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Angelina College Associate Degree Nursing Program Holds Ceremony

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Class of 2025 Graduates Receive Pins

Angelina College’s Associates Degree Nursing Program on Thursday recognized 59 new nurses entering their chosen professions with a traditional pinning ceremony held inside AC’s Shands Gymnasium.

Dr. Winifred Ferguson Adams, Dean of School of Health Careers, also announced those students receiving special recognition. Those included Nina Martinez Potter (Highest GPA), Emmery Copertino (Most Outstanding Clinicals Student) and Rosalynn Wesley (Overall Most Outstanding Student).

Rosalynn Wesley (left) receives her Overall Most Outstanding Student award from Dr. Winifred Ferguson Adams, Angelina College’s Dean of Health Careers. Wesley was one of 59 new nurses pinned during Thursday’s traditional ceremony held on the AC campus. (Gary Stallard photo for AC News Service)

As Peggy Mortensen announced their names, the new grads received their traditional pins from friends, family members or AC staff members before Nancy McClurg led the recital of the “Nightingale Pledge” 

Following is the list of graduates with home towns as provided. (*Denotes LVN-RN Transition):  

Allison Beathard (Cushing), Sara Bingham (Huntington), Desaray Black (Lufkin), *Brandy Blaine (Livingston), Mallory Boston (Huntington), De’Breonia Cooper (Livingston), Emmery Copertino (Nacogdoches), Esperanza Cuevas Moreno (Alto), Angela David (Lufkin), Leticia De La Torre (Garrison), *Kylie Dinger (Colmesneil), Anette Dominguez (Lufkin), *Grace Eddins (Colmesneil), Gabriella Escobedo (Lufkin), Dakota Fancher (Jasper), Armani Flemons (Lufkin), Evelyn Flores (Garrison), Ana Garrido (Lufkin), Desirae Giles (Lufkin), Margaret Godfrey (Nacogdoches), Melany Gomez (Lufkin), *Elizabeth Gray (Lufkin), *Demetrica Griffin (Crockett), *Maria Gutierrez (Livingston), Katelyn Hudspeth (Lufkin), *Micah Hughes (Lufkin), Caitlyn Larsen Southwick (Nacogdoches), *Jordan Liljequist (Chester), *Carla Lopez (Lufkin), Crystal Lopez (Lufkin), Angelica Lopez-Ramirez (Cushing), Nina Martinez Potter (Nacogdoches), Julia McCaa (Lufkin), *Jaleesa McMiller (Nacogdoches), Lidia Merino (Goodrich), Claudia Owens Johnson (Lufkin), Minhee Park (Nacogdoches), Kimberly Parker (Lufkin), Tyler Parrish (Livingston), *Mindy Paulson (Lufkin), *Caitlyn Phillips (Diboll), Kylie Pierce (Nacogdoches), Jessica Quarles (Lufkin), Britney Ramirez (Lufkin), Elida Ramirez (Lufkin), *Emma Rawlinson, *Solaye Rawls (Lufkin), Jessica Reyes (Nacogdoches), *Kari Shellhammer (Jasper), Lisette Silva (Rosharon), Annie Smith, Ellyce Timoteo (Lufkin), Reagan Toole (Diboll), Samantha Vargas (Dallas), Tammy Wells (San Augustine), *Rosalynn Wesley (Nacogdoches), Jamya Whitfield (Humble), *Conchetta Wilson and Elizabeth Young. 

Faculty members include Dr. Winifred Ferguson Adams, Dean of School of Health Careers; Sandra Brannan, Director of Nursing Programs; Kelly Durr, Toni Fleming, Allison Gray, Vergie Hines, Kathy Jackson, Koshy Jose, Nadia Martindale, Nancy McClurg, Kathy McNeese, Anna McReynolds, Linda Moran, Peggy Mortensen, Amber Murphy, Henrietta Sells and Bobbie Williams. 

For further information on health career training at Angelina College, email healthcareers@angelina.edu.  

Gary Stallard’s email address is gstallard@angelina.edu.

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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