Briar Cliff University Media Announcement

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Department of Nursing recently honored students during the 21^stAnnual Commitment to Professional Nursing and Pinning Ceremony in the Chapel of Our Lady of Grace on campus. At the ceremony, Kelly A. Hancock, MSN, ARNP-BC, delivered the keynote address titled “Nursing is a Journey.” Last year, Hancock received a Master’s of Science in Nursing from Briar Cliff and was named “Outstanding Nursing Graduate Student” at BCU.

During the ceremony, 26 sophomores received Certificates of Commitment and 20 seniors were awarded nursing pins. BCU sophomores honored at the ceremony for their commitment to professional nursing were: Amber J. Arens, Le Mars, Iowa; Courtney Becker, Creighton, Neb.; Mallory Buck, Murdock, Neb.; Caitlin Bunkers, Dell Rapids, S.D.; Megan Cimpl, Dante, S.D.; Brad Cook, Omaha, Neb.; Lynn Geelan, Ruthven, Iowa; Roxana Gomez, Sioux City; Brittany N. Hausman, Onawa, Iowa; Kory Henshaw, LPN, Sioux City; Heather Herrig, Albert City, Iowa; Katie L. Hunt, Granville, Iowa; Jennifer Kirschbaum, Spirit Lake, Iowa; Melissa Konken, Sioux City; Anayeli Magaña-Méndez, Sioux City; Megan Monroe, Sioux City; Melanie Myers, Algona, Iowa; Lisa Oberhauser, Lindsay, Neb.; Kaitlin Peterson, Bronson, Iowa; Rachel Robinson, Omaha, Neb.; Camilla A. Santana, LPN, Sioux City; Amber Skoglund, Norfolk, Neb.; Judith Stanton, Laurel, Neb.; Jacob Trierweiler, Hinton, Iowa; and Hana Verhoeven, Cottage Grove, Minn.

There were 20 graduating seniors who also were honored at the ceremony: Jami C. Bailey, RN, Sutherland, Iowa; Martin J. Bergstrom, RN, Mallard, Iowa; Erich Braun, Cherokee, Iowa; Amy Bruning, Mapleton, Iowa; Michaela Carew, Fargo, N.D.; Alicia Everton, Sioux City; Breanna M. Garcia, Burlington, Iowa; Sharon L. Gast, RN, Dakota Dunes, S.D.; Veronica Haug, Aberdeen, S.D.; Everard Irish, Sioux City; Sheryl A. Jacobson, RN, Ottosen, Iowa; Susan K. Krause, RN, Homer, Neb.; Nicole M. Olhausen, RN, Sioux City; Regina Reilly, RN, Sioux City; Kathleen Rollins, RN, Le Mars, Iowa; Christina Schilling, Black Hawk, S.D.; Sarah M. Strohman, RN, Emmetsburg, Iowa; Rachelle Travis, Plattsmouth, Neb.; Kristen Vogel, Sioux City; and Contessa Windeshausen, RN, McCook Lake, S.D.

Enrollment at Briar Cliff University is over 1,100 students from 28 states. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care, compassion and openness to all. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.