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title: Rend Lake College Honors 35 Graduates at 2025 CNA Pinning Ceremony
description: RLC held a pinning ceremony on May 15 to celebrate 35 Pinckneyville Community High School students and RLC students who successfully completed the CNA program.
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# [Rend Lake College Honors 35 Graduates at 2025 CNA Pinning Ceremony](https://rlc.edu/news/2025-cna-pinning)

 Written by [Kendra Gregory](https://rlc.edu/news/author/kendra-gregory) | May 22, 2025 3:15:01 PM

INA, Ill. (May 22, 2025) — Rend Lake College held a pinning ceremony on May 15 to celebrate 35 graduates from Pinckneyville Community High School (PCHS) and RLC students who successfully completed the college's Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) program.

*Front Row (L-R): Autum Thorpe (Valier), Isabella Abenes (Mt. Vernon), Mallory Higgerson (Pinckneyville), Lia Farlow (Pinckneyville), Savannah George (Pinckneyville), Laynee Warden (Pinckneyville), Elizabeth Heisner (Pinckneyville), Deserae Sroka (Pinckneyville), Ariana Wright (Tamaroa), Madyison Pinkham (Christopher), Ladonya Ashleman (Mt. Vernon)*

*Middle Row (L-R): Emma Kellerman (Valier), Precious Greer (Mt. Vernon), Mackenzie Burke (McLeansboro), Annie Wilkerson (Mt. Vernon), Emma Willis (Mulkeytown), Josie Greenwalt (Wayne City), Briley Heinrich (Bluford), Trinity Nkpejajah (Mt. Vernon), Ella Hardwick (Thompsonville), Morgan Buchanan (Mt, Vernon), Anastasia Hayes (Mt. Vernon)*

*Back Row (L-R): Robert Wilkie (Bonnie), Danielle Richards (McLeansboro), Emily Mannen (Waltonville), Katlyn Brown (McLeansboro), Rylee Mitchell (Coulterville), Lillyan Tripp (Benton), Sarah Myers-O’Dell (Mt. Vernon), Sara Nelson (Benton), Jenna Robinson (McLeansboro), Kyleigh Sinclair (Mt. Vernon), Adyson Filkins (Benton), Kaley Treffert (Mt. Vernon), Teresa Walter (Christopher)*

The ceremony featured a welcome from Associate Professor of Nursing Sarah Hopfinger, followed by the presentation of pins by Allied Health Professor Amber Fann, CNA Instructor Olivia Saunders, and PCHS Dual Credit CNA Instructor Cathy Chapman. CNA dual credit students received pins alongside the RLC graduates.

###### Dual Credit Students

Lia Farlow   
Savannah George  
Elizabeth Heisner  
Mallory Higgerson  
Deserae Sroka  
Laynee Warden  
Ariana Wright

###### RLC CNA Students

Isabella Abenes  
Ladonya Ashleman  
Katlyn Brown  
Morgan Buchanan  
Mackenzie Burke  
Adyson Filkins  
Josie Greenwalt  
Precious Greer  
Ella Hardwick  
Anastasia Hayes  
Briley Heirich  
Emma Kellerman  
Emily Mannen  
Rylee Mitchell  
Sarah Myers-O'Dell  
Sara Nelson  
Trinity Nkpejajah  
Madyison Pinkham  
Danielle Richards  
Jenna Robinson  
Kyleigh Sinclair  
Autum Thorpe  
Kaley Treffert  
Lillyan Tripp  
Teresa Walter  
Annie Wilkerson  
Robert Wilkie  
Emma Willis

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