May 25, 2016
Berkshire Community College (BCC) held the 47th Pinning Ceremony of the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) Program on Tues., May 24 in the College’s Robert Boland Theatre in the Koussevitzky Arts Center.
Yvette Losaw, staff nurse at Berkshire Medical Center addressed the students.
The ceremony is a time-honored nursing school tradition, dating back to before the turn of the twentieth century. Traditionally, nursing students have conducted an Honors or Pinning Ceremony to mark the passage of student nurse role to practice role. It is an emotional event that is shared with family, friends, faculty and others important to the students’ education.
The ceremony, sponsored by BCC’s Student Nurse Organization, honored the following students who will graduate on June 3.
MASSACHUSETTS
Adams: Gina Kemper
Ashfield: Karen Doyle
Cheshire: Haley Maloy, Amy Tracy, Laura Warner
Chicopee: Renata Borkowski
Dalton: Abiah Casey-Williams, Scott Yenolevich
Great Barrington: Kornelia Krzyzanowska, Krobkul Seesangrit
Hinsdale: Stephanie Beauchaine
Housatonic: Teresa Reynolds
Lanesboro: Tanya Panetti
North Adams: Lannie Ellis, McKenzie Hebert, Kalie Phillips
Otis: Cynthia Paterson
Pittsfield: Joseph Appiah, Tyra Beverly, Evelyn Cobbold, Robert Erardy, Michaela Farr, Lindsey Fiero, Sarah Garson, Danielle Goulet, Emily Hayes, Samantha Langdon, Anisa Spagnuolo, Sven Swenson
Williamstown: Meghan O’Grady
CONNECTICUT
Lakeville: Amanda Stevens
Torrington: Tenzin Yangzom
NEW YORK
New Lebanon: Beth Smith