Graduates Should Be Responsible for Their
Careers By Keeping Current in Fields of Study

CONTACT: LISA GARRETT, EXT. 2315

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8/20/99
(By Lisa Garrett)

PENDLETON --- Assume personal responsibility for your success in the workplace by keeping current in your field of study, Audra McPeak, chair of the health education division at Tri-County Technical College, told the students at a pinning for the College's Dental Assisting, Practical Nursing and Surgical Technology departments.

"Be responsible for your own career by keeping up your level of knowledge. It doesn't take long to get outdated," said Mrs. McPeak, who holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Kansas and a master's from Clemson University. "Students are learning things that I didn't learn until my bachelor's program," she added.

"You've completed the first phase of your career," she told the students. "To stay current, you will need to be involved in the educational process for the rest of your lives."

Students were pinned by their respective department heads during the ceremony.

Tabatha Wilbanks, head of Dental Assisting, pinned the following students:

FROM ANDERSON: Erin Tinsley Bolt, Angelic Michelle Hook, Crystal Blunda Pickens and Yashica R. Thompson.

FROM WILLIAMSTON: Amy Lynn Sumner.

FROM MOUNTAIN REST: Amy Dianne Davis.

FROM SENECA: Heather Suzanne Coker, Stephanie Allison Connally and Crystal Aldie Head.

FROM WALHALLA: Julie Carylann Smith.

FROM WESTMINSTER: Candice Natasha Blackwell.

FROM WEST UNION: Laura Nichole James.

FROM CLEMSON: Enith Elvira Mullins.

FROM SUNET: Heather Brianne Golden.

Lynn Lollis, Practical Nursing department head, and Julie Vernon, instructor, pinned the following students:

FROM ANDERSON: Tashica Jolanda Anderson, Angelika Michelle Austin, Esther Ebele Ikenegbu, Lashica Tamara Johnson, LaTanya Keishana Kennedy, Angela Dawn Lowe, Shaneika Lanae Moore, Willie Moss, Marshall Danny Patterson, Mylinda Marie Peeples, Bonnie Annette Porter, and Deborah Willingham Robinson.

FROM ABBEVILLE: Angela Darlene Creswell.

FROM BELTON: Joyce Elaine Wilson.

FROM DONALDS: Joy D. Burdette.

FROM GREENVILLE: Lola Mae Garay.

FROM LAURENS: Amanda Owens Garrett and Sheila Grayson-Thornton.

FROM STARR: Mary McCullough.

FROM CENTRAL: Robyn Renee Porter.

FROM PICKENS: Rhonda Lynn Shehan and Ann Breedlove Trimnal.

Margaret Thomas, Surgical Technology department head, and Diane Seagraves, instructor, pinned the following students:

FROM ANDERSON: Jan Elizabeth Haguewood, Heather Lea Marshall, Charlotte Faye Parrott and Barbara Priscilla Thomason.

FROM BELTON: Jennifer Abbott Horsfield.

FROM LIBERTY: Heather Coffey Trotter.

FROM SENECA: Angela Hope Atkins, Paige Holden Barnes and Renee Bryant Glass.

FROM STARR: Chrissy Michelle Sanders.

FROM WALHALLA: Stephinee Raphiel Jarema and Karen Rose Gambrell.

FROM WESTMINSTER: Joanne Marie Murphy.

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