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Local Students Participate in Pinning and Recognition Ceremony
December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment
2010 BGSU Firelands Pinning Ceremony
Huron, Ohio – On Saturday, Dec. 17, Bowling Green State University Firelands College students will participate in a pinning and recognition ceremony in conjunction with their attainment of degrees in respiratory care.
Twenty-one students will earn their associate degree in applied science in respiratory care technology. These students will participate in the pinning ceremony.
The pinning ceremony is a 1,000-year old symbol of service to others. The earliest ancestor of the pin dates back to the Maltese Cross and was adopted by the Crusaders. The nursing profession assumed the ceremony for their graduates and was soon joined by other professions that serve in direct patient care.
Those students are:
Jeffrey Aldrich II Sandusky
Brittany Barron Norwalk
Alicia Castelli Avon Lake
Samuel Deeb Spencer
Rachel Ferrer Lorain
Lora Hall Vermilion
Timothy Ice North Ridgeville
Hope Janney Sandusky
Joseph Jaudon Elyria
Ryan Kocsis Castalia
Tonia McClure Elyria
Jonathon McCully North Ridgeville
Heather Mellott Fremont
Jacquie Moore Norwalk
Brandon Neese Sandusky
Racheal Pelham Norwalk
Ashley Powers New London
Ana Rivera-Wilson Elyria
LaTasha Washington Elyria
John Whitesel New London
Amy Zorn Sandusky
Six students will earn their bachelor’s degree in science for allied health care with a respiratory care specialization.
Those students are:
Amanda Meixner Huron
Brittney Mills Fremont
Amie Musser Milan
Louis Stevens South Amherst
Shawn Smith Norwalk
Brittany Zeiter Norwalk
The ceremony will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the BGSU Firelands Cedar Point Center Auditorium. The event will feature keynote speaker Harold G. Freehling Jr.
Freehling has been the vice president of support services for O.E. Meyer Co. Health Care Services, Sandusky, since 1984 and a long-time member of the BGSU Firelands Respiratory Care Advisory Board. He also spent 10 years as the director of respiratory care at Providence Hospital in Sandusky.
He has more than 35 years of experience in health care and holds a master’s of arts in health care administration from Central Michigan University, Mount