May 2, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon
SchoolofNursing
WELCOME
Cassandra Mombrun, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
OPENING REMARKS
Patricia Reidy, DNP, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN Interim Dean of Nursing
FACULTY ADDRESS
Karen Hunt, PhD, RD, CNE
STUDENT ADDRESS
Yvelandey Britney Seide
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Cassandra Mombrun, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
Faculty and Student Recognition for Outstanding Leadership
Faculty Recognition for Academic/Clinical Excellence
Wetherill Award
Miriam Huggard Memorial Scholarship
Maureen Ryan Community Health Nursing Scholarship
Acknowledgement of Class Representatives
Cassandra Mombrun, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
PINNING CEREMONY
Faculty Pinners:
Rachael Salguero, PhD, RN-BC, CNEcl
Karen Hunt, PhD, RN, RD, CNE
Julika Wocial, MSN, MS, CCRN
CLOSING REMARKS
Patricia Reidy, DNP, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN
Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Candidates
Margaret Catherine Aldrich
Deanna Renee Attisani
Michelle C. Babat
Anna Taylor Benson
Violet Blair
Madeline Ruby Britt
Gabriel Bowditch Brown
Emma C. Bruckwick
Jack R. Bush
Taylor Brianne Carreiro
Sandra Cuevas
Siobhan Ann Dalton
Kaitlin M. Davis
Gabriella DeSimone
Sean Thomas Doherty
Megan Donahue
Kathleen G. Donohue
Madison Regina Duce
Alejandra Patricia Durant
Laura Ann Ericson
Meredith Campbell Fairbanks
Ryann Elizabeth Forte
Samantha Mary Freeman
Jennie Theresa Gannon
Colleen E. Gavin
Bridget A. Gelly
Abigail G. Gugel
Alexandra G. Hargrave
Alisson N. Haro Murphy
Ashley Marie Hilf
Emily Elizabeth Hunter
Eoin G. Hurley
Jessica R. Keller
Celia Grace Lacey
Monica Ann Lafferty
Leah Macy Ledwitz
Shasha Li
Alexis Lopez
Alejandro E. Lopez -Wheeler
Fania Louis Charles
Lucia Giovanna Magno
Hillary Garcia Maia
Cassidy Jane McElhinney
Elizabeth Anna McGarry
Sarah Margaret McLaughlin
Wilmarcus Narcisse
Sabrina Frances Nee
Martina Ngonga Nkwantah
Marisa Ann Nyhan
Nicole L. Onofreo
Lorena J. Paolini
Stephanie Michelle Perez-Baltodano
Isabella G Pierce
Latifat Anuoluwa Raifu
Aidan S. Reardon
Corinne Wynter Rey
Heather L. Rowell
Morianna Sydney Saint-Cyr
Mackenzie M. Salt
Xiu Xiu Sammis-Mccoy
Yvelandey Britney Seide
Alexandra Lund Sergent
Meghana Shrestha
Lena Smalla
Carolyn M. Snell
Meghan Emily Whalen
Abigail G. Zerbey
Awards and Recipients
Faculty and Student Recognition for Outstanding Leadership
This award is given to a student graduating from the accelerated baccalaureate nursing program who has been identified by peers and faculty as demonstrating outstanding class leadership.
Faculty Recognition for Academic/Clinical Excellence
This award is given to a student graduating from the Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing program (ABSN) with an outstanding grade point average and the strongest faculty recommendations attesting to overall academic and clinical achievement.
Wetherill Award
Established at the McLean Hospital School of Nursing in 1936 and subsequently transferred to the MGH School of Nursing, the award was established with a gift from E. Stanley Abbott in memory of Marion Wetherill Abbott and her mother. The award is presented to a member of the graduating class who has been the most actuated throughout their course by their spirit of thoughtfulness for others or who have developed that spirit most while in the school.
Miriam Huggard Memorial Scholarship
Ashley Hilf
This award was established by the MGH School of Nursing Alumni Association. Miriam “Mim” Huggard, a 1931 graduate of the MGH School of Nursing, spent her entire career at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Mim was a gracious and noble woman who embraced change. This award supports an ABSN student who demonstrates exemplary clinical skills and the core values of an exceptional nurse, leader, and mentor.
Maureen Ryan Community Health Nursing Scholarship
Latifat Raifu
This scholarship honors the life of Maureen Ryan, RN, a 2017 graduate of the IHP’s ABSN Program. Maureen was devoted to helping others in her community from a young age, first volunteering in the Alzheimer’s unit of a nursing home at thirteen years old and continuing this commitment throughout her life. This scholarship supports an ABSN student interested in working in public health or community health centers.
Belle Bouy Foundation Nursing Scholarship
Wilmarcus Narcisse
Established in 2023 by an alumna of the ABSN program, this scholarship supports an ABSN student who has experience or interest in working in global health.
Class Representatives
Jack R. Bush
Yvelandey Britney Seide
