The Southwest Tech School of Practical Nursing graduation is set for Tuesday, January 31 at 6pm in the Francis Herron Seminar Center with Kathy Dobbins as the keynote speaker.

Kathy Dobbins is a Registered Nurse at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. Her first degree she received was a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal music from Murray State University in Kentucky in 2003. She continued her education at Oklahoma City University and obtained her Master of Music in vocal performance in 2005.

She decided that she wanted to do something bigger for humanity and felt the call to change her career path to nursing.

She graduated with her Associate of Applied Science in Nursing from Western Oklahoma State College in 2014, received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2020 from Western Governors University, and finished with her Master of Science in Nursing Education also from Western Governors University in 2022.

She discovered her love for labor and delivery when she started as a nurse tech in 2013. She developed a love for teaching nursing students and new nurses and became a preceptor and an adjunct clinical instructor for the RN program at Western Oklahoma State College. Her future career goal is to become a full-time nursing instructor.

Kathy lives in Altus with her fiance. She has a 13 year old son and is expecting a little girl in March.

The graduation ceremony will be live streamed via the Southwest Tech website for those who cannot attend. The link will be live during the ceremony. https://video.swtech.edu/