Practical Nursing Class of 2025 Graduates Twenty-Six

 
MOORHEAD, Miss. (July 9, 2025) – Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) held its 2025 Practical Nursing (PN) Pinning and Graduation Ceremony on Tuesday, July 8, in the J.T. Hall Coliseum.
 
Twenty-six students participated in the ceremony. PN student Linsey Ortiz provided the invocation, with MDCC Vice President of Instruction and Accreditation/Provost Dr. Valarie Morgan giving the welcome.
 
The commencement address was given by Christi Huff, LPN, Community Outreach Coordinator/Marketing at the Tyler Holmes Hospital. Huff was introduced by Dean of Health Sciences Dr. Patricia Kelly.
 
Following the commencement address, Dr. Valarie Morgan presented the candidates for the conferral of their certificates. PN Instructor Bettinica Cobbs then led the students in the lighting of the Nightingale Lamps before PN student Jeremy Carter led the new graduates in the Practical Nurse’s Pledge.
 
PN Instructor Deshundra Meeks had the honor of officially presenting the graduates before they were pinned by PN Chair and Assistant Director of Nursing Veronica Caradine. The benediction was given by PN student Jasmine Holmes.
 
The Practical Nursing program prepares nurses at the basic level of entry for nursing practice. The curriculum is designed to prepare graduates to practice safe, effective nursing and function as team members.
 
A licensed practical nurse means that a person has graduated from an approved nursing program, passed the appropriate examinations, and is licensed by the state. The nurse practices within the legal and ethical framework established by the Mississippi Board of Nursing as determined by the Mississippi Nursing Practice Law and Administrative Code.