MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing PINNING and RECOGNITION CEREMONY April 27, 2021 5:00 p.m.
MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing
PINNING AND RECOGNITION
April 27, 2021, 5:00 p.m. 1CW Conference Center
WELCOME Rebecca Hill, PhD, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CNE Director, Prelicensure Programs OPENING REMARKS Elaine Tagliareni, EdD, RN, CNE, FAAN Dean, School of Nursing FACULTY ADDRESS
Marion Frost, DNP, RN STUDENT ADDRESS
William Thornton
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 Loyd Nichols Staats Scholarship Mary Larkin, MS, RN, MGH Class of 1976 MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association Acknowledgement of Class Representatives Rebecca Hill PINNING CEREMONY Faculty Readers/Pinners: Karen Flaherty, MSN, Med, APRN-BC, CBCN Christine Foley, BS, BA, Med Julika Wocial, MS, BSN CLOSING REMARKS Rebecca Hill 1
Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Candidates Heather Ashley Banks
Lauren Elizabeth Hatala
Jasmine K. Bath
Jenna S. Henningsen
Cailin M. Boisvert
Griselda Vanessa Herrera
Julianne Bransfield
Kai Alexandra Hill
Alyssa Brown
Catherine Ann Hutchison
Julia R. Bugeau-Heartt
Trang Huynh
Midgi Cadet
Gregory James Iaccarino
Megan C. Camp
Demi Isenstadt
Lucas Carland
Elizabeth P. Jackson
Kyla M. Corvino
Molly C. Jenssen
Taylor Curro
Christian M. Johnson
Talia Dellatto
Kathleen Mary Johnson
Sarah Louise DiPerri
Laura Kathleen Johnson
Nicole Marie Donato
Ming-Tai Kuo
Casey M. Douma
Kelsey C. LaFreniere
Danielle Espinosa
Makayla M. Landry
Michelle L. Esposito
Eshe Chinyere Laurent
Nicole Alexandra Ferzoco
Meng-Chen Lo
Mark Glebus
David Van Ly
Uryline Grandoit
Emily Rose Macfarlane
Adriana Juliette Green
Joie Ann Mastandrea
Kristen Mira Gruidl
Kristin McHugh 2
Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Candidates Allison E. Mello
Lauren Elizabeth Sampson
Jennifer Nicole Mercouris
Molly Christine Sanford
Caitlin Michelle Milana
Irene Sefogbe
Nardine Nash Moawde
Sabrina Seo
Christine Moon
Fiona Heather Shea
Yolande N. Njongue
Jaimie Shikles
Caitlin M. O'Connor
Leony Shnorhokian
Kaya N. Oner
Katherine M. Snee
Charmiben D. Patel
Kayla Tavares Soares
Andrew Stephen Pearce
Kathryn Jane Stapleton
Kristin Elizabeth Pettini
Andrew Stevens
Ethan E. Pierce
Cecilia Thai
Jacquelyn E. Powers
William Thornton
Amanda M. Pruyn
Cecellia Tran
MaryJo Raei
Juliet Tripaldi
Maggie Mason Raemer
Kristin W. Vander Els
Cassidy T. Ramos
Samantha C. Walker
Anne Forster Reilly
Renee Wang
Carissa Ann Reming
Thomas Mark Wickham
Ashley Elizabeth Rohall
Meghan Kimberly Wu
Awards and Recipients Faculty and Student Recognition for Outstanding Leadership
William Thornton 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
Juliet Tripaldi 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
Ming-Tai Kuo 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
Yolande N. Njongue 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
Meng-Chen Lo 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
Nardine Nash Moawde William Thornton 4