Virtual Commencement Program

Virtual Commencement Class of 2021

Juneteenth

June 19, 2021

Juneteenth A DAY OF RECOGNITION, RESTORATION, AND CELEBRATION

"As we reflect on the two and a half years between the Emancipation Proclamation and its arrival to Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, we remember that none of us are free unless all of us are free. Let us commit to the movement to center, to celebrate, and to affirm Black lives, Black freedom, Black resistance, Black resilience, and Black joy."

-Whitney Maddox, NPR

We Rose (Official Juneteenth Poem) From Africa’s heart, we rose Already a people, our faces ebon, our bodies lean, We rose Skills of art, life, beauty and family Crushed by forces we knew nothing of, we rose Survive we must, we did, We rose We rose to be you, we rose to be me, Above everything expected, we rose To become the knowledge we never knew, We rose Dream, we did Act we must Kristina Kay, We Rose © 1996, Juneteenth.com

DNPS OF COLOR VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

WELCOME MARY ROSE SAINT-CYR PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DR. DANIELLE K. MCCAMEY INTRODUCTION OF KEY NOTE KIMBERLY MADISON KEYNOTE ADDRESS CAPT JAMES L. DICKENS

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES DR. IMELDA REYES DR. JANICE LINTON

CLOSING REMARKS DR. ETHLYN MCQUEEN-GIBSON

DNPS OF COLOR VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES KEYNOTE SPEAKER: CAPT. JAMES L. DICKENS,DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

CAPT James Dickens serves in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Dallas as the Survey Operations Group Long Term Care Manager for five states. Previously he served in the Office of the U.S. Secretary for Health as the Senior Program Manager for the Office of Minority Health in HHS Region VI. He is an experienced Registered Nurse and Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over thirty years of federal healthcare experience. CAPT Dickens’ clinical experiences include Orthopedics, Emergency Department, Surgical Services, Long-Term Care, and the Primary Care setting. He currently serves as the AANP Region 6 Director for Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

CAPT Dickens also served as the Officer in Charge of the Commissioned Corps Ebola Response, Team 2 (76 member interprofessional team) serving at the Monrovia Medical Unit (MMU) Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia-West Africa, leading all local MMU clinical response efforts. CAPT Dickens has received numerous Nursing leadership and Uniformed Service awards during his career.

CAPT Dickens is a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps, whose mission is to promote, protect and advance the health and safety of the Nation. His medical deployments include participating as a clinical team member for the Afghanistan Health Initiative (AHI) in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mission of the AHI was to improve quality of care, and maternal and infant mortality rates at Rabia Balkhi Women’s Hospital in Kabul. He served as a technical advisor as a member of a Commissioned Corps hospital assistance team in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and in St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

DNPS OF COLOR VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES CLASS OF 2021 DOCTORATE OF NURSING PRACTICE GRADUATES DR. TAIWO ABIOYE

DR. SHJUAN CROCKETT

TOURO UNIVERSITY

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY

DR. OMOLOLA AKOLO

DR. SHAKIRA DALEY

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY

DR. KUMLI ANYE

DR. SHARDELL FAIRFAX

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

DR. LATASHA BAKER TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

DR. AARON FRANKLIN RUSH UNIVERSITY

DR. MARTINE BELL DREXEL UNIVERSITY

DR. CAROLINE FRAZIER FLUDD YALE UNIVERSITY

DR. STACY BENTIL QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY

DR. KIM GEIGER TOURO UNIVERSITY

DR. GLORIA BENGON-FARRINGTON CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY

DR. TIMECIA GOREE CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY

DR. JASMINE BERRY GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

DR. EBONEE GRESHAM GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

DR. LATASHA BRUNER HILL REGIS UNIVERSITY

DR. SHENIECE GRIFFIN UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

DR. ASHEL CARTER TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

DR. SHARON HARVEY TOURO UNIVERSITY

DR. SHAUNTA CHAPPLE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

DR. GIA HOANG UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

DR. LYNN-MARIE CHARLES BRADLEY UNIVERSITY

DR. TYREESHA HUBBARD AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY

DR. KIA COLLLETON-LIVINGSTON UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

DR. HENRY INEGBENOSUN UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

DR. ADALEIA COULTMAN CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY

DR. COURTNEY JAMES PURDUE UNIVERSITY

DR. KIMBERLEY CRISS GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY

DR. CHELSEA JOHNSON UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY

DNPS OF COLOR VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES CLASS OF 2021 DOCTORATE OF NURSING PRACTICE GRADUATES DR. TRINNA KIRKLAND

