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.
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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

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.

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.