Twenty-nine Northern Oklahoma College Nursing Students received their nurses’ pins at a ceremony at NOC Enid Saturday night in the 49th Class of NOC Nursing.

Nursing students from the Stillwater, Enid, and Tonkawa campuses received their pins and cited the Florence Nightingale Pledge.

The guest speaker was Lea Brown, Stillwater Medical Center.

She encouraged the graduate to focus on something other than themselves.

“Your work is not a means to an end,” she said.“Your work must have more meaning.The pleasure you have in doing your job is that you love people every single day,” she said.

NOC Nursing Division Chair Dr. Nikole Hicks congratulates each member of the graduating class and advises them to “continue to pursue excellence, advance in your careers and education, and use your life changing experience at NOC to change the lives of those with whom you will have contact over the course of your careers.”

The graduates are included by campus and hometown:

Tonkawa

Sylvie Brand, Stillwater; Darah Dickover, Tonkawa; Savannah Dolezal, Perry; Keziah McLain, Ponca City; Lexi Morris, Stillwater; Boun Thorne, Blackwell; Tiffany Young, Ponca City.

Enid

Lauren Black, Enid; Christian Brown, Enid; Adrienne Bundy, Enid; LaTasha Campbell, Pond Creek-Hunter; Shelby Crump, Dover; Brooke Jordan, Enid; Cindi Meyer, Goltry; Taelor Parker, Hooker; Mayson Pettus, Enid; Allison Purnell, Enid; Alyssa Steadman, Stillwater; Daniel Turkelson, Oklahoma City; Shellie Valenzuela, Enid.

Stillwater

Olivia Baker, Edmond; Kelsie Bidwell, Stillwater; Hailey Bishop, Sparks; Katelynn Dauzat, Stillwater; Brady McDermed, Stillwater; Leslie Morgan, Stillwater; Tracy Rupp, Tulsa; Crystel Thomas, Agra; Phyllis Yellowman, Pawnee.

The following were recognized by Nursing Division Chair Dr. Nikole Hicks.

Spirit of Nursing (Tonkawa) – Tiffany Young

Spirit of Nursing (Enid) – LaTasha Campbell

Spirit of Nursing (Stillwater) – Kelsie Bidwell

Exceptional Graduate Award – Savannah Dolezal

Exceptional Preceptor Award – Shiloa Cline, RN

DAISY Award for Extraordinary Faculty – Kim Brewer, MSN, RN