Master’s Entry Program in Nursing Pinning
UC Davis nursing students mark end of graduate program with pinning ceremony
The Master’s Entry Program in Nursing Class of 2021 marked the completion of the 18-month program with a traditional pinning ceremony.
Students from the Master’s Entry Program in Nursing at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis celebrate the end of their formal education and symbolic entry into the nursing profession at a pinning ceremony Dec. 9. The students from the Master’s Entry Program in Nursing Class of 2021 now prepare to take the national licensing examination to become registered nurses.
Master’s Entry Program in Nursing Pinning Program
4 p.m. | Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021
Welcome and introductions
Stephen J. Cavanagh
Dignity Health Dean’s Chair for Nursing Leadership, Dean and Professor
Keynote speaker
Shana L. Ruggenberg
Master’s Entry Program in Nursing Director and Associate Clinical Professor
Alumni speaker
Jenna Ricks
Class of 2019
History of the pinning
Jessica Draughon Moret
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Presentation of pins to the Class of 2021
Susan Adams
Associate Clinical Professor
Piri Ackerman-Barger
Associate Dean for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Clinical Professor
Reciting of the pledge
Jessica Draughon Moret
