It is an emotional event that you will want to share with your family and friends. In the traditional ceremony, sophomore students receive their nursing pins after meeting the necessary program requirements for completion of the nursing program. Graduates march in. 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.