Twenty-two LSU Eunice students received their nursing pins at the traditional Nursing Pinning Ceremony held before their commencement on Dec. 18. Receiving their pins, from left, are Rachel Benton, Carencro; Sonja Fremin, Rayne; Kaelan Fontenot, Basile; Jeffrey Martin, Lafayette; Jianna Broussard, Broussard; Brittany Simon, Krotz Springs; Sydney DuBois, Carencro; Allie Cormier, Eunice; Garrett Reppond, Crowley; Brianne Gary, Rayne; and Camille Gilmore, Broussard. Second row, from left, are Antoinette Mitchell, Opelousas; Angie Bergeron, Broussard; Jessica Cortez, Youngsville; Briankeith Breaux, Opelousas; Crystal Woods, Sunset; Kasey DeRouen, Lafayette; Dwana Tibbs, Bunkie; Caroline Garritt, St. Martinville; Victoria Welch, Lafayette; Alex Courville, Carencro; and Cami Lanclos, Arnaudville. The students completed their associate of nursing degree from LSUE on the Lafayette General Orthopaedic Hospital campus. The pinning ceremony is a celebratory endcap to a nursing student’s academic career that dates back to the 1860s when Florence Nightingale honored nursing working during the Crimean War. (Submitted photo courtesy of LSUE)