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NCC to hold 48th commencement

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Dr. Donald Street

Nash Community College (NCC) is planning for record graduations in May. The College’s 2016 High School Equivalency Diploma commencement ceremony will be held Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 6:00 PM in the NCC Brown Auditorium. Dr. Donald Street, Nashville, NC Mayor, will deliver the keynote address.

A retired NCC Instructor and Department Chair, Dr. Street earned a Doctorate in Adult and Community College Education from North Carolina State University, a Master of Arts degree in History from North Carolina Central University and a Master of Public Administration degree from North Carolina State University. He graduated from Atlantic Christian College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. In additionto being mayor, Dr. Street serves his community as chairman of the Board of Directors for Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments, is actively involved as a member at Nashville Baptist Church and many other community and civic organizations. NCC High School Equivalency graduate, Jessica Enriquez, will also share remarks.

Immediately following, the College will recognize 45 Associate Degree Nursing graduates during the Nurses Pinning ceremony. Sharon I. Sarvey, Ph.D., R.N., Dean of the School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing at Barton College, will address the nurses.

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Dr. Sharon Sarvey

Dr. Sarvey has served as Dean of the School of Nursing at Barton College since 2010. She received her undergraduate and master’s degrees in nursing in 1980 and 1988 from ECU, respectively. Her doctoral work earned her a PhD in Nursing from University of Tennessee in Knoxville.  Dr. Sarvey is a recipient of the North Carolina Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Nursing (2009) award has been honored by the University of Kentucky as “A teacher who Made a Difference (2014). At Barton College, she received the Lincoln Financial Faculty Member of the Year in 2014. She is an active member of the Society of Pediatric Nurses and serves on the National Education Committee and is the past president of the National Association of Bariatric Nurses. Dr. Sarvey is recognized for her work with children who are overweight and obese. She has published and presented widely on various topics including preschool, school-age, and adolescent obesity; residential weight loss camps; and resources for parents and professionals managing children with weight issues. Dr. Sarvey serves on the Advisory Board of the Healthy Children’s Foundation. Dr. Sarvey previously served at Barton College (then Atlantic Christian College) from 1988-1994 and Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, from 1994-2000.

Students, faculty and staff will celebrate Curriculum graduation Friday, May 13 at 6:00 PM with 578 students receiving 780 degrees, diplomas and certificates. Students will walk across the stage during the forty-eighth graduation ceremony in the history of the College – a 9.5% percent increase in number of graduates from the previous year. Nash Community College is one of only a few community colleges in North Carolina currently experiencing growth.

Marty Nealey, Vice President of Operations and Plant Manager at Pfizer, will deliver the keynote address at the curriculum graduation. Nealey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from East Carolina University. At Pfizer in Rocky Mount, he oversees one of the largest Sterile Injectibles manufacturing facilities in the world where approximately 550 million doses of sterile injectable medicines are produced each year for US and Global markets.

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Marty Nealey

Prior to his current role with Pfizer, Nealey served in various leadership roles with Burroughs Wellcome, Merck & Co., AstraZeneca, Purdue Pharmaceuticals, and Hospira over the past 27 years. He has extensive experience in operations and facilities management, engineering, technical services, supply chain, project management, and quality systems. Nealey recently served as a Board Director for the Strategic Twin Counties Education Partnership. A native of Nash County, he currently is an active Board Member and 2016 Chair-Elect for the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce, active Board Member of the Nash UNC Hospital System, and an active Board Member with the Carolina Gateways Partnership.

For those who cannot attend, online live video will be streamed for each ceremony via Youtube.com/user/NashComCollege. The videos will also be available online following the events. Graduation photos can be downloaded on the Alumni Association Facebook page at Facebook.com/NCCAlumni after the events.