MECC to Host 40th Anniversary Celebration of Registered Nursing Program

Alumni Postcard front from PrestonBig Stone Gap – The Mountain Empire Community College Foundation will host the first-ever reunion of registered nursing students and faculty, celebrating the program’s 40th anniversary.

The Virginia Appalachian Tricollege Nursing Program (VATNP) at MECC 40th Anniversary Celebration will be held Saturday, August 15 beginning at 4 p.m.  All MECC RN graduates and VATNP faculty will be honored at this event in the Goodloe Center on the MECC campus.  VATNP enrolled the first MECC Registered Nursing students in the fall of 1975 and the program has grown significantly since its inception.

The celebration will include a special presentation of “Florence Nightingale: A Medical Revolutionary” performed by Kathy Kay Duckett at 4 p.m.  A reception for alumni, faculty, and guests will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and a recognition program honoring distinguished alumni.

For more information about the celebration or to update your current contact information, visit www.mecc.edu/alumni, email alumni@mecc.edu, or call 276.523.2400, ext. 292.

Tickets for the event are $50 and can be purchased by clicking here. Proceeds of the celebration will benefit the Alice Stallings Scholarship.  This scholarship was established in memory of one of the first MECC nursing faculty to provide assistance to second year nursing students.

“Florence Nightingale: A Medical Revolutionary” has been submitted to the Virginia Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Virginia Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.