The culmination of all your hard work is expressed in the Pinning Ceremony. The Pinning Ceremony is a time-honored nursing school tradition, dating back before the turn of the twentieth century. Traditionally, nursing students have conducted an Honors or Pinning Ceremony to mark the passage of student nurse role to the practice role. 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.