Briar Cliff University Honors Nursing Students at 2026 Pinning Ceremony
May 8, 2026
Briar Cliff University hosted the Nursing Pinning Ceremony on Friday, May 8, 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.
Candidates for Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree
Karron Leigh Cohoon (Forest Lake, MN); Christopher Lee Jacobs (Sioux City, IA); Assumpta Ogbedeagu (Covington, GA); Krysta Lynn Prior (Yankton, SD)
Candidates for Master of Science in Nursing Degree
Jordan Lynn Bauer (Correctionville, IA); McKenzie Lynn Best (Sioux City, IA); Deynty Yudy Cruz (Sioux City, IA); Miranda C. Dingus (Sioux Falls, SD); Amber Emde (Omaha, NE); Nicole Lee Fisher (West Point, NE); Alexis Catherine Gatewood (Humboldt, IA); Paityn Karen Hagberg (Moville, IA); Tyler Hoogendoorn (Sioux City, IA); Stephanie Lynne Ienn (Sioux City, IA); Rachel Lynn Langel (Le Mars, IA); Clarissa Marie Leinbaugh (Spencer, IA); Catherine Elizabeth Leonard (Atlantic, IA); Heather Leah Martin (Storm Lake, IA); Kelsey Martinmaas (Sioux Falls, SD); Ashley Marie Mefferd (Clear Lake, IA); Abby P. Petersen (Moville, IA)
Candidates for Post Masters Certificate in Nursing
Sara Ann Baxter (Panora, IA)
Candidates for Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree
Johnny Michael Bauser (Lincoln, CA); Iwalani Pomaika’i Beltran (O’ahu, HI); Elyssa Kimberly Collins (Scribner, NE); Sydney Mckenna Ebel (Woodstock, Ontario), Cum Laude; Leanne Gaul (Hull, IA); Elizabeth Ann Greene (Omaha, NE); Jennifer Marie Guevara (Sioux City, IA), Summa Cum Laude; Anne Catherine Hamm (Estherville, IA), Summa Cum Laude; Mrs. Amy Lynn Johnson (Sioux City, IA), Summa Cum Laude; Makenna Kleinhesselink (Sheldon, IA), Cum Laude; Christy Lynn Lee (Tea, SD), Summa Cum Laude; Abby Ryann Matney (Ankeny, IA), Summa Cum Laude; Lindsay Metcalf (Spencer, IA); Shawn Patrick O’Hern (Sioux City, IA); Barbara J. Parker (Ringsted, IA), Magna Cum Laude; Brittni Necole Perry (Sioux City, IA), Summa Cum Laude; Noah Christopher Porter (Sioux City, IA), Summa Cum Laude; Brenna Rogers (Bronson, Iowa); Kerri Jean Ruby (Sioux City, IA); Victoria Rae Schneiders (Sioux City, IA); Kanoelani Kamakea Shadron (Clackamas, OR); Halle Marie Simons (Carroll, IA), Summa Cum Laude; Isabella Maegan Smith (Mendon, MI); Vivian Nicole Walker (Red Oak, IA), Summa Cum Laude; Sydney Grace Woods (Gretna, NE), Magna Cum Laude; Ella An Zierott (Murdock, NE)