MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing PINNING and RECOGNITION CEREMONY May 12, 2023 10:00 a.m.
MGH Institute ofHealthProfessions SchoolofNursing
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
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Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Candidates
Vanessa Elizabeth Aguiar
Kevin James Alexy
Maridalia C. Almonte-Espinal
Brendan Martin Barich
Elizabeth A. Barry
Annett Lucia Bautista
Lyn Gassandra Belizaire
Caitlin Beranger
Melissa Janice Bergeron
Madison Ashley Bridge
Tyler John Brown
Stephanie Ann Bryson
Matthew G. Burnett
Paige Allison Campbell
Nora Canavan
Megan Marie Carmichael
Nicole M. Castro
Julie R. Cavicchia
MacKenzie B. Church
Molly Johannah Clooney
Helen M. Corless
Victoria Joy Corliss
Delaney V. Cox
Kemal Custovic
Molly Angelina DelGreco
Grace Claire Dominov
Alexandra S. Duback
Terrance A. Fuller
Radmila Gafarova
Katherine Anne Gallagher
Susan C. Geis
Jennifer Genesis George
Thomas Michael Goris
Shaylis Guerrero
Olivia Lemaire Hardy
Tara D. Harris
Monica J. Hefferan-Horner
Ashley A. Hickey
Leisa A. Howard
Kim T. Huynh
Sutthida Jaidee
Cheneda R. Jemedy
Christine Hyejin Kang
Elizabeth M. Kerigan
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Walkiria Kirkconnell
Carla J. Kossayda
Caitlyn Eleanor Krause
MacKenzie C. Lane
Jasmine Sueah Lee
Kendra Elizabeth Lippert
Stephanie Loynd
Shannon Kelly Lynch
Hannah Christine MacDonald
Erin Lyn MacDonald
Hailey Anna Maling
Holly A. Manzelli
Aniston Miller
Naya Mongkolrachata
Stephanie Moni
Faith N. Morgan
Jessica Moroye
Abdul Foday Musa
Emma R. Newell
Jenny Myrthelay Noel
Lauren Therese O'Neil
Cameron L. Paolella
Melissa Noelia Perez
Cheyenne S. Posley
Jenny R. Rabinowich
Sarah Dodd Rehak
Hannah Ilyssa Sarnie
Laura Elizabeth Savage
Judy N. Siffra
Mikala N. Smith
Alexandria Smith
Amanda L. Stevens
Gaurab Thapa
Hector Trujillo
May-Tan Van
Rachel A. Van Skike
Daniela S. Vasquez
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
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