Welcoming speeches and speeches by select individuals, graduates are woven into the program. A faculty member reads the card of thanks the graduate has prepared. Graduates march off the stage and out of the auditorium. Facilitating the Process It is recommended that the fourth level students start the planning process early in the semester and not wait until the last class to start planning. This is considered to be a student-led ceremony in which members of the graduating class commence planning around the third semester.
Interested students meet and through the democratic process, select committees to plan the ceremony.
However, the Department of Nursing Education has the following guidelines in place to assist the class in producing a successful Pinning Ceremony. The group will determine when, where, and number of times to meet. Students will need to obtain final approval of plans and speeches from designated faculty. The students will have the opportunity to choose their own speaker and designate the person who will be doing the pinning. It is recommended that nursing faculty actually do the pinning as right of passage to the nursing profession.