Nursing Pinning Ceremony Program-May 2026

DIVISION OF PRE-LICENSURE NURSING PINNING CEREMONY

M AY 1 , 2 0 2 6

“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.”

1 PETER 4:10-11

PINNING CEREMONY PROGRAM Welcome and Prayer

Dr. Robert Dawson

Presentation of Students

Prof. LeighAnn Adkins Prof. Mica Fensler Prof. Joel Ferguson Prof. Alyssa Malone Prof. Aubrey Monson Prof. Jamie Seher

Presentation of Pins

Dr. Angela Bailey Dr. Megan Greentree Dr. Karen Hopkins Prof. Charlotte Peel Prof. Stefanie Summersett Dr. Abigail Flenar

Student Thoughts Traditional Accelerated

Evyn Rivers Addison Coates

Presentation of the Crider-Jackson Awards

Dr. Corey Sizelove

Closing Remarks and Benediction

Dr. Heather Brady

Recessional Please remain seated until the students have exited the sanctuary.

PLEASE JOIN US

RECEPTION Piazza, Barnes Student Center immediately following the pinning ceremony

NURSING GRADUATES (Traditional)

Barrett, Lauren*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Manchester, IN Barton, Emily*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zionsville, IN Blickley, Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Rapids, MI Bribiesca, Kristin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Lake, IN Brown, Megan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairfield, OH Carlson, Faith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastlake, OH Carner, Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tipp City, OH Cook, Carissa-Anne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenwood, IN Couch, Sydney* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN Dale, Ainsley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wabash, IN Degenhart, Elisabeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evansville, IN Diesel, Hannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, MI Doorn, Mia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schererville, IN Doyle, Abigail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mooresville, IN Earl, Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kokomo, IN Eash, Katelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hudson, IN Eichorst, Emily* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bristol, IN Ellet, Caleigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noblesville, IN Fields, Cadence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noblesville, IN Fischbach, Naomi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbus, OH Foreman, Emma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedford, IN Gentis, Jamie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn, IN George, Karlie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen, IN

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NURSING GRADUATES (Traditional continued)

Glodfelter, Casey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beijing, China Goward, Melissa*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wixom, MI Harmelink, Sarah*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen, IN Hulbert, Karlee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN Isaacs, Hayden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Palestine, IN Kaercher, Claire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hudsonville, MI Knepp, Jenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milford, IN Knox, Megan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hudson, IN Kooistra, Megan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn, IN Langford, Alexandra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carmel, IN Lara, Andreina*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noblesville, IN Linnemeier, Alaina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN Maas, Ella. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glen Ellyn, IL Maas, Kyrah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glen Ellyn, IL Martin, Madeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN McGuire, Kelsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairland, IN McKay, Katherine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN Menne, Grace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware, OH Minney, Mackenzie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oakdale, PA Mowat, Chesnie*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Upland, IN Mullins, Marissa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circleville, OH Nicholson, Rani*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marion, IN Notter, Cadence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danville, IN

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NURSING GRADUATES (Traditional continued)

Owens, Kaylee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Churubusco, IN Parache, Brian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago, IL Perez, Emma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shorewood, IL Porter, Abbigail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winona Lake, IN Prasil, Emily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Chicago, IL Rivers, Evyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston, TX Siboniyo, Frank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Rapids, MI Sikkema, Kaelyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hopkins, MI Sipe, Grace*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenwood, IN Smith, Isaac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flat Rock, MI Smith, Shannon*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martinez, CA Snyder, Ava. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bunker Hill, IN Sommers, Sophia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Canton, OH Stone, Ashley* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN Szelis, Emma*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Huntington, IN Vandaveer, Hadessah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Albany, IN Vander Veen, Leeda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holland, MI VanTol, Luke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Byron Center, MI Walton, Eden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elida, OH Welker, Maddy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN Wheeler, Mekayla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN Wiberg, Emelia*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago, IL Winters, Emily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lexington, OH

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NURSING GRADUATES (Accelerated)

Coates, Addison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marion, IN Darnell, Olivia* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napoleon, MI DeGroot, Arianna*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorr, MI Felo, Katherine*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merrimack, NH Fielder, Esther. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Porte, IN Heath, Correll* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kokomo, IN Hodgens, Deja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indianapolis, IN Hornbeck, Ryan* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Livermore, CA Kim, Minseo*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seoul, South Korea Lakanen, Susannah* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Upland, IN Landrum, Camron* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary, IN Marr, Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Granger, IN Moss, Jenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logansport, IN Passero, Danae*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rochester, NY Pieronski, McKenzie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sturgis, MI Rhodenizer, Chloe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Wayne, IN Stone, Jake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plymouth, IN Strong, Lydia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Joe, IN Terhune, Rachel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marion, IN Vander Veen, Elaina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hudsonville, MI Witter, Emma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westfield, IN

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A NURSE’S PRAYER FOR GOD’S BLESSINGS

Give me strength and wisdom, When others need my touch; A soothing word to speak to them, Their hearts yearn for so much.

