MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing PINNING and RECOGNITION CEREMONY August 10, 2023 6:00 p.m.
MGH Institute of Health Professions
School of Nursing
WELCOME
Rebecca Hill, PhD, DNP, FNP-C, CNE
Associate Dean, Prelicensure Programs
CLASS EMCEES
Julia Gorgol, Helen van Riel
OPENING REMARKS
Kenneth R. White, PhD, APRN, FACHE, FAAN Dean, School of Nursing
FACULTY ADDRESS
Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RN
STUDENT ADDRESS
Kirill Botayev
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Rebecca Hill
Faculty and Student Recognition for Outstanding Leadership Faculty Recognition for Academic/Clinical Excellence
Wetherill Award
The Quinn Award
Miriam “Mim” Huggard Scholarship
Elizabeth Lada Morse, DM, MSN, MPA, RN, NEA-BC, ‘80 MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association
Acknowledgement of Class Representatives
Rebecca Hill
PINNING CEREMONY
Pinners:
Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RN
Rachael Salguero, MSN, RN-BC, CNEcl
Julika Wocial, MS, BSN
CLOSING REMARKS
Rebecca Hill
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Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Aaroni Sai Adusumilli
Adil MacKey Ahsan
Aliha Aladin
Scott Thomas Arnold II
Eman Ayad
James Neill Barber
Moesha Jane M. Beray
Kirill Botayev
Oanh C. Buily
Erin Cadora
Julia Elizabeth Cunningham
Garrett Davis
Michaela Grace Downing
Matthew Drummond
Caroline Luisa Fiore
Abigail Rhode Fleming
Julia S. Gorgol
Makenna R. Hambley
Riley Holden
Kelsea B. Johnston
John Christopher Kalhorn
Chanelle F. Kendrick
Andrea F. Klein
Jamie Kralstein
Rachel Kratchman
Nora C. Lally
Sydney Lee
Carly Rose Littlejohn
Candidates
Dysaiya Long
Lilly Anne Majewski
Summer L. McCorkle
Kenna Rose McLaughlin
Shannon Fay Metzger
Gabrielle Marie Miklaszewski
Khafia Warsame Mohamud
Paige Catherine Morgan
Amy Michelle Nielson
Shannon Elizabeth O'Grady
Charlotte E. Oettgen-Suazo
John Park
Emma Rose Petrillo
Amanda Jean Pfautz
Amy Nicole Powers
Amelia Rose Esther Remy
Rebecca Corinne Ross
Savannah Marie Rowan
Violet Anyango Saoke
Olivia R. Schneider
Nehali S. Shah
Patrick J. Sharpe
Briana Judith Silva
Leah Mary Tanny
Connor Robert Tooley
Helen Joan van Riel
Ayla Wamser
Celeste Hillary Wiswall
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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
Violet Saoke
Established by Dr. Lisa Quinn in 2020, this award is given to one or more Black students in good academic standing and entering the final semester of the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.
Miriam “Mim” Huggard Scholarship
Makenna Hambley
In honor of her work and dedication to both the Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association, this scholarship is given in memory of Miriam “Mim” Huggard. The student, who was given the scholarship at the start of their final semester in the MGH Institute School of Nursing Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing program (ABSN), demonstrated exemplary clinical skills during the first three semesters of the program and embodied the core values that made Mim an exceptional nurse, leader and mentor.
Class Representatives
Julia Gorgol
Helen van Riel
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