RLC holds pinning ceremony for 2025 Nursing Students

INA, Ill. (May 22, 2025) — Rend Lake College held a pinning ceremony on May 15 to celebrate over 30 students who successfully completed the RLC nursing program.

^{Front Row (L-R): Hallie Sledge (Bluford), Lacey Haile (Mt. Vernon), Chloe Goodwin (Marble Hill, MO.), Riley Giles (Zeigler), Sidney Follis (Marion), Madeline Douglass (Broughton), Jessica Decker (Mt. Vernon), Miranda Chambliss (Bluford), Devonna Boyd (Mt. Vernon), Ashley Akers (Waltonville), Makenna Hamson (Macedonia)}

^{Middle Row (L-R): Liberty McGill (Zeigler), Miranda Maldonado (Dix), Bridget Kash (Waltonville), Reese Johnson (Dix), Jamera Hubbard (Mt. Vernon), Alexis Heape (Du Bois), Casey Hawkins (Pinckneyville), Trinity Pike (Tamaroa), Kimberly Hale (Wayne City)}

^{Back Row (L-R): Caitlin Williford (Benton), Alexus Williams (Sparta), Libby Thomas (Enfield), Laurie Thomas (Marion), Jordan Stanley (Macedonia), Joshua Rhoades (Mt. Vernon), Brianna Rexing (Macedonia), Hunter Hancock (West Frankfort), Adelya McKelvy (Mt. Vernon), Kinley Milligan (Benton)}

The ceremony featured a prayer, led by Jordan Stanley, and a speech from the class speakers, Jamera Hubbard and Chloe Goodwin, followed by the presentation of pins by the radiologic technology program faculty: Dr. Susan Wiley, Denise Griffith, Sarah Hopfinger, Cheyenne McCoy, Zach Hostetter and Bria Robinson. To close the ceremony, Makenna Hamson led the Class of 2025 in the Nightingale Pledge.

^{Jordan Stanley leading the prayer}

^{The 2025 nursing class speakers, Chloe Goodwin (left) and Jamera Hubbard (right).}

^{Makenna Hamson leading the Class of 2025 in the Nightingale Pledge.}

Nursing Graduates

Ashley Akers
Devonna Boyd
Miranda Chambliss
Jessica Decker
Madeline Douglass
Sidney Follis
Riley Giles
Chloe Goodwin
Lacey Haile
Kimberly Hale
Makenna Hamson
Hunter Hancock
Casey Hawkins
Alexis Heape
Jamera Hubbard
Reese Johnson
Bridget Kash
Miranda Maldonado
Liberty McGill
Adelya McKelvy
Kinley Milligan
Trinity Pike
Brianna Rexing
Joshua Rhoades
Zaid Rueda
Hallie Sledge
Jordan Stanley
Laurie Thomas
Libby Thomas
Alexus Williams
Caitlin Williford