Lewiston, Maine - The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions (CMMC CONHP) graduated 49 nursing students in a ceremony at theFranco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston.
Having successfully completed the CMMC College of Nursing’s two-year nursing education program, the graduates were awarded associate degrees in the applied science of nursing. Erin Elizabeth Cady of Mechanic Falls and Sherryann St.Pierre of New Gloucester were named to the honor list. A number of graduating students received awards during the ceremony.
Cady was honored with the CMMC Board of Trustees Award, presented to the student who exhibits excellence in delivering nursing care. The recipient demonstrates gentleness, independence, understanding, caring, compassion, and love in communicating with and caring for people. She was also presented the CONHP President’s Award for the senior student attaining the highest academic achievement.
St. Pierre was the winner of the Central Maine General Hospital-CMMC College of Nursing Alumni Association Award. The winner of the Alumni Association Award is chosen by members of the graduating class as the person they would most like to care for themselves or their family. She also garnered a CMMC Medical Staff Award for Excellence in Nursing for her work in pediatric nursing.
Elizabeth Ann Carroll of Rockland was presented the Charles E. Fortier Jr. Memorial Award, given to the student whose “behavior as a whole is indicative of a people-oriented person,” who directs “his or her expression in action rather than denying its existence,” and whose “sense of humor permeates all of his or her activities.”
Erin Nancy Dodd of Naples was given the Samuel L. Singer and Ruth Small Award. This award is presented to a student who will become a credit to herself and her profession, who shows pride as a representative of the CMMC CONHP, and maintains good academic standing.
Heidi Lee MacLean-Marafa of South Portland was presented the CMMC CONHP Board of Trustees Award, given each year to the student who demonstrates leadership qualities, displays concern and understanding for others, makes decisions and assumes responsibility for his or her actions, and establishes trust in interactions.
The Mary Ann Strout Memorial Award was presented to Rose Mary Poirier of Peru.
CMMC Medical Staff Awards for Excellence in Nursing were presented to the following graduates: Isabelle Babette Troadec of Greene, mental health nursing; Meredith Louise Hatch of North Conway, N.H., medical nursing; April Lee Evans of Ogunquit, surgical nursing; and Jennifer Joy McCausland, obstetrical nursing.
Also comprising the CMMC College of Nursing Class of 2011 are: Craig William Bender, Rachael Lee Lewis, Gail Ashley Palmer, and Melanie Ruth Siegle, all of Auburn; Peter Bartholomew Brigham of Augusta; Stacey Michele Wheeler, Bowdoin; Kelly Lynn Danielson, Buckfield; Michelle Denise Howard, Chesterville; Katherine Teresa Perkins and Victoria E. Triffin, Durham; Susan Frances Sebestyen, Gray; Ashlee Marie Madore, Greene; Bonnie Annola Trundy, Hebron;Lisa Jean Marshall, Hiram; Barbara B. Grant, Leeds; Lindsey Beth Anderson, Jamie Dawn Bannister, Eliza Ellen Burke, Ashley Marie Cioffa-Orr, Shannon Louise Craig, Lisa Marie Girouard, Adrianne Lee Mercier, Joshua Stephen Peters, Kasey Lynn Smith, and Jordan Michael Stewart, all of Lewiston; Denise MarieDeAngelis, Lisbon; Lynne Marie Decesere, Lovell; Nicole Elizabeth Nason, Minot; Erin Elyse Swett, New Gloucester; Rebecca Lynn Leighton, Poland; Nicole Marie Roberts, South Paris; Julie A. Rogers, Standish; Ryan James Berube, Christina Marie Lavoie, and Cheri Kim Gagnon, all of Turner; Katie Michelle Brown, Waterville; Amy Heather Moody, Wells; Elizabeth Jean Seabury, Yarmouth; and Candie May Bailey, Newburgh, N.Y.
CONHP President Susan Baltrus welcomed those attending the ceremony, including: Central Maine Healthcare President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Chalke; CONHP Board of Trustees Chairperson Marsha Auster; Rev. James Weathersby of Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta; CMMC College of Nursing Alumni Association Vice-President Patricia Dyer; CMMC Board of Trustees Chairman Richard Roy; and John D. Dickens, Jr, M.D., a CMMC hospitalist. Rev. Jay Turner offered the invocation and benediction.
Weathersby gave the commencement address: The Heart of Nursing. “Nurses are the heart of hospital institutions, facilities, forward military units and even first responders; because they provide that life-giving touch and humanity to otherwise cold and sterile environments,” he said.
After presentation of the awards, lights in the performance hall were dimmed for a candlelight ceremony, during which the graduates recited a nursing pledge.
The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions offers an associate in the applied science in nursing degree program. Program graduates who pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) become registered nurses. For more information about programs at CMMC CONHP, visit cmmccollege.edu or call 207-795-2840.Photo: Erin Cady, left, and Kelly Danielson.
Photo credit: Dave Gondek.
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