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Nurses pinned
The Woodfin Patterson Auditorium was the setting on December 8 for a Nursing Pinning Ceremony for 13 graduates of the Nursing Program at Jefferson Davis Community College. Graduates represented the Standard Track Nursing Program (RN) and the Career Mobile Track Nursing Program (LPN to RN). Special honorees for the Standard Track were Valedictorian Casey Nolen and Salutatorian Ashley Schlossberg, and for the LPN Career Mobililty Track were Valedictorian Claudette Johnson…
JDCC releases honors lists
Jefferson Davis Community College has released the President’s and Dean’s lists for Fall Semester 2016. Requirements for inclusion on the President’s list are a semester grade point average of 4.0 and completion of a minimum semester course load of 12 semester credit hours of college-level work. Atmore students named to this list are Madelyn Hope Boatwright, Jerame Heath Conn, Caleb Grant Hochstetler, Pamela Joy Powe, James Bryan Sizemore. Requirements for…
YLA learns about the history and cultures of Atmore
By LAUREN METZLER Special to Atmore News Did you know a man named William Carney is considered to be the “Father of Atmore?” Do you know why Atmore’s middle school was once called a training school or when the Thanksgiving Pow-Wow began? Our Youth Leadership Atmore class found the answers to these questions and others as we learned about the history and culture of Atmore on Wednesday, January 11. We…
ACHIEVE Nursing Scholarship started
By DR. ERICA LITTLE, DNP, RN Special to Atmore News Times are changing and so is healthcare. It is no doubt that everyone has read about medical advancements such as new technology, robotic surgery, and of course all the new medications coming out. The research end of healthcare is upgrading and changing because the needs of our patients are changing and becoming more complex. Nurses need to keep up with…
Area students interview for Southern Pine Youth Tour
On Friday, January 13, 24 local students were chosen to compete for the honor of being a 2017 Southern Pine Youth Tour representative. Students were chosen by faculty members of their respective schools, based on academic achievements and extracurricular achievements. Students selected by their schools to participate in Youth Tour are Acelyn Abdeen, J.F. Shields High School; Cole Baggett, J.U. Blacksher High School; Haley Beard, Excel High School; Kobe Bradley,…