PRESS RELEASE: MAY 1, 2025

SJR State celebrates nursing graduates

Emily Scianna and Abigale Faulkner

Kayla Roddenberry

Ashley Rowe

St. Johns River State College recently held a pinning ceremony to recognize the Associate in Science in Nursing (ASN) students. A continued tradition of Florence Nightingale, the pinning ceremony symbolizes the rite of passage into the nursing profession and the care and devotion nurses provide. Graduates received a pin that serves as a reminder of their purpose to serve the sick and infirmed.

ASN graduates from the Orange Park and Palatka campus programs include: Shazirali Ali, Christopher Antwine, Jennifer Atehortua, Adina Barnett, Naomi Bigwood, Cheska Boone, Jesse Bowen, Mia Brand, Jaylee Capps, Diana Cardenas, Kristen Carlisle, Chase Chance, Charese Chandler, Gloria Cotton, Miranda Craven, Haley Crosby, Myla DeFord, Dalaina Dotson, Allyson Dyall, Abigale Faulkner, Jeremy Frier, Tessa Garrett, Anna Godwin, Angelyna Henley, Nevaeh Hester, Shayla Hofstra, Bayley Hunter, Cheyenne Kinghorn, Rebecca Kozlosky, Jodi Ledgister, Elondra Manick, Taylor Pardon, Amanda Parry, Rachel Plyler, Ahmia Ribeiro, Kayla Roddenberry, Kaitlyn Rosenberg, Ashley Rowe, Izabela Schadegg, Lauren Schroeder, Emily Scianna, Marbella Scott, Veronica Solis, Alyssa Taylor, Alexis Verkovod, Karley Vice, Rachael Wallis, Jordan Watts, Ashley Weatherly, Elissa Whitmarsh, Jacqueline Wilcox, A’shanti D’Mya Williams and Jessica Williams.

During the ceremony, Abigale Faulkner and Emily Scianna were awarded the Florence Nightingale Award for demonstrating outstanding compassion toward others, leadership in class and devotion to clients and their families. The Academic Excellence Award was presented to Ashley Rowe and Kayla Roddenberry. SJR State’s nursing program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, and classes are offered at the Palatka and Orange Park campuses.

SJR State offers additional health programs such as respiratory care, nursing assistant, health information technology and radiologic technology. For more information on degree and certificate programs in the health care field, call (386) 312-4176 or visit SJRstate.edu.

Photos from the ceremony can be viewed SJR State's flickr page.

Orange Park Campus Spring Nursing ASN graduates.

Palatka Campus Spring Nursing ASN graduates.