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Outstanding Practical Nursing Program student named

The K. George Verghese Memorial Merit Award was presented to the outstanding Practical Nursing Program student of Southside Virginia Community College for 2011. 

 

Outstanding Nursing Student  
(Left to Right): Dr. John J. Cavan, President, Southside Virginia Community College; Mary Worrell, Professor of Practical Nursing; Mary Abernathy; Award winner; Thelma Atkins-Riley, Associate Professor of Practical Nursing.
 

 

The award was established by the Arts and Sciences faculty at the Christanna Campus of SVCC and supported by the Verghese family to commemorate the instrumental role Dr. Verghese played in the establishment of both the Registered Nursing and Practical Nursing Programs at the college.

Mary Abernathy of Blackstone, VA is the recipient of the award.  Ms. Abernathy plans to continue her education thru SVCC’s PN program and then on to Southside’s RN program.  When asked for advice for other students, Ms. Abernathy confidently stated “You are capable of doing a lot more than you think!”

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