Give me joy and laughter, To lift a weary soul; Pour in me compassion, To make the broken whole.

Give me gentle, healing hands, For those left in my care; A blessing to those who need me, Heed a nurse’s prayer, dear Lord.

AMEN

Special thanks to Whonsetler Photography for allowing us to use their photographs as part of our program.

ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY Dean, School of Nursing & Health Professions Robert Dawson, DNP, RN, FNP-C Chair, Division of Pre-licensure Nursing Heather Brady, DNP, RN, FNP-C Professors LeighAnn Adkins, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC Angela Bailey, PhD, RN Mica Fensler, MSN-ED, RN, CCM Joel Ferguson, MSN, RN, FNP-C Abigail Flenar, DNP, RN, CNE Kathryn Gilreath, DNP, RN, ANP-C Megan Greentree, DNP, RN Karen Hopkins, DNP, RN, NPD-BC Alyssa Malone, MSN, APRN, FNP-C Aubrey Monson, MSN, APRN, CNM Charlotte Peel, MSN, RN, FNP-C Jamie Seher, MSN, RN Corey Sizelove, DNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, NHDP-BC Tobi Sonya, DNP, FNP-C Stefanie Summersett, MSN, RN, CPN

STAFF Sarah Greentree, MDiv—Administrative Resource and Transcultural Coordinator Bethany Johns, BSN, RN—Simulation Lab Manager Brianna LeMaster—Simulation Lab Support Specialist Lynn Munday, BS—Coordinator of School Operations Sandy Powell—Office Manager Shelli Rowley, BS—Educational Resource Specialist and Semester Abroad Coordinator Lori Webb, MA, BSN, RN—Clinical Coordinator Mason Yopp , MPTh—Testing Support Specialist

ADJUNCT FACULTY AND LAB INSTRUCTORS Kristie Ackley, BSN, RN

Debbie Lammert, MSN, RN

Dana Anders, MSN, RN

Margot Longjohn, BSN, RN

Janet Blossom, MSN, RN

Frida Marentes, BSN, RN

Rebecca Bolinger, BSN, RN

Courtney Middlesworth, MSN, RN

Kayla Cawthorn, BSN, RN

Linsie Middlesworth, BSN, RN

Katrina Clayton, BSN, RN

Caroline Mullins, MSN, RN

Kimberly Cox, BSN, RN

Samantha Olubajo, BSN, RN

Christine Davis, MS, RN

Teresa Owens, BSN, RN

Melinda Gard, BSN, RN

Jac-lyn Perez, MSN, RN

Gloria Greentree, MSN, RN

Bradley Poteat, MS, BSN, RN

Sarah Greentree, MDiv

Bethany Roth, MSN, RN

Erin Hagerman, BSN, RN

Jeri Rumsey, BSN, RN

Adilynn Hall, BSN, RN

Lauren Schmid, BSN, RN

Janna Higdon, BSN, RN

Isabella Shafer, BSN, RN

Melinda Himelick, MSN, RN

Elizabeth Soultz, MSN, RN

Jeanine Hinton, BS, RN

Rosemary Sprunger, MSN, RN

Jennifer Hite, MSN, FNP, RN

Mandy Taylor, BSN, RN

Barbara Ihrke, PhD, RN

Jennifer Van Hooser, BSN, RN

Bethany Johns, BSN, RN

Taylar Weidner, BSN, RN

Adrienne Johnson, BSN, RN

Rachael Wentz, BSN, RN

Hannah Johnson, BSN, RN

Patricia Woessner, MSN, RN

Kelli Johnson, BSN, RN

Kristopher Working, BSN, RN

Nicole Johnson, DNP, RN

Kara Zdyb, BSN, RN

Andrew Julian, BSN, RN

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