Commencement

2022 Commencement

Monday, May 16, 2022
3:00 p.m.
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center
300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia

Additional information about our in-person commencement ceremony will be posted here as it becomes available, so please check back often.

Livestream:

Watch the livestream of the 2022 Commencement here!

 

Please read the latest message to the Penn Community regarding Commencement ceremonies and celebrations.

Tickets are required and graduating students should refer to the email they received from the Office of Academic Affairs on how to request them.

Program

Processional 

Faculty and Graduates
(Music by Timberdale Brass and Bagpipes FAO)

Faculty Marshal

JieDeng, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN
Chair, Nursing Faculty Senate

Student Marshals

BSN: Cynthia Connolly, PhD, RN
MSN: Kerry Shields, MSN, RN, PCCNP
DNP: Amy M. Sawyer PhD, RN
PhD: J. Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN, FAAN

Master of Ceremonies

JieDeng, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN
Chair, Nursing Faculty Senate

Welcoming Remarks

Antonia M.Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing

Introduction of Speaker 

Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN

Graduation Address

Sheila P. Burke, MPA, BSN, FAAN
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Harvard Kennedy School

Presentation of Student Awards (University and School Awards)

 Jie Deng, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN

BSN Student Address

Delaney Wilkinson, Nu’22

Presentation of BSN Candidates for Degrees

Bachelor of Science in Nursing:
Julie Sochalski, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Programs

Pinning of BSN Students:
Loretta Sernekos, PhD, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNE
Dalmacio Dennis Flores, PhD, ACRN

MSN Student Address

Taylor Marie Anzidei, Gnu’22

Presentation of MSN Candidates for Degrees

Master of Science in Nursing:
Julie Sochalski, PhD, RN, FAAN

Doctoral Student Address

Yeji Hwang, GR’21

Presentation and Hooding of DNP Candidates for Degrees

Doctor of Nursing Practice:
Susan M. Renz, PhD, DNP, RN, GNP-BC
Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice & Primary Care Programs

Presentation and Hooding of PhD Candidates for Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy:
J.Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN,FAAN
Chair, Graduate Group in Nursing

Presentation of Alumni Certificates

Maya N. Clark-Cutaia, Nu’o3, GNu’o6, PhD,ACNP-BC, RN
President-Penn Nursing Alumni Board

Congratulations of Graduates 

Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN

Closing Remarks

Jie Deng, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN

“The Red and the Blue”

Faculty, Graduates, and Guests

Bianca Altamirano, Damaris Chaidez, Barbara Chrem, Rosemarie Hernandez, Nu’22 and Key Nguyen, GNu ’22

Recessional

Faculty, Graduates, and Guests
(Music by Timberdale Brass and Bagpipes FAO)

 

News

Congratulations to the Class of 2022!

Penn Nursing’s 2022 commencement is in the history books. It was the first in-person graduation held in two years! The graduates, their families, friends, and the Penn Nursing community, gathered at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on May 16, 2022. We celebrated their achievements, their studies, their work, their honors, and we welcomed them among the ranks of the Penn Nursing Alumni.

Burke to be 2022 Penn Nursing Commencement Speaker

Sheila P. Burke, MPA, BSN, FAAN, an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will serve as the 2022 Penn Nursing commencement speaker. The May 16, 2022 event at 3:00 PM EST will be the first in-person commencement the School has held in two years.