BLUE BELL PA – Twelve area residents are among 27 Montgomery County Community College students who recently graduated from its Dr. Stuart H. & Sandra K. Fine Nursing Program. Their achievement marks “the beginning of their careers as nurses,” the college reports.
The graduates were surrounded by the cheers and applause of family and friends during a special May 19 pinning ceremony in the Montco Cultural Center theater on the college’s Blue Bell campus. The event featured several speakers, the presentation of nursing pins, and the recitation of the nursing oath.
The college’s 2026 Spring graduating class includes individuals from these Montgomery and Chester County municipalities:
- Green Lane: Madison Conti;
- Harleysville: Abbigail Kern; Nicole Kleiner, and Rabiya Rabbi;
- Norristown: Raul Garcia-Nepomuceno and Lesly Munoz-Cervantes;
- Phoenixville: Patrina Smith-Massey and Caroline Thomas;
- Pottstown: Javier Torres Rodriguez; and
- Royersford: Nathaniel McCourt, Grace McLaughlin, and Joshua Monastero.
What’s Ahead for the Graduates
All the graduates have successfully completed the program and the NCLEX-RN, a standardized exam all U.S. nursing graduates must pass to become a licensed registered nurse. They now may directly enter the workforce as registered nurses.
Many earlier MCCC nursing graduates are employed at hospitals, physicians’ offices, clinics and other healthcare settings across the county and the region.
If interested, the grads also have opportunities to transfer into a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. The college says its top transfer schools include Drexel University, Penn State University, and West Chester University.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 2024 median pay for registered nurses is more than $93,600 per year. The 10-year job growth rate is 5%, which is higher than average.
Find information about the college’s Dr. Stuart H. & Sandra K. Fine Nursing Program, and details on its information sessions, available online.
Photo by Linda Johnson, provided by Montgomery County Community College
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