MOULTRIE — On July 28, Southern Regional Technical College held a pinning ceremony honoring the most recent class of Practical Nursing students representing the SRTC-Tifton and SRTC-Thomasville cohorts. The ceremony commemorated the students’ successful completion of their nursing coursework and clinical rotations. The pinning ceremony is a rite of passage into the nursing profession, during which each student receives a pin and a small lamp. The lamp portion of the ceremony serves as a tribute to Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern-day nursing. The Practical Nursing program is a three-semester certificate program designed to prepare students to write the NCLEX-PN for licensure as practical nurses.