Western Career College Honors Graduating Nurses with Pinning Ceremony

ANTIOCH, Calif. – (Feb. 08, 2010) – Western Career College will honor 101 graduating nurses by holding a pinning ceremony in front of the graduates’ family and friends, on Saturday, Feb. 27 at the El Campanil Theatre. The ceremony is a tradition in nursing where the graduating nurse’s, dressed in the traditional white uniform and nursing cap, receive their school pin, presented by the nursing faculty, and recite The Nightingale Pledge as they hold lighted candles.
 
“This is a special time for our graduates. The pinning ceremony symbolizes a bridge from their nursing education into the nursing profession,” said Darlla Roesler, dean of nursing at Western Career College. “At a time of shortages in the healthcare industry, we are proud of the education Western Career College has offered these 101 nurses and the knowledge they take into the communities they will be serving.”

Florence Nightingale, known as “the lady with the lamp” because of her heroic actions during the Crimean War (1853-1856), was a pioneer reformer and has many modern nursing techniques attributed to her.

Graduating nurses from Western Career College San Jose, San Leandro, Antioch and Sacramento campuses will take part in the two hour invitation-only ceremony. 

WHO:        Nursing students from Western Career Colleges in San Jose, San Leandro, Antioch and Sacramento
WHAT:      Western Career College Pinning Ceremony
WHEN:       Saturday, Feb. 27 beginning at 11 a.m.
WHERE:     El Campanil Theatre located at 602 W. Second St., Antioch, Calif., (925)757-9500

PHOTO/INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Graduating  nurses receiving pin
  • Graduating nurses hold lighted candles as they recite The Nightingale Pledge
  • Pamela Frazier, program director at Western Career College, San Jose campus
  • Keynote speaker, Irene Daniels-Lewis APN, DNSc, FAAN, professor and chair, Community Health and Psychiatric Nursing, San Jose State University School of Nursing, Treasurer National Black Nurses Association
  • Student nurses participating in ceremony

For more information about the degree and certificate programs offered at Western Career College, or to register for classes, please call (888)720-5014 or visit www.westerncollege.edu.

About Western Career College
Western Career College is a leading provider of educational programs in California that lead to careers in fields such as nursing, dental hygiene, dental assisting, medical assisting, pharmacy technology, diagnostic medical sonography, veterinary technology, criminal justice and graphics and drafting.  The nine California Western Career Colleges are located in Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Stockton, San Leandro, Emeryville, Antioch, San Jose, Pleasant Hill and Pomona. Western Career College is regionally accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC-WACS). For more information about Western Career College, visit www.westerncollege.edu.

Western Career College is a division of DeVry Inc. (NYSE:DV) a global provider of educational services.

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