Pictured are the 2023 graduates of the SUNY JCC Nursing Program standing together at the Jamestown Campus before their pinning ceremony.

Jamestown Community College held a pinning ceremony recently on the Jamestown Campus for 34 graduates of the nursing program.

Those receiving pins are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. Katelyn Farr of Youngsville received the Academic Excellence in Nursing Award, and Yelena Richardson of Warren earned Clinical Excellence in Nursing honors. Several graduates were pinned by family members that are also alumni of the JCC nursing program.

Area graduates include:

Tiona, Pa.: Kimberly Dorrion

Warren, Pa.: Stephanie Davis, Katie Moore, Yelena Richardson, Emily Taydus, Riane Winslow.

Kim Scoma receives her nursing pin from her mother, Kathleen Anderson, who graduated from the JCC Nursing Program 40 years earlier; as Kim’s father, Bruce Anderson, looks on.

Youngsville, Pa.: Kylee Burrows, Katelyn Farr.