Thanks to its small class sizes, the Washtenaw Community College Surgical Technology and programs were able to hold in-person pinning ceremonies on Friday, May 7.
The programs鈥� combined 26 graduates were socially distanced across Towsley Auditorium while friends and family watched a live stream of the event from home.
Of course, it鈥檚 not the first time the ongoing pandemic has altered the graduates鈥� plans. Students in both of the Health Science Department programs faced the challenge of having face-to-face instruction cut in half. Lectures were conducted via Zoom while in-person lab instruction was staggered so all students would benefit equally.
鈥淢any people don鈥檛 know, or understand, how much information these students must know to pass their National Certification Board Exam,鈥� said program faculty member Kathryn Hernandez. 鈥淢any surgeons don鈥檛 even know how much their Surgical Technologists and Sterile Processors need to know before working their newfound careers. I am so proud of them. They have all come a long way and have worked very hard to get to this point.鈥�
Graduates of the Surgical Technology program include:
- Taylor Adams
- Hannah Davis
- Shelby Kirchoff
- Brooke Kuehn
- Christopher Patterson
- Jessie Piette
- Sara Shechter
- Kristen N. Snyder
- Aubrey Verner
- Madeline C. Winters
Graduates of the Sterile Processing program include:
- Maria Acuna Salas
- Autumn Anglin
- Lauren Boettger
- Melissa Crowley
- Jazmin Dock
- William Engelhuber
- Hussein Gelani
- Kristen Henning- Guinn
- Keaton Jackson
- Amanda Lemasters
- Sarah Perkins
- Pape Sambe
- Hailey Sieg
- Khoa Tran
- Emily Vonberge
- Billie-Jean Watkins
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