CSI graduates 38 nursing students
Among those
receiving degrees are firefighters, teachers and retired cops
Staten Island Advance - January 12, 2005
The College of Staten Island celebrated the graduation of 38 nursing
students during its pinning ceremony yesterday in the Willowbrook
school's Center for the Arts.
Among the graduates were firefighters, retired police officers and
teachers.
"We have a lot of students for whom this is a second career," said
Professor Susan Coleman of the college's department of nursing. "Our
students have overcome much adversity to get to this place."
The ceremony's student speaker, Karen Acciarito-Slattery, earned a
perfect grade point average of 4.0 over the course of her studies.
After they were pinned, the graduates took part in a lamp ceremony
and recited the international pledge of nursing -- a rite of passage
that dates back to the 1890s.
Receiving their associate degrees in nursing were:
Karen Acciarito-Slattery, Genevieve Adjei-Sakyi, Joyce Agunda,
Patricia M. Altschuler, Michele Andriano, Lisa Marie Bilella, Kate
Broman, Raymond (Ray Ray) Capecci, Donna Carrelli, Susan Chako,
Katarzyna Charubin, Paul Clancy, Teron Daly, Desiree Diaz, Steven
DiDonato, Josephine Ferraro, Victoria Feldman, Nicole Lorraine Glaz,
Patricia Goff, Kevin Heidel, Maryna Kofman, Margaret T. Larsianna,
Steven Love, Yewande Makanjuola, Kimberly Matias-Neenan, Olga
Motorina, Diana Mullady, Mary Jane Olsen, Fola Olubunmi, Enitan A.
Orederu, Maryann Rebracca, April Katheleen Romano, Cher M.
Saccomagno, Erin Steenwerth, Christopher J. Tighe, Sibyl Varghese,
Josie R. Vega and Gregg Watson.
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