Education

Aberdeen student highlighted during National Surgical Technologists Week

Kimberly Straughter of Aberdeen is in her final semester of the Surgical Technology Program at Northwest Mississippi Community College’s Oxford Campus, the college said during National Surgical Technologists Week.

Before graduation, students complete classroom and lab instruction as well as extensive clinical training across a wide range of surgical specialties while preparing to enter the profession. The college said the week’s spotlight recognized Straughter, its surgical technology students and professionals who serve as essential members of operating room teams and play a vital role in patient care.

Source: Northwest Mississippi Community College.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."