Celebrating Our Nurse Graduates: Ready for the Frontline

Friday | December 19, 2025 | 2 - 5 p.m.  | T.Plaza

The Pinning Ceremony is a time-honored nursing tradition. The nursing pin symbolizes the completion of nursing educational requirements, allowing the graduate to sit for the national licensure exam and transition to the practice of nursing.

Every May and December, we gather to celebrate the accomplishments of our Associate of Science in Nursing Degree graduates. The event commences with a welcome and opening remarks from the program director and the college president, followed by inspirational remarks from selected students and a community nurse speaker, after which the nurse graduates receive their pins.

At Minneapolis College, a school nursing pin is presented to each graduate by someone significant to their journey. Once the graduates are pinned, they recite a rendition of the Nightingale Pledge alongside their program instructors. The event concludes with a reception hour for further celebration with family and friends.