  {"id":2688,"date":"2021-12-10T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T22:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2021-12-10T16:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T22:43:37","slug":"twenty-nine-jones-college-associate-degree-nursing-graduates-join-the-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/twenty-nine-jones-college-associate-degree-nursing-graduates-join-the-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-nine 糖心直播 Associate Degree Nursing graduates join the workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELLISVILLE- Twenty-nine associate degree nursing graduates from 糖心直播 are ready to join the workforce as they celebrated with a Pinning, Graduation and Lamp Lighting Ceremony. The transition from student to nurse has been especially challenging for this group of nursing graduates said<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mike-cummins-speaking-cu4-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2692 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mike-cummins-speaking-cu4-small-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mike-cummins-speaking-cu4-small-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mike-cummins-speaking-cu4-small-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mike-cummins-speaking-cu4-small-1024x900.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mike-cummins-speaking-cu4-small.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Associate Degree Program Director, Mike Cummings. The constant adjustments made to comply with COVID-19 restrictions during the past two years have prepared these nurses for the \u201creal world\u201d of nursing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis class had to endure many more difficult situations, constantly adjusting. We here at Jones understand the value of the support from friends and family because, without it, it would have been more even difficult for these graduates to succeed,\u201d said Cummings. \u201cWe\u2019ve thrown a lot to the faculty and students but their resolve to adapt has been exceptional. They worked hard when things got tough and succeeded. Well done and great job!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>糖心直播 President, Dr. Jesse Smith told the audience of friends and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ondranna-barnes-pinning-with-mike-cummins-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2694 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ondranna-barnes-pinning-with-mike-cummins-small-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ondranna-barnes-pinning-with-mike-cummins-small-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ondranna-barnes-pinning-with-mike-cummins-small-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ondranna-barnes-pinning-with-mike-cummins-small-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ondranna-barnes-pinning-with-mike-cummins-small.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> family at the Nurse Pinning Ceremony that the ability to be adaptable during an unprecedented pandemic is admirable. He continued praising the 2021 class of Associate Degree Nurses for choosing a noble profession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no greater profession than nursing because it impacts lives, many lives. Everyone has been impacted at some point in your life by a nurse and if not, you will be. We expect great things from you,\u201d continued Smith. \u201cYou\u2019ll see so many emotions and you\u2019ll enrich some many lives like you\u2019ve never imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dr-smith-speaking-ws-audience-and-grads5-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2693 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dr-smith-speaking-ws-audience-and-grads5-small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dr-smith-speaking-ws-audience-and-grads5-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dr-smith-speaking-ws-audience-and-grads5-small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dr-smith-speaking-ws-audience-and-grads5-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dr-smith-speaking-ws-audience-and-grads5-small.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Several students willingly choose to serve their class as officers. Germecca Bolton of Laurel-President, Courtney Boothe of Heidelberg-Vice President, Bobbi Gamble of Petal-Treasurer, Anna Grace King of Ellisville-Secretary, Breanna Boyles of Brookhaven-Chaplain, and Abby Lillie of Raleigh-Activities. Additionally, five students were selected to join the honor society for associate degree nursing students, Alpha Delta Nu. The following students have maintained a \u201cB\u201d average every semester and were inducted into the Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society for the Fall 2021 graduating class: Jamie Parker of Stringer, Bobbi Gamble of Petal, Alexander Ducksworth of Petal, Abby Lillie of Raleigh, and Courtney Boothe of Heidelberg.<\/p>\n<p>Th<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/morgan-freeman-gets-her-candle-lit-by-faculty-member-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2695 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/morgan-freeman-gets-her-candle-lit-by-faculty-member-small-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/morgan-freeman-gets-her-candle-lit-by-faculty-member-small-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/morgan-freeman-gets-her-candle-lit-by-faculty-member-small-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/morgan-freeman-gets-her-candle-lit-by-faculty-member-small-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/morgan-freeman-gets-her-candle-lit-by-faculty-member-small.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>e nursing school tradition, the Lighting of the Lamp concluded the special Pinning and Graduation Ceremony. This ceremony is a symbol of the passing on of knowledge from nursing faculty to graduates after receiving their official Nurse Pin with a Maltese Cross. For more information about the Associate Degree Nursing program at 糖心直播 check out the website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/programs\/adn\/\">https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/programs\/adn\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Associate Degree Nursing Fall 2021 Graduates<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ondranna Barnes- Mt. Olive<\/p>\n<p>Germecca Bolton- Laurel<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Boothe- Heidelberg<\/p>\n<p>Breanna Boyles- Brookhaven<\/p>\n<p>Christina Breazeale- Ellisville<\/p>\n<p>Layken Carney- Columbia<\/p>\n<p>Alec Culbertson- Ellisville<\/p>\n<p>Kayla Daley- Laurel<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Ducksworth- Petal<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Freeman- Waynesboro<\/p>\n<p>Bobbi Gamble- Petal<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey Hamilton- Raleigh<\/p>\n<p>Kris Hudson- Clara<\/p>\n<p>Josh Kemp -Hattiesburg<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Kendrick &#8211; Hattiesburg<\/p>\n<p>Anna Grace King &#8211; Ellisville<\/p>\n<p>Tori Kitchens Lott- Richton<\/p>\n<p>Abby Lillie- Raleigh<\/p>\n<p>Bryce McMullan Landrum-Soso<\/p>\n<p>Payton Nelsen-Lucedale<\/p>\n<p>Ashlea Odom Carlton- Petal<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Parker-Stringer<\/p>\n<p>Terra Pitts- Laurel<\/p>\n<p>Katie Runnels Shows- Mt. Olive<\/p>\n<p>Jamal Sampson- Hattiesburg<\/p>\n<p>Kanai Spiney- Hattiesburg<\/p>\n<p>Legend Waldrup- Laurel<\/p>\n<p>Alainna Wells- Hattiesburg<\/p>\n<p>Laken Windham- Heidelberg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/josh-kemp-in-center-and-legend-waldrup-hold-lit-candles-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2696 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/josh-kemp-in-center-and-legend-waldrup-hold-lit-candles-small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/josh-kemp-in-center-and-legend-waldrup-hold-lit-candles-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/josh-kemp-in-center-and-legend-waldrup-hold-lit-candles-small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/josh-kemp-in-center-and-legend-waldrup-hold-lit-candles-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/josh-kemp-in-center-and-legend-waldrup-hold-lit-candles-small.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELLISVILLE- Twenty-nine associate degree nursing graduates from 糖心直播 are ready to join the workforce as they celebrated with a Pinning, Graduation and Lamp Lighting Ceremony. The transition from student to nurse has been especially challenging for this group of nursing graduates said Associate Degree Program Director, Mike Cummings. The constant adjustments made to comply &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/twenty-nine-jones-college-associate-degree-nursing-graduates-join-the-workforce\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Twenty-nine 糖心直播 Associate Degree Nursing graduates join the workforce&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2697,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions\/2697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}