Fifteen Northern Oklahoma College Nursing Students received their nurses’ pins at a ceremony at NOC Enid Saturday night in the 50th Class of NOC Nursing.Nursing students from the Stillwater, Enid, and Tonkawa campuses received their pins and cited the Florence Nightingale Pledge.The guest speaker was former NOC Nursing Faculty Marriya Wright. NOC Nursing Division Chair Dr. Nikole Hicks congratulated each member of the graduating class and noted they are “an exceptional group of courageous individuals who made the choice during a worldwide pandemic not to run the other way.” Hicks advised the graduates to “pursue excellence and use your life changing experience at NOC to change the lives of those with whom you will have contact over the course of your careers.”The graduates are included by campus and hometown: Tonkawa Lauren Cook, Perry; Kristen Leading Fox, Pawnee; Haylee Rogers, Tonkawa; Emily N. Smith, Newkirk.Enid Mikaela Browning, Enid; Caitlyn Nagel, Garber; Patricia Frickenschmidt, Fairmont; Trista Kilian, Medford; Janeka Perry, Enid; Michael A. Ward, Enid.Stillwater Courtney Covert, Harrah; Ava Frank, Glencoe; Kylee Pameticky, Stillwater; Harley Waldrep, Stillwater; Ashley Wellings, Stillwater.Spirit of Nursing Award – Emily Smith, Tonkawa; Janeka Perry, Enid; Ava Frank, Stillwater Exceptional Preceptor Award – Shawn Orrosco, Saint Francis, Tulsa Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society – Mikaela Browning, Lauren Cook, Patricia Frickenschmidt DAISY Award for Extraordinary Faculty – Marriya Wright, MSN, RN ...
