Shelton State celebrates nursing graduates, medical lab students
Shelton State Community College hosted a pinning and candle lighting ceremony for 40 nursing graduates and 2 medical lab technology students. The graduates are expected to help alleviate the nursing shortage in west Alabama.
Shelton State Community College held a ceremony for nursing and medical lab technology graduates. 40 nursing students completed five semesters of coursework. Dr. Andrea Bowden-Evans, the Shelton State Director of Nursing, said the school will increase its intake numbers with a new skills lab opening in the Fall. The nursing graduates were pinned by instructors and lit each other's candles, honoring Florence Nightingale. The ceremony also marked the first graduating class of Shelton State's new medical lab technology program. The graduates are excited to start their careers, with some citing their desire to help people as the reason for becoming nurses.
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