Lake Land College Celebrates Associate Degree Nursing Graduates at Pinning Ceremony

Graduating nurses received their pins at the 2024 Lake Land College Licensed Practical Nurse to Associate Degree Nurse Bridge program planning ceremony.

The LPN to ADN Bridge program provides a pathway for current LPNs to advance in their careers by becoming a registered nurse with one additional year of coursework.

Mackenzie Koester of Effingham received the Peer Award for demonstrating excellence in both the classroom and in clinical through professionalism, a caring nature and a cooperative spirit.

(NURSING INSTRUCTOR KATHYLN BLOEMER PRESENTS PEER AWARD TO MACKENZIE KOESTER)

Corinne Coad of Toledo received the Marilyn Fuqua Thompson Nursing Award, which is given each year to a graduating student who is considered to be the all-around best student in the class. Coad's name will be engraved on a plaque that is located in the nursing skills lab in Neal Hall on campus.

(NURSING INSTRUCTOR TARAH HASKENHERM PRESENTS THE MARILYN FUQUA THOMPSON AWARD TO CORINNE COAD)

These area residents received pins at the ceremony: Corinne Coad of Toledo, Kelsey Fletcher of Montrose, Danielle Goldsborough of Altamont, Mackenzie Koester of Effingham, Cairra Leasher of Edgewood, Paige Remlinger of Greenup, and Mary Violet Sporleder of Altamont.