Mattoon, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Graduating nurses received their pins at the 2024 Lake Land College Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Associate Degree Nurse (ADN) Bridge program pinning 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, Effingham (pictured above), received the Peer Award for demonstrating excellence in both the classroom and in clinical through professionalism, a caring nature and a cooperative spirit.
Corinne Coad, 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.
Selected by faculty vote, the recipient must be professionally superior and morally responsible, capable of using a strong scientific knowledge base to make and communicate wise decisions with compassion, care and composure, often in crises situations. Coad’s name will be engraved on a plaque that is located in the nursing skills lab in Neal Hall.
The following students received pins at the ceremony:
| Name | Hometown |
| Paula Bly | Mattoon |
| Corinne Coad | Toledo |
| Jami Dees | Humboldt |
| Kendra Elzy | Sullivan |
| LaDonna Faulkner Smith | Mattoon |
| Kelsey Fletcher | Montrose |
| Adriana Garza Aleman | Mattoon |
| Danielle Goldsborough | Altamont |
| Sharia Gordon | Charleston |
| Andrea Hooker | Charleston |
| Tasha Johnston | Mattoon |
| Mackenzie Koester | Effingham |
| Jennifer Lang | Casey |
| Cairra Leasher | Edgewood |
| Emma Maulding | Casey |
| Paige Remlinger | Greenup |
| Blake Robinson | Sullivan |
| Mary Violet Sporleder | Altamont |
| Alisha Waugh | Shelbyville |
| Alicia Yoder | Arthur |
Lake Land College District 517, located in Mattoon, Illinois, serves the second largest community college district in the state, with a total population of 189,869. The Lake Land College district comprises all or part of 15 counties and 31 public school districts in rural east central Illinois. Counties served by Lake Land College include: Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Macon, Montgomery, Moultrie and Shelby.
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