Saturday, May 13, newly graduated nursing students were celebrated in a pinning ceremony held in Cass Gym. A pinning ceremony is a tradition for new nurses in which a nurse of significance in their life pins them with a specially designed pin. The ceremony culminates with all nurses in attendance reciting the Florence Nightingale Pledge. This semester’s celebration honored 45 students having just graduated.

As part of the ceremony, five students were inducted into the the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society. The students have excelled in their general education and nursing studies and completed a community service project.

Congratulations to all of this year’s nursing graduates and special thanks to their honored pinners, ADN faculty, for being an inspiration to these new nurses!