Tyler Junior College presented pins to 53 graduates in the associate degree nursing program during a ceremony on May 9, in Wise Auditorium on the TJC main campus.

Rebecca Seeton, nursing department chair, gave introductions.

TJC President Dr. Mike Metke, Provost Dr. Mark Escamilla and Paul Monagan, dean of allied health and nursing, welcomed the candidates, their families and guests.

Seeton certified the class, presented the candidates and placed their pins.

The graduates recited the Florence Nightingale pledge.

The invocation and benediction was given by graduate nurses Kinde Cameron and Cindy Ward, respectively.

Graduates are: Susan Akin, Henderson; Tiffany Albarran, Tyler; Courtney Allen, Tyler; April Anderson, Lindale; Amanda Dawn Bell, Canton; Ember Benson, Tyler; Brooke Black, Longview; Jamie Bockemehl, Sulphur Springs; Margaret Booth, Tyler; Anna Bragg, Chandler; Kinde Cameron, Pickton; Kathy Campbell, Katy; Araceli Carrillo, Tyler; Chrystal Conaway, Tyler; Rebecca Davenport, Jacksonville; Jana Davis, Whitehouse; Lara Gardiner, Rusk; Roy Glover, Whitehouse; Britney Hager, LaPorte; Heather Nicole Head, Whitehouse; Debbie Hubbard, Jacksonville; Melissa Dawn Jernigan, Athens; Karen Kiarie, Tyler; Amber Marie Killmeyer, Tyler; Donna Lynn Littlejohn, Rusk; Matthew Maxwell, Tyler; Beverly Kay McCauley, Lindale; Stephanie McClure, Longview; Kelly McKenzie, Tyler; Barbara McKinney, Tyler; Lisa Dudley Meeks, Jacksonville; Amanda Metcalf, Winona; Kristina Mullican, Arp; Jennifer Mullings, Lindale; Mitchell Netterville, Jr., Tyler; Teresa Owen, Whitehouse; Stephanie Renee Paul, Jacksonville; Jessica Peek, Quitman; Teisha Touchon Peters, Brownsboro; Cindy Pontius, Lindale; Jennifer Rawlinson, Jacksonville; Jessica Lauren Salinas, Tyler; Sherry Searle, Grand Saline; Chance Seay, Tyler; Kimberly Renae Starling, Jacksonville; Gail Stokes, Sulphur Springs; Ron Swartz, Tyler; Amy Turner, Quitman; Milton Villegas, Jacksonville; Cynthia Ward, Lindale; Maria Ward, Tyler; Johnnie Ware, Tyler; and Amy Winkler, Flint.