Edison Community College...
Nursing Grads Honored With Pinning Ceremony  
January  11, 2012 

Edison Community College honored 38 graduates from its nursing program Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Piqua Campus with a pinning ceremony that marks the initial journey into nursing. 

The pinning ceremony is a time-honored tradition in which the graduate nurse is presented to family and friends as a professional who is about to practice nursing and the graduate is usually “pinned” by the faculty members who have worked with the students throughout their course of study. Each school has a unique pin, which serves as a symbol of the successful completion of a rigorous curriculum, which prepares its graduates to administer to the sick and injured and promote health through the practice of nursing. 

More than 250 attendees were on hand for the ceremony. Each graduate had the opportunity to submit a word of thanks to those who have made the end of this portion of their education possible, which was read as they received their pin from an Edison nursing faculty member. 

“As you can imagine this is touching ceremony for the graduates, their family and friends and our nursing faculty,” said Gwen Stevenson, Dean of Public Health and Service. “Our ceremony went off without a hitch and was a wonderful experience because of everyone at Edison who supported us.”