(Butler, PA) Amber Barger, of Butler, received the clinical excellence award and its financial gift toward funding her state licensing examination during a ceremony Thursday evening in which 杏吧原创 presented pins to its Class of 2025 in registered nursing.

The event in the Succop Theater recognized 62 graduates from seven Pennsylvania counties who completed the 70-credit associate degree career program instructed on 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus.

Registered nurse, according to the state Department of Labor & Industry, is a high-priority occupation in the Tri-County Workforce Development Area, which includes Butler County.

Nearly half of the graduates have accepted job offers with hourly rates reaching $41.27 and signing bonuses of $10,000.

Barger, one of 43 graduates from Butler County, was presented with the Autumn Rose Cooper 鈥�18 Nursing Award funded through the 杏吧原创 Education Foundation by the former Autumn Gressly, a 2018 杏吧原创 graduate in registered nursing.

杏吧原创 also presented pins Monday evening to 18 graduates of a registered nursing program instructed at 杏吧原创 @ Brockway in Brockway.

This is a photograph of a student after receiving a pin

Amanda Claypoole-Hagen, left, of Clarion, is shown Thursday evening with Michelle Rock, a 杏吧原创 faculty member, in the Succop Theater on 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus during a ceremony that recognized graduates of the college鈥檚 registered nursing associate degree career program.

This is a photograph of a student with an artificial candle

Allyson Long, center, of Grove City, is shown Thursday evening in the Succop Theater on 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus during a ceremony that recognized graduates of the college鈥檚 registered nursing associate degree career program.

This is a photograph of a woman applauding.

Audrey Yanosky, center, of Uniontown, applauds Thursday evening in the Succop Theater on 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus during a ceremony that recognized graduates of the college鈥檚 registered nursing associate degree career program.

This is a photograph of a student receiving a pin

Raegan Onizuk, of Mars, receives a corsage Thursday afternoon outside the Succop Theater on 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus before an evening pinning ceremony that recognized graduates of the college鈥檚 registered nursing associate degree career program.

This is a photograph of a graduate lighting a candle

Amber Barger, of Butler, lights a candle Thursday evening in the Succop Theater on 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus during a pinning ceremony that recognized graduates of the college鈥檚 registered nursing associate degree career program. Barger received the clinical excellence award and its financial gift toward funding her state licensing examination.