Graduation exercises for Centra Lynchburg General Hospital’s School of Nursing were held recently at Saint Thomas More Catholic Church in Lynchburg.

Graduates are: Joyce Lee Allen, MeLea Ann Purvis Almond, Susan Robins Bates, Elizabeth Harris Brooks, Laura Elaine Buchanan, Melissa Joy Burnett, Audrey Ann Campbell, Ryan Anthony Carlton, Mary Fenwick Carwile, Kimberly Ann Case, Kristen Annette Cash, Joanna Lynn Costello-Cocke, Jessica Scott Crews, Tasha Nicole Dean, Laura Lee Espenscheid, Gina Ellen Elliott, Regan Elizabeth Freeman, Lora T. Hackemeyer, Ashley Danielle Hall, Mark Jeffrey Hamilton, Elsie M. Helmick, Jaime Lynn Holofchak, Jacqueline Elise Hubbard, M. Kelly Jones, Jennifer Marie LaClair, Kristin T. Lakes, Sonya Austin Lipscomb, Jennifer Thomas Marquis, Lauren Michelle McAuliffe, Melissa Ineas McGlothlin, Jennifer Ann Morrell, Aimee Reynolds Parsons, Eric David Peterson, Dana Jones Pflieger, Ashley Addrettra Poe, Amanda Mae Rehnborg, Christina B. Sale, Rebecca M. Sandifer, Rayna Anderson Schrock, Amber L. Shumaker, Teresa Carol Simpson, Meagen Elizabeth Sligh, Melissa G. Sloan, April Dawn Smith, Jennifer Kilgore Stowers, Amy Lynn Tyree and Laura Elizabeth VanVliet.

MeLea Almond, Sonya Lipscomb and Jennifer Stowers received the Academic Excellence Award given by the faculty of the School of Nursing to the student who earned the highest academic average during the nursing program.

Audrey Campbell received the Faculty Award for outstanding achievement while a nursing student. Criteria for selection of the student include: attendance, support of faculty and school, clinical competence, communication/relationship behaviors, critical thinking/problem-solving skills, culturally-sensitive nursing care, accountability and professionalism.