Jennifer VanHook, left, of Siloam Springs and Justine Newlun of Gentry look through their event prog

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Jennifer VanHook, left, of Siloam Springs and Justine Newlun of Gentry look through their event programs Saturday while waiting for the start of NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s annual nursing pinning ceremony at the Arend Arts Center in Bentonville. VanHook and Newlun’s class of 40 students entered the program together in the fall of 2011 and remained intact to graduate at pinning ceremony. A Florence Nightingale Pledge and lamp lighting ceremony was also performed at the graduation, a nursing tradition that dates back to 1893.