On Saturday, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania celebrated 104 graduating nursing students with a nursing pinning ceremony in Haas Center for the Arts on campus.
Nursing students receive their pin through a "pinning ceremony" which is a way to celebrate their accomplishments as well as a way to look forward to their future as professional nurses.
The first nursing pin or 'badge' in the United States was presented to the class of 1880. This badge was created by the first Nightingale School of Nursing at Bellevue Hospital. It symbolized vigilance, mercy, and relief of suffering. The distinctive nursing pin of BU was designed by the students of the class of 1979, the first graduates of the nursing program.
Out of the 104 graduates, 7 were from Schuylkill County:
The first nursing pin or 'badge' in the United States was presented to the class of 1880. This badge was created by the first Nightingale School of Nursing at Bellevue Hospital. It symbolized vigilance, mercy, and relief of suffering. The distinctive nursing pin of BU was designed by the students of the class of 1979, the first graduates of the nursing program.
Out of the 104 graduates, 7 were from Schuylkill County:
- Brooke Balkiewicz of Ringtown
- Payton Bernardyn o f Gilberton
- Calogero Carestia of Schuylkill Haven
- Erin Cleary of Saint Clair
- Trinity George of Auburn
- Kayla Schmerfeld of Barnesville
- Maria Womer of Pottsville