Twenty-two  Greenfield Community College practical nursing students will be graduating in a ceremony to be held on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds. 

This is the eighteenth graduating class of the program which prepares students to become Licensed Practical Nurses. 

 Many in the class are non-traditional students who have balanced family and work responsibilities to successfully complete the program.  Some are pursuing an opportunity for second careers; others are furthering their education in the nursing profession. 

 It is the eleventh year the Practical Nursing Program has been at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  Classes are held at the Medical Center and clinical experiences take place at the Medical Center and several other local hospitals and nursing homes in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. 

 Graduates have successfully completed a full-time ten month program administered by Greenfield Community College.  They are now eligible to complete a state licensure examination and to attain their goal of becoming licensed practical nurses.

 Many of the graduates have been offered positions in long-term care facilities, physicians' offices and clinics, schools, correctional facilities and psychiatric settings.

 The graduation program will include the awarding of certificates, a pinning ceremony, guest speakers and the presentation of awards in academic and clinical excellence.  Also, on the occasion of her retirement, Susan F. Gusan will be recognized for 22 years of teaching excellence in practical nursing.  

Dr. Robert L. Pura, President of Greenfield Community College will make opening remarks and award certificates.  Guest speaker is Kevin Mapel, Greenfield Community College Practical Nursing alumnus, class of 1995.  Student speaker is Maria E. Rivera.

Graduates by Resident Towns:

Aimie Allen	Greenfield
Debra Bazzani	Northfield
Eileen Boutwell	Greenfield
Shelley Brown	Guilford, VT
Julie Craig	Northfield
Lori Dufresne	Ashfield
Martha Elliott	Deerfield
Liliya Federyuk	Greenfield
Ashley Johnson	Sunderland
Kelly Paulin	Gill
Brittany Tuttle	Brattleboro, VT
Christine Cortright	Pelham
Jennifer Gonyer	Northampton
Kaylah Hemlow	West Hatfield
Maria Rivera	Amherst
Jennifer Underwood	Belchertown
Lath Chien	Springfield
Shayna Graham	West Springfield
Elizabeth Harlow	West Springfield
Olga MacKay	West Springfield
Alica Molina	Springfield
Shenee Robinson	Springfield