Briar Cliff Hosts 2025 Nursing Pinning Ceremony

Briar Cliff University hosted the Nursing Pinning Ceremony on Friday, May 9, in the St. Francis Center. The ceremony is a way for Briar Cliff University to symbolically welcome our newly graduated nurses into the profession. In the ceremony, the new nurses are presented with a nursing pin or hood by the BCU Nursing Faculty or a loved one chosen by the graduate.The ceremony featured remarks from President Dr. Matthew Draud, as well as remarks from student speakers, including Olivia Corey, Tracy Witter, and Amber Franco.

Among the honored Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) graduate students at the ceremony were the following: 

• Family Nurse Practitioners: Samantha Carpenter; Amanda Erhard; Alicia Hanson; Rebecca Kallsen; Hannah Kelly; Ashley Konz; Blake Luy; Alex Peterson; Heather Santos; Erin Stoneking; Michele Stover; Amy Strim 

• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Yazmin Leon; Stephanie Van Ruler; Jaclyn Woehl 

• Post Master’s APRN Certificate Family Nurse Practitioner: Amber Franco 

• Post Master’s APRN Certificate Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Ann Mojeiko; Sandra Scholten; Stacy Stoterau; Wendy Street 

• Doctor of Nursing Practice Candidates: Stella Essien; Theresia Tabe 

Among honored Bachelor of Science in Nursing undergraduate students include: 

• Baccalaureate Candidates: Vicki Allyn, RN; Blanca Argueta, RN; Meagan Barnhart, RN; Lillian Broeg, RN; Benjamin Burbach, RN; Olivia Corey; Sherylyn DeJager, RN; Jessica Ernst, RN; Maddy Gansen, RN; Lizbeth Garcia Ramirez; Paige Gergen; Zoey Gwin; Victoria Johnson, RN; Whitney LaCroix, RN; Jordan Mendoza, RN; Alyssa Norton, RN; Maureen Nyandera Green, RN; Mieyah Perez; Angela Phillips-McClure, RN; Katelyn Renger, RN; Luz Reyes Gonzalez, RN; Miles Scott, RN; Joshua Smith, RN; Stefenie Smith, RN; Shiferaw Tessema, RN; Beau Todd, RN; Kalla Wilson, RN; Tracy Witter, RN; Micheala Wright.