Graduating nurses received their pins at the 2024 Lake Land College Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Associate Degree Nurse (ADN) Bridge program pinning ceremony.

The LPN to ADN Bridge program provides a pathway for current LPNs to advance in their careers by becoming registered nurses with one additional year of coursework.

Mackenzie Koester, Effingham, received the Peer Award for demonstrating excellence in both the classroom and in clinical through professionalism, a caring nature and a cooperative spirit.

Corinne Coad, Toledo, received the Marilyn Fuqua Thompson Nursing Award, which is given each year to a graduating student who is considered to be the all-around best student in the class. Selected by faculty vote, the recipient must be professionally superior and morally responsible, capable of using a strong scientific knowledge base to make and communicate wise decisions with compassion, care and composure, often in crises situations. Coad’s name will be engraved on a plaque that is located in the nursing skills lab in Neal Hall.