Pinning Ceremony 2018 Program 06012018

“Empowering Advocacy &
Civility among Nurses”

MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE

Located in Crown Heights,
Brooklyn, Medgar Evers College
is a growing institution offering
both Associate and Baccalaureate
degrees. The nearly 7,000-member
student body is primarily comprised
of those who are the first in their
families to attend college. A senior
college within The City University
of New York (CUNY) system,
Medgar Evers College was established in 1970 with a mandate to meet the
educational and social needs of the Central Brooklyn community. With a
commitment to students who desire a sound academic foundation as well
as an opportunity for personal development, Medgar Evers College seeks
to provide high-quality, professional, career-oriented undergraduate degree
programs in the context of a liberal arts education.

The college is proud of the strong academic programs offered through its
four Schools. We provide a solid foundation of general education to prepare
our students to achieve personal and academic goals, through an approach
that is fundamentally qualitative and transformative with a student-centered
curriculum. We believe that education has the power to positively transform
the lives of individuals and is the right of all individuals in the pursuit of self-
actualization. Consequently, the College’s mission is to develop and maintain
high quality, professional, career-oriented undergraduate degree programs.

MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE SEAL

Medgar Wiley Evers and his dedication to attaining a
new birth of freedom, where all humankind could obtain
knowledge, enjoy the protection of justice and live in peace,
inspired the Medgar Evers College seal. The seal consists of
unshackled hands, scales of justice, an oil lamp over an open
book and the founding date.

The unshackled hands represent freedom. The scales represent justice. The lamp
and the open book represent knowledge. The seal is formed by the peace symbol
to represent the universal cry for peace.

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Medgar Evers College Department of
Nursing’s Annual Pinning Ceremony

ORDER OF EVENTS

PROCESSIONAL

“Do I Make You Proud”
by Taylor Hicks

PRAYER

Abigail Ali Musah
RN Graduate Student

WELCOME ADDRESS

Karen Holton
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing

Chair, Pinning Committee

GREETINGS

Dr. Hazel Sanderson
Chair, Department of Nursing

Dr. Augustine Okereke
Senior Vice President & Provost

Dr. Terrence Blackman
Dean, School of Science, Health and Technology

MUSICAL SELECTION
POEM

Nafica Bennett
Nurses’ Prayer

PN CLASS PRESIDENT ADDRESS

Kenie Jean Baptiste
Class President

RN CLASS PRESIDENT ADDRESS

Torrelle Lewis
Class President

TRIBUTE TO STUDENTS

Slide Show - Class of 2018

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“Empowering Advocacy &
Civility among Nurses”

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Hilda Richards
Pioneer, Medgar Evers College Department of Nursing

AWA R D S

Leadership Award: RN
courtesy the Nurses Association of the
Counties of Long Island, Inc. (NACLI)

Perseverance Award: RN
courtesy Mr. Vicente E. Marshall and
Prof. Sarah Marshall (Downstate Medical Center)

Perseverance Award: PN
courtesy Mr. Vicente E. Marshall and
Prof. Sarah Marshall (Downstate Medical Center)

PINNING

PN Graduates
RN Graduates

MUSICAL SELECTION

Vocal Selection
“Nurses Anthem”

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PLEDGE

Cynthia Sterling-Fox
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing

Vice Chair, Pinning Committee

RECESSIONAL

“I’m Coming Out” by Diana Ross

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Medgar Evers College Department of
Nursing’s Annual Pinning Ceremony

CLASS OF 2018

2018 RN AUGUST 2018
GR A DUAT E S GR A DUAT E S

Rukiat Ahmed Adenike Alagbe
Shepbvain Alleyne Nafica Bennett
Omowunmi Ajai Erica Brown
Tara Anderson Robert Xie
Hyacinth Gaspard Asha Newton,
Monet George Tyisa Brathwaite
Monique Krystal Hardial Kenya Brown,
Lisa Hughes Diquan Christopher
Genelle Laud Fatumata Manneh
Jocelyn Nouncia
Torrelle Lewis
Michelle Lopez
Cassandra Mezalon
Amanda Morris
Abigail Ali Musah
Genevive Ndukwe
Jermaine Panton
Saskaya Pinnock
Katherine Robles
Charmine Ross
Serissa Elena Sanchez
Leroy Thomas
Sieske Thomas
Natassia Wynter

2018 PN
GR A DUAT E S

Kenie Jean Baptiste
Diedre Benn
Beveen Butler
Catherine Golding
Donna Hope
Sorina Joseph
Synthia Joseph
Soutong Noma Alida Kabore
Erica Nelson
Nadjeda Paul
Puja Rouniyar
Nicole Walters

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“Empowering Advocacy &
Civility among Nurses”

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PINNING COMMITTEE

Karen Holton, Assistant Professor, Chair, Pinning Committee
Cynthia Sterling-Fox, Assistant Professor, Vice Chair, Pinning Committee

Enest Richards, Assistant Professor, Member Pinning Committee
Janette Turner, CLT, Member Pinning Committee

FULL TIME FACULTY – DEPARTMENT OF NURSING

Dr. Hazel Sanderson, Associate Professor, Chair
Dr. Tonia Grant, Assistant Professor, Deputy Chair

Dr. Janice Bloomfield Alves, Assistant Professor
Nicole Clark, Assistant Professor

Dr. Shirley Daniels, Assistant Professor
Kelynne Edmond, Assistant Professor
Michelle Gardner, Assistant Professor
Dr. Jean Gumbs, Associate Professor

Gale Harrison, Assistant Professor
Karen Holton, Assistant Professor
Mabel Korie, Assistant Professor
Dr. Georgia McDuffie, Professor
Enest Richards, Assistant Professor
Cynthia Sterling-Fox, Assistant Professor

ADJUNCT NURSING FACULTY

Femi Abioye, Heather Allen, Holdine Berlanger, Josette Brioche,
Marina Cecere, Andrea Daley-Augustin, Sybilla Daniel-Douglas,
Mary Rose Epaphras, Taryn Freeman, Theresa Germain, Noreen George,
Princess Gordon, Marie Hyppolite-Etienne, Maria Jensen, Catherine Lashley,
Judith Lewis, Marlene Lofters-Dinham, Sophia Mason, Dr. Ted Mercene,
Ludie Mills, Dr. Yvonne Nathan, Helen Okorie, Marilou Quismundo, Anneesia

Reece-Fraser, Marla Reid, Mellisa Roberts, Wylene Samad,
Cecilia Scharschmidt, Melvina Semper, Lorna Shaw-Irving, Petsy Smith,

Doris Stewart-Hibbert, Carol Walkin, Jean Wells, Marsha Williams

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SPECIAL THANKS

Nursing Student Volunteers
Department of Nursing Staff
Mrs. Dulcie McPhatter-Clayton

Mr. Kirt Robinson
Staff of the Academic Advising Center

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