The University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Nursing Convocation ceremony for 31 students was held Friday, May 15.

Students who had been inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing were presented honor cords to be worn with their graduation regalia, signifying their honor graduate status.

They are:

• Carolyn O. Achilihu
• Jessica-Nichole Africa
• Amanda Boykin
• Heather LaShay Broom
• Jamie Leigh Burks
• MaryAnn Dugdale Combs
• Emily Anne Covington
• Ashley Ann Dopson
• Natalie Marie Estes
• Brittany Michelle Place
• Argie J. Stanley
• Kacie Osborn Walley

Covington received the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society award for the highest overall grade point average in the graduating class.

Covington was also awarded by the faculty as the Outstanding Student in this class. Anglea McCorvey received the Student Peer Award. Both of these recognitions honor professionalism, ethics and outstanding practice skills.

Nursing graduates include:

• Carolyn O. Achilihu
• Jessica-Nichole Africa
• Jerred L. Anderson
• Sharonda Yvette Anderson
• Jessica Roberts Beard
• Amanda Boykin
• Heather LaShay Broom
• Jamie Leigh Burks
• Mary Kathryn Calhoun
• MaryAnn Dugdale Combs
• Emily Anne Covington
• Ashley Higginbotham Davis
• Ashley Ann Dopson
• Natalie Marie Estes
• Kathryn Rachel Floyd
• Raymond Haynes Garrett Jr.
• Kyndel Alona Gray
• Mallory Kim Hawthorne
• Dyamond Tryshel Hogg
• Angela Denise McCorvey
• Tony Ogden
• Beth Pasero
• Brittany Michelle Place
• Nayana Shrestha
• Michael Blaise Sims
• Ashley Danielle Southern
• Argie J. Stanley
• Tiffany Green Terra
• Kacie Osborn Walley
• Amanda LeaAnn West

Linda Holyfield, president and CEO of P&S Surgical Hospital, served as guest speaker for the event.