ABSN Pinning Program - 5-12-23

MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing PINNING and RECOGNITION CEREMONY May 12, 2023 10:00 a.m.

MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing

WELCOME Rebecca Hill, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CNE Associate Dean, Prelicensure Programs CLASS EMCEES MacKenzie B. Church, Tara D. Harris OPENING REMARKS Kenneth R. White, PhD, APRN, FACHE, FAAN Dean, School of Nursing FACULTY ADDRESS Rachael Salguero, MSN, RN-BC, CNEcl STUDENT ADDRESS Katherine Anne Gallagher AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rebecca Hill Faculty and Student Recognition for Outstanding Leadership Faculty Recognition for Academic/Clinical Excellence Wetherill Award Quinn Award for Social Justice in Nursing Rose Marie Scalora Marasco Scholarship Loyd Nichols Staats Scholarship

May Y. Chin, RN, MSN, MBA, MGH Class of 1958 MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association

Acknowledgement of Class Representatives Rebecca Hill PINNING CEREMONY Faculty Pinners: Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RNC-OB, IBCLC, CNL Rachel Cox, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC Karen Hunt, MSN, RN, RD, CNE Cassandra Mombrun, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC CLOSING REMARKS Rebecca Hill 1

Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Candidates Vanessa Elizabeth Aguiar

Delaney V. Cox

Kevin James Alexy

Kemal Custovic

Maridalia C. Almonte-Espinal

Molly Angelina DelGreco

Brendan Martin Barich

Grace Claire Dominov

Elizabeth A. Barry

Alexandra S. Duback

Annett Lucia Bautista

Terrance A. Fuller

Lyn Gassandra Belizaire

Radmila Gafarova

Caitlin Beranger

Katherine Anne Gallagher

Melissa Janice Bergeron

Susan C. Geis

Madison Ashley Bridge

Jennifer Genesis George

Tyler John Brown

Thomas Michael Goris

Stephanie Ann Bryson

Shaylis Guerrero

Matthew G. Burnett

Olivia Lemaire Hardy

Paige Allison Campbell

Tara D. Harris

Nora Canavan

Monica J. Hefferan-Horner

Megan Marie Carmichael

Ashley A. Hickey

Nicole M. Castro

Leisa A. Howard

Julie R. Cavicchia

Kim T. Huynh

MacKenzie B. Church

Sutthida Jaidee

Molly Johannah Clooney

Cheneda R. Jemedy

Helen M. Corless

Christine Hyejin Kang

Victoria Joy Corliss

Elizabeth M. Kerigan 2

Walkiria Kirkconnell

Jenny Myrthelay Noel

Carla J. Kossayda

Lauren Therese O'Neil

Caitlyn Eleanor Krause

Cameron L. Paolella

MacKenzie C. Lane

Melissa Noelia Perez

Jasmine Sueah Lee

Cheyenne S. Posley

Kendra Elizabeth Lippert

Jenny R. Rabinowich

Stephanie Loynd

Sarah Dodd Rehak

Shannon Kelly Lynch

Hannah Ilyssa Sarnie

Hannah Christine MacDonald

Laura Elizabeth Savage

Erin Lyn MacDonald

Judy N. Siffra

Hailey Anna Maling

Mikala N. Smith

Holly A. Manzelli

Alexandria Smith

Aniston Miller

Amanda L. Stevens

Naya Mongkolrachata

Gaurab Thapa

Stephanie Moni

Hector Trujillo

Faith N. Morgan

May-Tan Van

Jessica Moroye

Rachel A. Van Skike

Abdul Foday Musa

Daniela S. Vasquez

Emma R. Newell

Gretchen E. Wasner

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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.

Quinn Award for Social Justice in Nursing Cheneda R. Jemedy Established by Dr. Lisa Quinn in 2020, this award is given to one or more Black students in good academic standing, who demonstrate leadership qualities and involvement in social activities, and entering the final semester of the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.

The Loyd Nichols Staats Scholarship Helen M. Corless Established under the aegis of the MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association (NAA) Endowed Fund at the MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, the funding for this scholarship was derived from the 1996 estate of Mary Hortense Staats, MGH School of Nursing Class of 1937. The scholarship is named to honor the memory of Loyd Nichols Staats, Mary’s brother, who died at the young age of one year. It is awarded annually to an Accelerated BSN student in recognition of excellence in the theory and practice of nursing.

Rose Marie Scalora Marasco Scholarship Jenny R. Rabinowich The Rose Marie Scalora Marasco Scholarship is an award the Marasco family created to honor a nursing student in their last semester that exhibits the characteristics of Ms. Scalora’s career - attributes such as caring, compassion, and humanitarianism qualities in their care for patients. The faculty nominates multiple students, and the Marasco family review and decides who meets the criteria.

Class Representatives MacKenzie B. Church Tara D. Harris 4