All of the students in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Surgical Technology program have jobs and are working in healthcare facilities. Four students are in the current cohort that is nearing completion: Erin Deckard, Crystal Gray, Destiny Horton, and RayAnn Spruill. Surgical Technology is a five-semester associate degree program at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». When students complete the requirements for […]
Fall semester is in full swing at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Shown is Tim King, program chair of Respiratory Therapy, explaining concepts to students. There is still time to enroll in classes at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» through the Fall Mini-Term. These eight-week classes begin October 17. Fourteen courses are available, twelve are online. Contact admissions@edgecombe.edu.
Practical Nursing graduates at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» participated in a recent pinning ceremony. Clockwise from bottom left are Martina Garcia, Hannah Pilgreen Davis, Summer Macaluso, Ijanee Marie Bobbitt, Darla Dionne DeBlois, John Hardy Kennedy Jr., Crystal Stinson, Laura Briggs, Haley Marie Collins, Jarell Ham, Marais Michelle Sanchez, and Jaimie Estebana Andrade. These graduates are eligible […]
May 2023 graduates of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Associate Degree Nursing program scored 97 percent on the national licensure exam for registered nurses, besting the national pass rate by 10 percent. According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) pass rate for 2023 is 87 […]
For one Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» alumna, the college experience didn’t end at graduation. Cassidy Ingram completed Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Surgical Technology program in December 2022. Earlier this year, she joined Suzi Shippen-Wagner, program chair of Surgical Technology, on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. They spent a week there, assisting in cataract surgery on patients in […]
Eight of the nine members of the Radiography Class of 2023 at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» have earned their certification, becoming registered radiographers and earning the title R.T.(R)(ARRT), which signifies Registered Technologist in Radiography by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. Nine students graduated from the program in May 2023. The graduates are certified nationally as […]
Members of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Respiratory Therapy Class of 2023 participated in their pinning ceremony on May 11. From left are (front row) Director of Clinical Education Josh Pendergraft, Amber Stancil, Adishia Baker, Program Chair Tim King, (2nd row) Rachel Davis, Ramatoulie Dabo, Haley Bunting, (3rd row) Kathleen Talton, Kennedy Johnson, (4th row) Paula Oden, […]
Recent Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Associate Degree Nursing graduates Michaela Dew and Anna Zinn received the DAISY Foundation’s DAISY in Training Award during the nursing pinning ceremony in May. They received a certificate, a DAISY in Training Award pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch. Both Dew and Zinn graduated from the Associate […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Associate Degree Nursing graduates participated in their pinning ceremony on May 10. The ADN Class of 2023 is a large class of 39 members, who graduated from the ADN program during the college’s commencement ceremony on May 12. These graduates have met the education requirements to take the NCLEX-RN®, the National Council […]
Earlier this year, Crystal Gray was halfway through the surgical technology program at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and working long hours at UNC Health Nash. She also was looking forward to her youngest daughter graduating high school. Then a long shot paid off, and the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, offered Gray a summer internship […]
