APPROXIMATELY 120 students, faculty, administrators, family and community members gathered Dec. 3 in the Magnolia Room of the West Plains Civic Center for the pinning ceremony of 10 graduates of Missouri State University-West Plains’ Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Care degree program. Provided the students successfully complete final exams, they will be eligible to take their Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credentialing exam from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) and seek employment as a respiratory therapist. Front row from left above are Missouri State-West Plains Chancellor Drew Bennett; Respiratory Care Clinical Education Coordinator Aimee Green; graduates Kristina Hensley, Springfield, Ohio, Whitney Slaughter, Thayer, Claribel Newton, West Plains, Shantana Collins, Myrtle, and Courtney Carter, West Plains; Director of Respiratory Care Cindy Smith; and Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Dennis Lancaster. Back row: Graduates Tiffany Green, St. Louis, and Mathew Neal, Perry Elliott, Becky Johnson and Kristie Hurtado, all of West Plains. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)