Winter 2024 Nursing Pinning Ceremony

Thursday, December 19, 2024 | 6 PM
Memorial Union Ballroom, Grand Forks, ND

Program

Processional

Reading of the UND Land Acknowledgement Statement

Chantel Vazquez, BSN, RN, RAIN Nurse Mentor

Master of Ceremonies

Robyn Bancroft, MBA, Director, Office of Student Services

Welcome

Maridee Shogren, DNP, CNM, CLC, Dean, College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines

Keynote Address

Jezarae LaRocque, BSN, RN, CCRN
UND Nursing Graduate, December 2015
Aerocare Flight Nurse

Presentation of the Pins

Maridee Shogren
Pinning Announcer Sydney Spessard, NSC President, Semester 3 Nursing Student

Closing Remarks

Stephanie Christian, PhD, RN, Clinical Associate Professor, Undergraduate Nursing Chair

The History of the Pin

The first nursing class graduated from the “Division of Nursing” at UND in 1951. A core group of seven of the nine graduates designed the College of Nursing pin.

The pin is gold with a green Maltese Cross. Green was selected to correspond with the university colors of green and white. The cross was the badge of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, a religious order, whose primary work was care of the sick.

The group moved to Malta in the late 1500s where they were commonly known as the Knights of Malta. Their badge was known as the Maltese Cross, which now symbolizes nursing, health, and caring, a fitting symbol for the graduates of the Department of Nursing to wear. The Maltese Cross was originally surrounded by the words “School of Nursing.”

Changes to the pin through UND’s history

In the summer of 1959, the words on the pin were changed to “College of Nursing” when the Division of Nursing was designated a College.

In November of 2012, the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education approved a name change from the College of Nursing to the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines. This was done in order to recognize Social Work and Nutrition & Dietetics as departments belonging to the College.

In the spring of 2014, the words on the Maltese Cross were changed to UND Nursing to recognize Nursing as a department within the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Graduates

Aylissa Adamson
Emma Alexander
Shawna Anderson
Emmaline Benson
Aubre Bergum
Macyn Bloom
Caleb Bonness
Jaycee Bonness
Paige Brandner
Emily Burgess
Ella Eggers
Maggie Eng
Aniston Eslinger
Caden Franks
Tanner Gourde
Abigail Greenberg
Madeline Harris
Katelyn Hawkins
Gena Hellerstedt
Caleb Hupp
Meagan Jentzsch
Natalie Johnson
Shaylin Kangas
Megan Knieling
Mikayla Leach
Katelyn Longerbone
Holden Miller
Sidney Moen
Lindsey Nelson
Solange Nezeza
Laken Novak
McKenna O’Brien
Brynna Olson
Joseph Parsons
Kipton Pintok
Blake Polejewski
Anika Rietschel
Amanda Saxerud
Jessica Schmid
Chloe Solvik
Kathryn Stenberg
Alexis Thomas
Mason Urlacher
Emma Vandekieft
Paige Wickum
Anika Wilhelmi