myers (Dayton, OH/Northridge)
- Susan Packer (Arvada, CO/Arvada West)
- Andrew Pannella (Florence, AZ/Florence)
- Jennifer Parker (Manti, UT/Manti)
- Gregory Poehlman (Madison Heights, MI/Madison)
- Sherry Ramos (Queen Creek, AZ)
- Bonnie Rees (Gilbert, AZ/Dobson)
- Vida Shangoo (Orlando, FL/Wymore Secondary)
- Lisa Valeri (Detroit, MI/Chippewa Valley)
- Jennifer Woolheater (Grayslake, IL/Brownsburg)
- Audrick Yee (Iligan City, Phillippines/La Salle Academy)
