Wayne Community College recognized the 11 members of its Pharmacy Technology class of 2018 in a formal pinning ceremony on May 8.
The annual service includes presentation of pharmacy technician pins by the faculty of the program and recitation of the “Oath of a Pharmacy Technician.” It denotes the graduates’ passage from students to professionals in their field.
This year’s graduates are
Marlo Bryan, Sarah Crooks, Danielle Garza, Dalall Hamdan, Justin Parrish, and Lexi Sprague of Goldsboro;
Hannah Cooley of Dudley;
Cuyler Howington and Tessa Jones of Fremont;
Sean Heeren of Kenly; and
Crystal Jones of Smithfield.
Laura Skinner, director of WCC’s Pharmacy Technology Program, told the graduates that this point is “only the beginning of something great for each and every one of you.”
Skinner reminded them that each is “a multi-tasking, pharmacist-asking, prescription-filling, insurance-billing, bottle-labeling, paper bag-stapling, medicine-pouring, supply-storing, badge-wearing, patient-pleasing pharmacy technician,” who should “go and make a difference in the health care world.”
Sprague, who presented the class’ year in review message, noted that their jobs are “more complex than being a pharmacist’s good-looking sidekick.”
It was announced that Garza had received the “Outstanding Curriculum Award” for the program. Skinner called her “very devoted to her studies and a great mom” noting that she was outspoken in class, volunteered with community projects, offered her time to help her classmates, and was raising her six children, all while her husband is deployed with the U.S. Air Force.
Wayne Community College’s Pharmacy Technology program is a limited-admission, two-semester program that leads to a diploma. Graduates can choose to take the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam to earn the title of “certified pharmacy technician.”
Cooley, Crooks, Garza, and Parrish have already become Nationally Certified Pharmacy Technicians.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, the college serves 12,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 70 college credit programs. WCC’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.