DR. JAMARE REED

CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

DR. LACHISH LATIMER

DR. ADRIAN ROLLE

UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY

DR. MARY GRACE MALLARI

DR. CANDICE SCHARKLET

CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

DR. SYLVIA MARTIN

DR. NICOLE SEEPERSAUD

YALE UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

DR. SHENIECE MARTIN STANCIL-EL

DR. LYDIA SHEPPARD

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

DR. MAHLIQUE MATHIS

DR. RACHEL SHERMAN

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY

FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY

DR. KIMBERLY MAY

DR. NEIDRA SIMMONS

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY

UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY

DR. SHEILA MCCARLEY

DR. LATONYA SMITH

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

DR. JENNIFER MUHAMMAD

DR. SHAHARA STANFIELD

TROY UNIVERSITY

FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY

DR. LUCY MUKUNDI

DR. ALEXIS SUTTLES

JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

TROY UNIVERSITY

DR. IJEOMA OFFODILE

DR. JANET TATE-BROWN

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

DR. STACEY-ANN OKOTH

DR. EVAH WANGUNGU

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

DR. EMOSHOKE OWIE

DR. LATAYA WHITAKER

GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

DR. MELONIE OWUSU

DR. CAMILLE WILLIAMS

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

DR. DAMATA PAYIDA-ANSAH

DR. EMILY WORTHY

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY

DR. AISHA PIERRE

DR. DANIEL WRIGHT

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY

DNPS OF COLOR VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES DNPS OF COLOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS DANIELLE K. MCCAMEY, DNP, CRNP, ACNP-BC, FCCP, FOUNDER, CEO &PRESIDENT ETHLYN MCQUEEN-GIBSON, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, VICE PRESIDENT LADONNA BROWN, DNP, CRNA, TREASURER TONI MURRAY, DNP, CENP, NPD-BC, CMSRN DAISY MEDINA-KREPPEIN, DNP, FNP-BC JENNA BENYOUNES, DNP, CNW, WHNP-BC, NMCP BIMBOLA AKINTADE, PHD, MBA,MHA, CCRN, ACNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP

ADVISORY COMMITTEE DWAYNE ALLEYNE, DNP, APRN, ACNP-C, ASST. PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAPITOL NURSE PRACTITIONER GROUP TAMARA BROADNAX, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CLINICAL COMMAND CENTER, RICHMOND VA MEDICAL CENTER, PRESIDENT-CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION DAVID CAMPBELL-O’DELL, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, PRESIDENT/CEO OF DOCTORS OF NURSING PRACTICE, INC. SANDRA DAVIS, PH.D., DPM, ACNP-BC, FAANP, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ASSISTANT DEAN FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY STEPHEN FERRARA, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, ASSOCIATE DEAN & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY., EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, JOURNAL OF DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JONAS FOUNDATION JULIAN GALLEGOS, PHD, MBA, RN, FNP-BC, CNL, CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/DIRECTOR, DNP PROGRAM, PURDUE UNIVERSITY RHONDA GITTENS, MS, NONPROFIT FINANCE/ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT DERRICK GLYMPH, DNAP, CRNA, APRN, COL., AN, USAR, ENROLLMENT AND GLOBAL INITIATIVE COORDINATOR, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY KAREN S. KESTEN, DNP, APRN, CCNS, CNE, CCRN-K, FAAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE SCHOLARLY PROJECTS, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ORLIN MÁRQUEZ, DNP, MBA, FNP-BC, NURSE PRACTITIONER, WALMART HEALTH NICOLE PALMORE, MSW, DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IMELDA REYES, DNP, MPH, CPNP-PC, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, POST BSN DNP DIRECTOR, EMORY UNIVERSITY CAROL WASHINGTON, DNP, MS, MSHA, RN, HFP, NEA-BC, HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR, UNITED HEALTHCARE

DNPS OF COLOR VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ETHLYN MCQUEEN-GIBSON, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, CHAIR KIMBERLY MADISON, AGPCNP-BC CO-CHAIR JANICE LINTON, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, CCRN, ACHPN DANIELLE K. MCCAMEY, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCP IMELDA REYES, DNP, MPH, APRN, FAANP MARY ROSE SAINT-CYR, MS

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ABOUT DNPS OF COLOR DNPs of Color (DOCs), is a 501c3 Nonprofit Nursing organization, whose mission is to increase diversity in doctoral studies, clinical practice, and leadership for nurses. DNP, short for Doctor of Nursing Practice, is the highest level of education a nurse can attain which focuses on clinical practice. DNPs influence healthcare outcomes through healthcare policy, organizational leadership, and translating nursing research into evidenced-based practice.

MISSION To serve DNPs of Color through networking, mentorship and advocacy to increase diversity in doctoral studies, clinical practice and leadership.

VISION To inspire, empower and transform the landscape of nursing by increasing diversity in the doctoral nursing practice.

GOALS

❖ To create opportunities for engagement in academia, research and clinical practice.

❖ To advocate for educational support for DNPs of Color.

❖ To serve as mentors and guide nurses of color to pursue doctor of nursing practice studies.

Connecting through Diversity Inspiring Nurses. Empowering Professionals. Transforming Nursing Practice.

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