Nursing Pinning Ceremony
Celebrate the accomplishments of nursing students
at the Pinning Ceremony on Friday, May 16, 12:30–3:30 p.m. in T Plaza!
The pinning ceremony is a unique and special ceremony for the nursing community. Many nurses hold the pinning ceremony in higher regard than they hold their school commencement, because the pinning ceremony isn’t just a nursing tradition, it is a symbol of the nursing students’ hard work and dedication towards their coursework and clinicals. The pinning ceremony is offered to nursing students who have completed their to become a licensed practical nurse (LPN), or their or to become a registered nurse (RN).
Like graduation, it is an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishment of becoming a nurse with family, friends and faculty. However, pinning is not a graduation. Many students at their pinning ceremony still need to sit for the before they can officially begin working as a nurse. While graduation highlights the completion of academic study, the pinning ceremony marks the important transition from student to nurse.