Clearwater graduate earns top nursing award
Newman University recognized 27 candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at the annual Nurses’ Pinning ceremony held May 13, 2011 on the Newman campus.
The event is a tradition in the nursing discipline that dates back approximately 130 years in the United States. At Newman, Bernadette Fetterolf, Ph.D., director of the School of Nursing and Allied Health, places nursing pins on graduate candidates’ lapels as a symbol of their completion of the baccalaureate of science in nursing (BSN) program. The Newman pin is unique to the university, and was designed by the first graduating BSN class at what was then Kansas Newman College.
The ceremony concluded with the naming of the Distinguished BSN Graduate Award. The award is given to a graduating nursing student who has a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average and demonstrates an exceptional commitment to the nursing profession and involvement in the Newman and greater Wichita communities. The Spring 2011 award was bestowed upon Jenna McCulley of Clearwater, Kan.
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The BSN graduates for Spring and Summer 2011 are:
Wichita
Yvonne Acton
Chalese Araiza
Amy Borland
Ashley Britson*
Jessica Butler
Joseph Camp-Bell*
Barbara Cheek-Reeves*
Tina Dinh
Natalie Garcia
Serina Hertel*
Tiffany Iuen*
Esther Mwangi
Bethany Rathbun
Madlyne Roberts
Lauren Rorebeck
Margo Stuckert
Shanda Zimmerman
Clearwater
Jenna McCulley
Conway Springs
Megan Silvers
Hays
Andrea Braun*
Hutchinson
Ashlynn Zerger*
Inman
Candace Wright*
Mount Hope
Jason Robben
Ulysses
Resa Dowell
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Andrea Fluke
Shawnee, Okla.
Hadley Freeman*
Enumclaw, Wash.
Shannon Pahlow
* denotes Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society inductee
