December 3rd, 2024 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon
MGH Institute ofHealthProfessions
SchoolofNursing
WELCOME
Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RN
Co-Director Prelicensure Program, Assistant Professor
OPENING REMARKS
Patricia Reidy, DNP, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN
Interim Dean, School of Nursing
FACULTY ADDRESS
Karen Hunt, PhD, RN, CNE
STUDENT ADDRESS
Taylor Ross Wells
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Oluwatomisin Olayinka, PhD, FNP- C, MPH
Faculty and Student Recognition for Outstanding Leadership Faculty Recognition for Academic/Clinical Excellence
Quinn Award for Social Justice in Nursing
Rose Marie Scalora Marasco Scholarship
Loyd Nichols Staats Scholarship
Constance Ryan RN, BSN, MGH Class of 1976 MGH Nurses’ Alumni Association
Acknowledgement of Class Representatives
Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RN
PINNING CEREMONY
Faculty Pinners:
Rachael Salguero, PhD, RN-BC, CNEcl
Karen Hunt, PhD, RN, CNE
Julika Wocial, MSN, MS, CCRN
CLOSING REMARKS
Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RN
Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Candidates
David Abadom
Amanda Adams
Benjamin Adams
Kaitlyn M. Alves
Robertha Alexis Jeudy
Angelica Bialy
Keyona Bell
Emma Marie Bouvier
Kianna Carmo
Emma Clark
Emily Coppola
Estefania Cortez
Addisyn Cross
Sandra Cuevas
Yadira Cuevas-Rodriguez
Samantha Katherine Curtis
Eleanna Davos
Sophie Deutsch
Sarah Diminuco
Jared Duffy
Christine Elder
Katherine Elizabeth Gillin
Kathleen B. Grace
Bridget S. Grant
Elizabeth Greason
Emma Grinberg
Lun Guo
Emma Hart
Kaylee Himmel
Dory Elizabeth Howard
Michelle T. Ing
Nacilla Jean
Erin Kim
Sean Kitain
Edward Kontoh
Abigail Kraunelis
Monica Lafferty
Abigail Laurence
Alejandro Lopez-Wheeler
Jessica Martiniello
Brooke P. McEachern
Ashley McGrath
Alyssa Marie Montecalvo-Deliza
Nicholas P. Morreale
Joan Nakamatte Suber
Olivia R. Naumec
Rachael H. Nazzaro
Caitlin Newell
Alyssa S. Nop
Avni Kirit Patel
Olivia Laura Phelan
Danielle S. Quirarte
Kaila Rabonza
Corinne Rey
Hans Rosin
Grace Ruksznis
Margaret Rutherford
Victoria E. Schneider
Alexandra Sergent
Peyton Siegel
Alyson St. Mary
Megan Taylor
Katelyn Thompson
Taylor Ross Wells
Erin Wood
Wuyah Seimavula Zayzay
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.
Quinn Award for Social Justice in Nursing
Keyona Bell
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.
Rose Marie Scalora Marasco Scholarship
Yadira Cueva Rodriguez
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 careerattributes such as caring, compassion, and humanitarianism qualities in their care for patients. The faculty nominates multiple students, and the Marasco family reviews and decides who meets the criteria.
The Loyd Nichols Staats Scholarship
Abigail Laurence
Established under the aegis of the MGH Nurses’ Alumni 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
Taylor Ross Wells
Alyssa Marie Montecalvo-Deliza