Brittany Vaughn and Michelle Morgan took very different paths on their journeys to become nurses, but fate brought them together at Montgomery Community College. Despite being in different age groups, from different parts of the country, having different educational backgrounds and unique motivating factors, both ladies are recent graduates of MCC’s Associate Degree in Nursing Program. “I never saw myself in any field other than healthcare,” explains Brittany Vaughn. “As a small girl I pictured myself in this career, and here I am.” Vaughn is from Candor, and completed her Licensed Practical Nursing training at MCC a few years ago. She returned for the ADN degree because it moves her

Madison Bullins knew during her tenure at North Moore High School that a career in healthcare was in her future. Biomedical and health science classes sparked her interest, and a senior year spent in a Certified Nurse Assistant program sealed the deal. By taking health science classes in high school, she could see what the nursing field encompassed, building confidence in her chosen path.  She also got her elective courses out of the way early, allowing her to focus on the nursing classes that needed undivided attention. Bullins just graduated from Montgomery Community College’s Associate Degree in Nursing Program, one of four students in the College’s very first cohort. Montgomery

Unlike last year’s nursing graduates who experienced this rite of passage in their vehicles, the 2021 cohort celebrated in person on May 11, 2021 with a little bit of distance in between. Fourteen students, four with an Associate Degree in Nursing and 10 from the Practical Nursing program received a commemorative pin, a nurse’s camp as well as a pottery keepsake to remember their accomplishments. Graduates include Alexis Jovonne Brothers, Madison Lindsay Bullins, Atisha Marie Carrillo, Krystal Debray, Megan Ann Ferguson, Jennifer S. Karshner, John Michael Laton, Joshua Douglas Laton, Anna Catherine Little, Christian McSwain Saunders, Ashley Dawn Shaw, Taylor Wheeler Teague, Christina Marie Webb and Tiffany Nicole Vidrine. PHOTO

A cohort of fifteen students completed Montgomery Community College’s (MCC) Practical Nursing Diploma Program. The nine-month term began in August 2019, and finished this summer, punctuated by today’s pinning ceremony which took place between masked faculty and grads and family members in vehicles. “Someday, this is going to be a very interesting story that today’s nursing graduates can tell their friends,” acknowledged MCC President Chad Bledsoe. “I started my medical career during the pandemic of 2020; we were masked and practiced social distancing for graduation!” The cohort, comprised of 14 women and one man each received a commemorative pin, a nurse’s cap as well as a pottery candle keepsake. Over