{"id":1256,"date":"2023-05-22T16:05:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:03:55","slug":"first-graduates-from-mccs-licensed-practical-nurse-program-to-be-honored-at-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/22\/first-graduates-from-mccs-licensed-practical-nurse-program-to-be-honored-at-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"First Graduates from MCC\u2019s Licensed Practical Nurse Program to be Honored at Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Participants recently completed training funded in part through the Finger Lakes Performing Provider System, are prepared to fill vital job openings amid nursing shortage<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: <\/strong>Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, Monroe Community College President DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna, Ph.D., and community partners will honor 16 inaugural graduates from MCC\u2019s Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Program at a Wednesday ceremony on MCC\u2019s Downtown Campus. The graduates are now prepared to take the national licensure (NCLEX-PN) exam and join the workforce full time amid a high demand for skilled healthcare professionals in Monroe County and across the Finger Lakes region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE: <\/strong>Fifth floor of the Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center on MCC\u2019s Downtown Campus, 321 State St. in Rochester; parking is provided in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monroecc.edu\/about-mcc\/locations-maps\/downtown-campus\/\">lot AA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 24<\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome: Dr. Robin Cole Jr., vice president of Economic and Workforce Development and Career Technical Education at MCC<\/li>\n<li>Congratulatory remarks:\n<ul>\n<li>MCC President DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna<\/li>\n<li>County Executive Adam Bello<\/li>\n<li>Lili Ruiz, director of Special Projects &amp; Educational Initiatives for City of Rochester<\/li>\n<li>Carol Tegas, executive director of Finger Lakes Performing Provider System<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Von Bacho, RN, senior director of Learning and Development at University of Rochester Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Maureen Garbach, RN, director of nursing with Friendly Senior Living<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Keynote address: Grace Dengler, RN, associate chief nursing officer of long-term care at Rochester Regional Health<\/li>\n<li>Remarks from MCC LPN graduate Jennifer Amponsah<\/li>\n<li>Awards and pinning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, Monroe Community College President DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna, Ph.D., and community partners will honor 16 inaugural graduates from MCC\u2019s Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Program at a ceremony from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, on MCC\u2019s Downtown Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,7],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","tag-health-care","tag-workforce-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1364,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}