Nursing instructor Louisa Vandenberg, of Vermont Technical College, left, pins a nursing cap to the hair of her student Mercedes Ellis, of Bradford, as Michaela Preiss, of Lebanon, right, gets her cap adjusted by fellow student Jaika Fontaine, of Corinth, before their pinning ceremony at Riverside Park in West Lebanon, N.H., Friday, May 14, 2021. The cohort from the VTC associate degree nursing program, including Laura Johnson, of Woodstock, back left, held its pinning ceremony, a traditional welcome into the profession of caregiving, in advance of the college’s official pinning on May 22 to allow family members who couldn’t otherwise attend to be present. Vandenberg said she and her students were vaccinated, allowing them to celebrate outdoors and unmasked. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Nursing instructor Louisa Vandenberg, of Vermont Technical College, left, pins a nursing cap to the hair of her student Mercedes Ellis, of Bradford, as Michaela Preiss, of Lebanon, right, gets her cap adjusted by fellow student Jaika Fontaine, of Corinth, before their pinning ceremony at Riverside Park in West Lebanon, N.H., Friday, May 14, 2021. The cohort from the VTC associate degree nursing program, including Laura Johnson, of Woodstock, back left, held its pinning ceremony, a traditional welcome into the profession of caregiving, in advance of the college’s official pinning on May 22 to allow family members who couldn’t otherwise attend to be present. Vandenberg said she and her students were vaccinated, allowing them to celebrate outdoors and unmasked. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: valley news — James M. Patterson