Students celebrated in pinning and striping ceremony
GETTYSBURG –HACC-Gettysburg Campus honored associate degree graduates in HACC’s registered nursing program with their nursing pins and future nurses who have completed their first year of the two-year degree program with their stripes during a recent ceremony at the College. The 2013 graduates successfully completed their clinical nursing education, which qualifies them to take licensure exams to become registered nurses (RNs). 

During the May 9, 2013, ceremony held in the Robert C. Hoffman Community Room of the Gettysburg campus, the following graduating students were recognized with awards:

PSNA District 15 Leadership Award – Brooke Flohr
Gettysburg Campus Nursing Student Organization Art of Nursing Award – Kaitlyn Shortt
Gettysburg Nursing Faculty Excellence in Nursing Award – Courtney Martin
The Gettysburg Nursing Academic Excellence Award – Alisha Diehl
 
 
The following are graduates of the 2013 HACC-Gettysburg Campus nursing program:
 
Tina Smith and Amanda Howe of Abbottstown
Courtney Shaffer of Bendersville
Olivia Bizzarri and Brooke Flohr of Fairfield
Anthony Clark, Jennifer Rhoads, Tasha Santoyo, Katie Hostetter, Samantha Clark, and Misty Rohrbaugh of Gettysburg
Kristin Dieter of Glen Rock
Gloria Brown, Jenna Hutton, Kim Costella, Janelle Sanders, Alisha Diehl, and Rebecca Metcalf of Hanover
Kaitlyn Shortt of Littlestown
Christine Hudgins and Julie Buchanan of New Freedom
Julie Kimple of Orrtanna
Amanda Ruth and Michael Tolleson of Shippensburg
Courtney Martin and Suzanne Brown of Spring Grove
Michelle Frey of Thomasville
 
The ceremony included a celebration of the 10^th anniversary of the nursing program at the Gettysburg Campus. It also included acknowledgement of the cooperation and affiliation shown by areahealth care agencies which make their sites available to provide clinical experience for nursing students: Adams County Head Start, Adams-Hanover Counseling Services, Cross Keys Village The Brethren Home Community, Carlisle Regional Medical Center, Chambersburg Hospital/Summit Health, Gettysburg Growing Place, Gettysburg Hospital WellSpan, Gettysburg Lutheran Retirement Village, Golden Living Center, Transitions Healthcare Gettysburg LLC, Hanover Hospital, Homewood at Plum Creek, Lutheran Home Care Services, Mountain View OB/GYN, South Mountain Restoration Center, Roxbury Treatment Center, Village of Laurel Run, VNA WellSpan, Waynesboro Hospital, and York Hospital WellSpan.

For more information about the pinning, contact Andree Drake at 717-339-3545 or ahdrake@hacc.edu. Information about HACC’s nursing programs and qualifications is available at www.hacc.edu under Quick Links, Health Careers.