Allan Hancock College minted 79 new nurses during a graduation and pinning ceremony on Dec. 7. * Setenta y nueve estudiantes se graduaron del programa de enfermeri?a de Allan Hancock College el 7 de diciembre. Courtesy photo.
SANTA MARIA — A total of 79 students graduated from Allan Hancock College’s nursing program on Dec. 7, continuing the college’s legacy of training highly skilled healthcare workers.
The graduating class included 46 graduates from Hancock’s registered nursing program and 33 graduates from the college’s vocational nursing program. The graduates and their families celebrated with a ceremony at the Marian Theatre on the college’s Santa Maria campus. Both groups received commemorative pins marking their accomplishments.
“Training public servants is one of the most important missions of a community college,” said Hancock Superintendent/President Kevin G. Walthers, Ph.D. “I am honored that our nursing students have chosen this profession.”
Hancock’s nursing program provides an opportunity for upward mobility for students seeking to work in fulfilling careers. The Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN)-to-Registered Nursing (RN) program is specifically designed to provide the LVN with an opportunity for career advancement and prepares LVNs for the additional responsibilities required of the registered nurse. The college’s programs are fully accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
“This is a day of immense significance, not just for us as graduates, but for the countless lives we will touch and the impact we will make on the world as nurses,” said LVN graduate Jeff Rehkopf.
Hancock’s nursing program is just one of many Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs the college offers. Potential students are encouraged to explore these and other degree and certificate programs on the college’s Guided Pathways website at www.hancockcollege.edu/pathways
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79 estudiantes de gradúan de los programas de enfermería de Hancock
SANTA MARIA – – Hancock College el 7 de diciembre, continuando el legado del colegio en entrenar personal me?dico.
La clase incluyo? a 46 graduados del programa de enfermeri?a registrada del colegio y 33 graduados del programa de enfermeri?a vocacional. Los graduados, junto con sus familias, celebraron con una ceremonia en el Teatro Marian en el campus de Santa Mari?a. Ambos grupos recibieron insignias conmemorativas que marcaban sus logros.
“Entrenar a servidores pu?blicos es una de las misiones ma?s importantes de un colegio comunitario,” dijo el Superintendente/presidente de Hancock, Kevin G. Walthers, Ph. D. “Me siento honrado de que nuestros estudiantes de enfermeri?a hayan elegido esta profesio?n.”
El programa de enfermeri?a brinda una oportunidad de movilidad ascendente para estudiantes que buscan trabajo en una carrera gratificante. El programa de Enfermeri?a Vocacional con Licencia (LVN) a Enfermeri?a Registrada (RN) esta? disen?ado para ofrecer una oportunidad de progreso profesional y prepara a los estudiantes para las responsabilidades adicionales requeridas. Los programas del colegio esta?n completamente acreditados por el California Board of Registered Nursing.
“Este es un di?a de gran importancia, no solo para nosotros como graduados, sino para quienes impactaremos y el cambio que generaremos en el mundo como enfermeros”, dijo Jeff Rehkopf, graduado de Enfermeri?a Vocacional con Licencia (LVN).
El programa de enfermeri?a de Hancock es solo uno de los muchos programas CTE que ofrece el colegio. Para ma?s informacio?n sobre los programas CTE, visite www.hancockcollege.edu/pathways.