ABSN Pinning Ceremony Program - May 7, 2024

MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing PINNING and RECOGNITION CEREMONY May 7, 2024 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon

MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing

WELCOME Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RNC-OB, IBCLC, CNL Interim Co-Director, Prelicensure Programs OPENING REMARKS Kenneth R. White, PhD, APRN, FACHE, FAAN Dean, School of Nursing FACULTY ADDRESS Karen Hunt,PhD, RD, CNE STUDENT ADDRESS Kristen Elmore AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Oluwatomisin Olayinka, PhD, FNP-C, MPH 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

Elisabeth (Lisa) Compagnone, CRNA, MGH Class of 1974 MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association

Acknowledgement of Class Representatives Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RNC-OB, IBCLC, CNL PINNING CEREMONY Faculty Pinners: Rachael Salguero, PhD, RN-BC, CNEcl Karen Hunt, PhD, RN, RD, CNE Alexander Wolf, DNP, APRN, ACHPN CLOSING REMARKS Oluwatomisin Olayinka, PhD, FNP-C, MPH

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Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Candidates Michael Paul Barbieri Melinda T. Barros Mahima Basnet Hannah C. Bell Isabella S. Blair Laura Bostwick Laura R. Bryant Madison Josephine Burrill Catherine F. Callahan Stephanie Cameron Lara Su Cemaletin Carly E. Chelton Mary Miles Clark Carolyn G. Clymer Samantha A. Cridland Dayna Cunha Bianca Ortega Dempsey Mark Jason Deveau Nicholas A. Diamond Caitlin M. Doocy Madison Deirdre Dunn Kristen E. Elmore Gina Marilia Fidalgo Cameron Eileen Fitzgerald Ryan Michael Flynn Greta Esperanza Gibbons Sarah L. Goldstein Aallexie Gomes Sailer Kelani Hampton Jocelyn Ho Niamh P. Kenney

Christopher David Keyes Erika K. Koh Eliza D. Koso Sofie E. Lafratta Seobin (Grace) Lee Fotine Liakopoulos Kelsey Loughlin Miriam Ruth Low Gabriella Gaspar Lozano Megan D. Lynch Nicole Kinnamon Magnuson Jessica K. Miranda Nadia Ghiomara Morales Elsa Allstaedt Morse Halee R. Murphy Kylie O'Donnell Mary E. O'Toole Olivia C. Ouellette-Falkenstein Kathryn Packowski Kylie Rose Pastore Samantha Karen Peace Lourdes Caridad Pena Ally M. Rosenhein Isabella Rose Scalise Danielle Marie Silva Samantha Slater Katharine Fox Srere Kathryn Maria Stoncius Elisabeth D. Wilson Jamie Leigh Winn Nisreen N. Yatim 2

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 Sailer Kelani Hampton 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 Jessica K. Miranda 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.

Class Representatives Kristen E. Elmore Niamh P. Kenney Katharine Fox Srere

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