During the College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) nursing recognition ceremony Jan. 17, as part of the college’s 20th Winter Commencement, 38 associate degree nursing candidates received their nursing pins.
CSM’s nursing pin, described as a medal of honor and badge of courage by CSM Nursing Professor Annette Ragland, was custom designed in 2001 by the nursing faculty and students to reflect CSM.
Ragland went on to tell the audience how the modern pinning ceremony dates to the 1860s, when Florence Nightingale was awarded the Red Cross of St. George in recognition for her tireless service to the injured during the Crimean War. According to Healthcare Marketplace, “to share the honor, [Nightingale] in turn presented a medal of excellence to her brightest graduates and by 1916, the practice of pinning new graduates was standard throughout the U.S.”
Guest speaker and retired CSM Nursing Professor Janice Bonham spoke emotionally and fondly of her time at CSM and welcomed her “fellow nurses” to their profession.
“Soon you will say, ‘I am a registered nurse.’” Bonham said. “Five little words that mean so much.”
Kitomila Turner provides the reflections of her fellow nursing students during CSM’s nursing recognition ceremony Jan. 17.
Representing the nursing class as student speaker, Kitomila Turner recalled the hours, days, weeks and months of studying, testing, failing and succeeding. But she received thunderous laughs and applause when she reminded her fellow classmates that the most important lesson they all learned over the last two years was, “Wash Your Hands!”
“When anyone asks me where I went to school,” she boasted, “I will proudly say, ‘the College of Southern Maryland.’”
Rachel Turner, 21, of Waldorf, was awarded the CSM Health Sciences Division Achievement in Nursing Award, presented to the graduate who demonstrates academic achievement, clinical competence, community service and leadership potential. The day was especially sweet for Turner, who learned two days before ceremony that she would begin her career Feb. 25 as a registered nurse at Washington Hospital Center in the stroke unit.
Marilaan van der Merwe, 25, of Leonardtown, was awarded the CSM Health Sciences Division Academic Achievement, given to the graduate with the highest grade point average in the class. van der Merwe – a South African citizen who came to the United States in 2012 as an au pair – entered CSM’s Nursing Program in spring 2017. During the evenings’ cap and gown ceremony, van der Merwe walked across the stage at the top of her class with the words “Not All Angels Have Wings – Some Have Stethoscopes” embossed on her graduation cap.
The following are the names of the CSM students who graduated with associate degrees in nursing Jan. 17.
Nursing graduates from Calvert County in the front row from left are Lauren Belskie, Elizabeth Duncan, Angie Haddock, Savannah Keifline and Kaitlyn Lane. In the back row from left are Lisa Malecki, Lindsay McKenzie, Kimberleigh Nicholas, Jenna Ware and Karlee Young. Not pictured is Kathryn Oresik.
Calvert County
Lauren Belskie
Elizabeth Duncan
Angie Haddock
Savannah Keifline
Kaitlyn Lane
Lisa Malecki
Lindsay McKenzie
Kimberleigh Nicholas
Kathryn Oresik
Jenna Ware
Nursing graduates from Charles County in the first row from left are Lindsey Bowersox, Jade Boyer, Chanda McIver, Amanda Hill and Molly Harman. In the back row from left are Taylor Namm, Claudia Reber, Jacqueline Taylor, Kitomila Turner and Rachel Turner. Not pictured is Lisa Dzialoski.
Karlee Young
Charles County
Lindsey Bowersox
Jade Boyer
Lisa Dzialoski
Chanda McIver
Amanda Hill
Molly Harman
Taylor Namm
Claudia Reber
Jacqueline Taylor
Kitomila Turner
Rachel Turner
St. Mary’s County
Jacqueline Austin
Lenita Balsbough
Jocelyn Carter
Dara DeCola
Allison Deese
Patrick Allen, of Prince William County joins St. Mary’s County graduates who, after him in the front row from left are Jacqueline Austin, Lenita Balsbough, Jocelyn Carter, Dara DeCola, Allison Deese, Stephen Dickinson and Jennifer Nagy. St. Mary’s County graduates in the back row from left are Frances O’Hara, Stephanie Pankiewicz, Rebecca Schramm, Zachary Teston, Ashley Thompson, Marilaan Van Der Merwe, Katrina Wagaman and Meghan Williams.
Stephen Dickinson
Jennifer Nagy
Frances O’Hara
Stephanie Pankiewicz
Rebecca Schramm
Zachary Teston
Ashley Thompson
Marilaan Van Der Merwe
Katrina Wagaman
Meghan Williams
Prince William County
Patrick Allen
To view photographs of CSM’s Nurse Pinning and Recognition Ceremony, visit https://csmphoto.zenfolio.com/19jannur.
