GARDNER — Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) held the pinning ceremony for the class of 2025 Practical Nursing graduates recently in December.
MWCC President James Vander Hooven welcomed students.
“You have worked incredibly hard to be here this afternoon to celebrate with your classmates, family, friends, and faculty. It has been a difficult program – you have overcome obstacles and challenges, and yet you persevered and persisted, and here you are today,” Vander Hooven said.
“You stand here as a testament to determination, resilience, and the power of dreams realized,” said Kimberly Shea, DNP, RN, Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences. “Over the past ten months you have embarked on a journey that was anything but easy. You balanced demanding coursework, clinical rotations, and countless sleepless nights. You’ve shared wonderful and challenging times together. Today you are not just graduates, you are leaders in compassionate care and the newest ambassadors to the nursing profession.”
Joining Dean Shea were nursing faculty members Collene Thaxton, MSN, RN, Emily Turner, MSN, RN, and Albert Rolon, MSN, RN.
MWCC’s Practical Nursing Certificate program prepares students to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination – Practical Nursing (NCLEX-PN) to earn their license to practice as an LPN. Credits earned in the Practical Nursing program can be applied to the Associate Degree in Nursing.
-Mount Wachusetts Community College
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