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by Janine Wine
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
TCAT Dickson
Clarksville, TN: Twenty-seven TCAT Dickson Clarksville campus Practical Nursing students were honored during a traditional pinning ceremony held at Austin Peay State University on Thursday. The ceremony signified the end of a college journey and the beginning of professional careers.
Stephanie Murphy, TCAT Dickson Director of Nursing and Health Careers, welcomed graduating students and their families. Murphy explained all practical nursing graduates had worked through numerous obstacles to reach the pinning ceremony. “Each of these students have endured sleepless nights and long hours of study to be here today,” Murphy said.
Murphy explained students spend nearly half of their total program hours completing hands-on learning at clinical sites. Murphy recognized student Tnisha Monique Greene who received the class award for Outstanding Clinical Performance.
Students Maritza Charles, Ruth Munyambu, and Audrey Sullenbarger were acknowledged for having been inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS). Students inducted into NTHS must main an “A” average, be present for at least 95 percent of their total program hours and be nominated by their instructors.
TCAT Dickson President Laura Travis presented each graduate with a copy of the Nightingale Pledge, named after Florence Nightingale, to read in unison while instructors pinned all students. The School of Nursing pins bear an image of an oil lamp resembling the one carried by Florence Nightingale. Instructors also issued candles to each graduate – symbolic of the passing of knowledge from one generation to the next.
Practical Nursing graduates from the Clarksville camps participating in the pinning ceremony included Daniel Anderson, Blake Bailey, Antryon Brown, Darquashia Caruthers, Maritza Charles, Amanda Claytor, Brianna Dugger, Britni Duncan, Amani Ellis, Joy Flowers, Frankeshia Foxx, Sharmaine Godfrey, Tnisha Greene, Jordan Logan, LaPorcha Montgomery, Ruth Munyambu, Desiree Patterson, Mikayla Pearce, Heather Sanders, Sadiat Shannon, Kendra Simpson, Audrey Sullenbarger, and Kenisha White-Mayers.
TCAT Dickson has campuses in Dickson, Clarksville, Franklin and Erin and has served the residents of Dickson, Montgomery, Cheatham, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart, and Williamson counties and other surrounding areas since 1964.
TCAT Dickson is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education, and complies with non-discrimination laws: Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, and ADA. Located on Highway 46 in Dickson, the technical training college also has extension campuses in Clarksville, and Franklin. Additional information about the school is located at www.TCATDickson.edu.
Congratulations to our Clarksville campus Practical Nursing Class of Summer 2026. Pictured left to right on the front row are Instructor Misty Gann, Ruth Munyambu, LaPorcha Montgomery, Audrey Sullenbarger, Frankeshia Foxx, Joy Flowers, Jordan Logan, Sadiat Shannon, Antryon Brown, and Director of Nursing and Health Careers Stephanie Murphy; Second row from left are Brianna Dugger, Mikayla Pearce, Tnisha Greene, Amanda Claytor, Darquashia Carruthers, Desiree Patterson, Amani Ellis, Maritza Charles and Instructor Heather Waterhouse; third row from left Instructor Alex Gooch, Kendra Simpson, Heather Sanders, Sharmaine Godfrey, Blake Bailey, Daniel Anderson. Kenisha White-Mayers and Britni Duncan.
A special congratulations to Outstanding Clinical Performance award winner Tnisha Monique Greene (center), pictured here with instructors (from left) Alex Gooch, Heather Waterhouse, Misty Gann, and Director of Nursing and Health Careers Stephanie Murphy.
