Forty-nine registered nursing students celebrated the completion of their program during the associate’s degree nursing graduation at Illinois Valley Community College on May 16. Graduates received their nursing pins and recited the Nursing Pledge during a traditional candle lighting ceremony.

Graduates Adam Brown, Taylor Lonask and Alexandrea Beyer were featured speakers of the day. Members of the Alpha Delta Nu honor society were recognized and members of the Illinois Valley Nurse Honor Guard – many of whom also had graduated from the IVCC nursing program over the years – participated in the ceremony and celebrated the graduates' transition into the nursing profession.

Graduates were: Cayla Alvarado-Colby; Robert Alvarado; Tulinagwe Bakr; Kimberly Ballas; Ashley Barnes-Underwood; Alexandrea Beyer; Tiffany Boe; Adam Brown; Makinzie Brown; Jamie Cresto; Veronica Cruz; Michelle Dreger; Sophia Flavin; Mallory Freeman; Lillian Gehant; Crystal Glynn; Joshua Grob; Erin Hamilton; Anna Hoffmeyer; Melissa Huffman; Rose Jones; Tabitha Jordan; Allison Kubiak; Taylor Lonask; Celia Lopez; Hector Madrigal; Rachel Matteson; Melissa Ortega; Maribel Puga; Hannah Rambo; Diego Raya-Morales; Kylie Renner; Marisol Reyes; Kaitlyn Roach; Molly Roach; Aaliyah Roache; Miranda Roberts; Hannah Rowlee; Avarie Ruppert; Jessica Sanchez; Mikayla Seablom; Lila Senica; Delaney Sheehan; Jersey Simmons; Amy Sondgeroth; Venessa Voss; Karly Westvig; Tiffany Willet, and Reiley Wortz.