2020 Recognition ceremony

IUSON BL graduates 2nd cohort of Pre-Licensure 2nd Degree Accelerated BSN Track students

Mortarboards against the sky after having been tossed

This December, we graduated the second cohort from our Pre-licensure Second-Degree Accelerated Track of the BSN Program. Because of restrictions on gatherings due to COVID-19, we hosted our second virtual graduation ceremony for our seniors (our first virtual graduation, for our traditional BSN graduates, was held last May).

This time, however, we did something a little different. Our December 2020 Recognition Ceremony was a hybrid ceremony that featured a live component via Zoom that took place on Saturday, December 19th, and a video component – complete with graduates’ baby pictures and favorite memories from our seniors – that was more of a video yearbook than our ceremony in May.

Highlights of our live Zoom component included opening remarks by Associate Dean Mary Lynn Davis-Ajami and a keynote address by Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Marsha Hughes-Gay, who was chosen by our seniors to give the address. Clinical Assistant Professor Erin Wyatt called the roll of names for our graduating seniors. The ceremony concluded with Dr. Davis-Ajami leading our new graduates in reciting the IU School of Nursing pledge.

Please join us now in saluting the 21 women and men who graduated from our BSN program on that December day, then check out out the video yearbook celebrating their achievements!

December Class of 2020

Pre-Licensure 2nd Degree Accelerated BSN Track graduates

Sandeep Bains, Indianapolis, IN; Mykayla Brown, Indianapolis, IN; Celeste Carver (with Highest Distinction), Bloomington, IN; Alexandria Cifuentes, Bloomington, IN; Daunyai Cox, Indianapolis, IN; Lucas Elliott, Bloomington, IN; Lindsay Greenawald-Morehead, Bloomington, IN; Jessica Gutierrez, Lafayette, IN; Jordan Hardesty, Bloomington, IN; Brandi Heath, Greenwood, IN; Renata Hendrickson, Bloomington, IN; Megan Holmes, Fishers, IN; Annmarie Martinez, East Chicago, IN; Erin Perry, Indianapolis, IN; Kerri Reese, Bloomington, IN; Daniel Schoenfield, West Baden Springs, IN; Victoria Slagle, South Bend, IN; Courtney Thomas (with Highest Distinction), Portland, IN

RN to BSN Online Degree Completion Option graduates

Heather Stockert, RN, Columbia City, IN; Vesselina Dimitrova Taylor, RN, Fishers, IN; Morgan Willman, RNBloomington, IN

Congratulations, Class of December 2020 -- We wish you all the best!

The Class of December 2020 at our live virtual graduation ceremony