ELLISVILLE – A total of 38 practical nursing graduates completed Jones College’s three-semester program, filling a critical need at area health care facilities and hospitals. The Ellisville campus had 24 graduates while 14 students completed the inaugural program at the Jasper County Center in Bay Springs with a pinning and completion ceremony.
“Class for those students in Bay Springs started as a whirlwind last August, and they have come through with grace. This group also dove right into doing community service that was appreciated by many,” said Jones College Practical Nursing Director, Amy Myers. “At the main campus in Ellisville, 24 graduates are entering the nursing profession during a massive nursing shortage. We welcome them to the healthcare family.”
At the pinning and completion ceremony in Bay Springs, three students earned honors awarded by faculty members. Receiving Jasper County Center’s Florence Nightingale Award for the first, practical nursing class was Kamilia Ross of Louin, while the Rising Star Award went to Lexi Sims of Bay Springs. Shelsea Harden of Stringer received the Academic Excellence Award.
Earning the Florence Nightingale Award for the Ellisville class was Sally Sharplin of Moselle. Monica Lawrence of Hattiesburg earned the Rising Star Award and Lanett Travis of Hattiesburg was awarded the Academic Excellence honor for having the overall highest average.
To learn more about the practical nursing program at the Jasper County Center call, 601-477-5473, email Sonya Ready at sonya.ready@jcjc.edu or check out the Jones College website on practical nursing at https://www.jcjc.edu/programs/practicalnursing/
Jasper County Practical Nursing grads August 2023 (14)
- O’Nett Lorrell Booth, Collins
- Destinee Burton, Mize
- Madalyn Grace Bynum, Stringer
- Shelsea Harden, Stringer
- Anna Grace Dykes, Stringer
- Isabella Graham, Stringer
- Delayna Harris, Stringer
- Jordyn Marie Harris, Bay Springs
- Abigayle Kupperschmid, Stringer
- Kailya L Pierce, Heidelberg
- Kamilia A Ross, Louin
- Victoria (Lexi) Sims, Bay Springs
- Anthony T Steele, Bay Springs
- Sarah Elaine Thompson, Stringer
JC Ellisville Practical Nursing grads August 2023 (24)
- Nickolas Ray Bustin, Laurel
- Leigh Ann Coppins Toomsuba
- Jeralyn Christine Doss, Petal
- Christina Foster, Millry AL
- Renee Hardy, Laurel
- Kassidy K Gray, Waynesboro
- Laura Hendry, Bassfield
- Hines Nicholas M, Poplarville
- Doneja Abrielle Hinton, Waynesboro
- Jada Makyla Holmes, Waynesboro
- Destini Rashanti Keeton, Waynesboro
- Creshona Kenny, McComb
- Monica N Lawrence, Hattiesburg
- Demetria Karin Lewis, Brookhaven
- Kaice Janae Lumpkins, Columbia
- Samantha McGowan, Laurel
- Dayna Miller, Hattiesburg
- McKenzie Moses, McComb
- Sally V Sharplin, Moselle
- Latoya Nevida Steele, Kemper County
- Jameshey Strickland, Hattiesburg
- Lanett S Travis, Hattiesburg
- Annabelle Walters, Laurel
- Chloe White, Waynesboro