August 15, 2024 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon
MGH Institute of Health Professions
School of Nursing
WELCOME
Oluwatomisin Olayinka, PhD, FNP-C, MPH
Co-Director, Prelicensure Programs
OPENING REMARKS
Patricia Reidy, DNP, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN
Interim Dean, School of Nursing
FACULTY ADDRESS
Alexander Wolf, DNP, APRN, ACHPN
STUDENT ADDRESS
Abigail McCracken
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
Miriam Huggard Scholarship
Susan Zahka, Board Member, Treasurer of NAA MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association
Acknowledgement of Class Representatives
Oluwatomisin Olayinka, PhD, FNP- C, MPH
PINNING CEREMONY
Faculty Pinners:
Rachel Salguero, PhD, RN-BC, CNEcl
Karen Flaherty, MS, MEd, APRN-BC
Talli McCormick, MSN, RN-C, GNP
CLOSING REMARKS
Oluwatomisin Olayinka , PhD, FNP- C, MPH
Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Candidates
Blaine Almeida
Jean Pierre Branton
Caitlee Frances Carrier
Doralis Ceballos
Tal M. Chafetz
Maya Wei Mayhew Chase
Raymon Chen
Anna P. Crosby
Kathleen Diana
Taylor Rose Dill
Kunchok Rinchen Dingyon
Dahlia Hisham Elamin
Michael Alexander Gaudoin
Meghan Elizabeth Gillis
Haben Girmay
Sarah Catherine Hicks
Tuong Phu Cat Ho
Elizabeth Grace Jefferson
Kathryn Kirsch
Zoe Land
Hadel-Lynn M. Leyco
Esmeralda Madrid
Matthew James Marguerite
Abigail Rose McCracken
Caroline L. McKeown
Steven Mei
Urmi Sophia Minkin
Emma Louise Moller
Rahell Nere
Maura Jeanne O'Connor
Katherine Dougan Parady
Alyx Fay Podgurski
Leidis Loriernny Santana Diaz
Madelyn Laurie Thibodeau
Christopher Paul Walsh
Nigus M. Workie
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 Haben Girmay
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.
Miriam Huggard Scholarship
Nigus M. Workie
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
Michael A. Gaudoin
Emma L. Moller