VGCC Graduates 7 Certified Nurse Assistants in South Campus Class
Vance-Granville Community College has graduated its first day class of 2006 for the Certified Nursing Assistant I program.
Ceremonies were held March 16 at Pergamon Restaurant in Creedmoor to honor the seven graduates who each received individual awards and gold pins. They are Baldan Abayhan of Durham, Patricia Andrews and Treeva Pace of Butner, Stephanie Geercken of Franklinton, Kelly Mankowski of Creedmoor, Nicole Messer of Oxford and Sheryl Moxley of Stem.
The graduates completed four weeks of classroom instruction at South Campus and three weeks of clinical experience at Brantwood Nursing and Retirement Facility in Oxford. They also successfully completed a state clinical exam and written competency exam to earn their certification.
Julie Cooke is the director of the VGCC Nursing Assistant program, Sujaya Devarayasamudram is the clinical instructor at South Campus, and Sheri Kemp-Bruce is the lecture instructor. Greg Champion of Butner Public Safety was the CPR instructor for the class, and Elvin McShaw was the clinical assistant.
For information on upcoming Nursing Assistant classes, call the South Campus at (919) 528-4737 or Julie Cooke at (252) 438-VGCC.
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– Recent graduates of the Certified Nursing Assistant class at Vance-Granville Community College’s South Campus are shown with their instructors. From left to right are: Sujaya Devarayasamudram, clinical instructor, graduates Baldan Abayhan, Patricia Andrews, Stephanie Geercken, Kelly Mankowski, Nicole Messer, Sheryl Moxley and Treeva Pace, and Sheri Kemp-Bruce, lecture instructor. (VGCC Photo)
