Nursing Assistant

Strube, who is in the nursing-assistant certification program, isn’t worried about finding a job in this economy. She already has a job lead.”I think that CNAs are in high demand right now,” she said.

Lukisha Cork, 35, knows an opportunity worth grabbing when she sees it. The Greenville mother of four boys, aged 12 to 17, will be receiving her certified nursing assistant certificate on Friday, along with four of her family members. The family can credit Lukisha for their newly acquired skills.

A 44-year-old woman surnamed Park wanted to start a second chapter of her life as a nursing assistant. She hit the books, majoring in social welfare studies at age 40.

But her dreams were dashed when she tried to obtain certification for a nursing assistant position in 2007.

Most teachers spend their summers recuperating from the past school year and trying to store up some energy for the coming one. We might do some workshops, read a new book in our field, go to a seminar, and look at where we want to tweak our course syllabi, things that we hope will add to the classroom experiences and academic growth of our students. And each year we’re reminded of summer’s brevity.

Sabrina Laird and Samantha Clark are first-year students at Aiken Technical College, taking prerequisite classes before beginning work on associate degrees in nursing in 2010.