[ This article originally appeared here ]
CSM’s nursing pin, described as a medal of honor and badge of courage by CSM Nursing Professor Annette Ragland, was custom designed in 2001 by the nursing faculty and students to reflect CSM.
Ragland went on to tell the audience how the modern pinning ceremony dates to the 1860s, when Florence Nightingale was awarded the Red Cross of St. George in recognition for her tireless service to the injured during the Crimean War. According to Healthcare Marketplace, “to share the honor, [Nightingale] in turn presented a medal of excellence to her brightest graduates and by 1916, the practice of pinning new graduates was standard throughout the U.S.”
Guest speaker and retired CSM Nursing Professor Janice Bonham spoke emotionally and fondly of her time at CSM and welcomed her “fellow nurses” to their profession.
“Soon you will say, ‘I am a registered nurse.’” Bonham said. “Five little words that mean so much.”
Kitomila Turner provides the reflections of her fellow nursing students during CSM’s nursing recognition ceremony Jan. 17.
Representing the nursing class as student speaker, Kitomila Turner recalled the hours, days, weeks and months of studying, testing, failing and succeeding. But she received thunderous laughs and applause when she reminded her fellow classmates that the most important lesson they all learned over the last two years was, “Wash Your Hands!”
“When anyone asks me where I went to school,” she boasted, “I will proudly say, ‘the College of Southern Maryland.’”
Rachel Turner, 21, of Waldorf, was awarded the CSM Health Sciences Division Achievement in Nursing Award, presented to the graduate who demonstrates academic achievement, clinical competence, community service and leadership potential. The day was especially sweet for Turner, who learned two days before ceremony that she would begin her career Feb. 25 as a registered nurse at Washington Hospital Center in the stroke unit.
Marilaan van der Merwe, 25, of Leonardtown, was awarded the CSM Health Sciences Division Academic Achievement, given to the graduate with the highest grade point average in the class. van der Merwe – a South African citizen who came to the United States in 2012 as an au pair – entered CSM’s Nursing Program in spring 2017. During the evenings’ cap and gown ceremony, van der Merwe walked across the stage at the top of her class with the words “Not All Angels Have Wings – Some Have Stethoscopes” embossed on her graduation cap.
The following are the names of the CSM students who graduated with associate degrees in nursing Jan. 17.
Nursing graduates from Calvert County in the front row from left are Lauren Belskie, Elizabeth Duncan, Angie Haddock, Savannah Keifline and Kaitlyn Lane. In the back row from left are Lisa Malecki, Lindsay McKenzie, Kimberleigh Nicholas, Jenna Ware and Karlee Young. Not pictured is Kathryn Oresik.
Calvert County
Lauren Belskie
Elizabeth Duncan
Angie Haddock
Savannah Keifline
Kaitlyn Lane
Lisa Malecki
Lindsay McKenzie
Kimberleigh Nicholas
Kathryn Oresik
Jenna Ware
Nursing graduates from Charles County in the first row from left are Lindsey Bowersox, Jade Boyer, Chanda McIver, Amanda Hill and Molly Harman. In the back row from left are Taylor Namm, Claudia Reber, Jacqueline Taylor, Kitomila Turner and Rachel Turner. Not pictured is Lisa Dzialoski.
Karlee Young
Charles County
Lindsey Bowersox
Jade Boyer
Lisa Dzialoski
Chanda McIver
Amanda Hill
Molly Harman
Taylor Namm
Claudia Reber
Jacqueline Taylor
Kitomila Turner
Rachel Turner
St. Mary’s County
Jacqueline Austin
Lenita Balsbough
Jocelyn Carter
Dara DeCola
Allison Deese
Patrick Allen, of Prince William County joins St. Mary’s County graduates who, after him in the front row from left are Jacqueline Austin, Lenita Balsbough, Jocelyn Carter, Dara DeCola, Allison Deese, Stephen Dickinson and Jennifer Nagy. St. Mary’s County graduates in the back row from left are Frances O’Hara, Stephanie Pankiewicz, Rebecca Schramm, Zachary Teston, Ashley Thompson, Marilaan Van Der Merwe, Katrina Wagaman and Meghan Williams.
Stephen Dickinson
Jennifer Nagy
Frances O’Hara
Stephanie Pankiewicz
Rebecca Schramm
Zachary Teston
Ashley Thompson
Marilaan Van Der Merwe
Katrina Wagaman
Meghan Williams
Prince William County
Patrick Allen
To view photographs of CSM’s Nurse Pinning and Recognition Ceremony, visit https://csmphoto.zenfolio.com/19jannur.
[ This article originally appeared here ]