Congratulations to the 2019 graduates of the second-degree nursing program at Wagner College’s Evelyn L. Spiro School of Nursing — not second-class nurses, mind you!, but graduates from a 17-month program for those who had already earned a baccalaureate degree in another field and chose to pursue a second bachelor’s degree in nursing. The pinning ceremony for those 75 new nurses was held on Thursday, Dec. 12 in the Main Hall auditorium at Wagner College.
Thanks to graduating student Janine Garcia for her talk on the meaning of the nursing pin, and to Benjamin Torres for his address on behalf of the graduating class.
And congratulations to this year's winner of the R.J. Tillman Award, Richard Spagnola.
Those earning their bachelor of science degree in nursing were Adara Abrahamsen, Amber Nicole Ambrose, Kathleen Ambrosio, Elizabeth S. Berman, Lindsay M. Boccia, Edward L. Brancale, Jacqueline Burzo, Tori Marie Casale, Silvina Subhas Chandraboase, Michelle I. Conrad, Xiomara Elisabeth Contreras, Laura Correa, Alexandria T. D’Acunto, James P. DeCesare, Jennifer Michelle DeLuca, Fabernia Elien, Sarah E. Flores, Gina Fontanarosa, Janine Nicole Garcia, Mimoza Gashi, Victoria Gennari, Christine Gong, BriAnna R. Gugliotta, Roshani Crystal Gunawardena, Alejandra J. Hernandez, Elizabeth R. Higgins, Deanna M. Holzwanger, Idalia Huaman Lenes, Alicia Y. Huerta, Jamil Jefferson, Jessica P. John, Anna Katsnelson, Nazreen Khan, Fiqirie Klobucista, Michelle Lam, Gabrielle Sally Langella, Brandon C. Li, Mary H. Locombo, Alexis Manning, Danielle N. Martinos, Leilani Milagros Melenciano, Bekim B. Mersimoski, Kristina Moiseenko, Shannon Mooney, Christopher Morales, Jillian O’Hara, Dorothy O’Neill, Vincenza Pantorno, Victoria R. Pigott, Christina M. Politis, Joy R. Pollak, Danielle M. Punzina, Michael Riley, Candice Rodriguez, Ashley Rosa, Rachel Rossano, Alexandra N. Samadi, Jessica Sicklick, Olivia Siller, Crystal S. Skervin, Richard W. Spagnola, Abigail B. Sparber, Genevieve Spinner, Gabrielle Kara Sullivan, Jennifer Ashley Terranova, Christina Thompson, Benjamin Joseph Torres, Idia Osarumen Uzamere, Jodelle Varughese, Kathryn Whelehan, Jessica S. Wishart, Simon Wong, Vivian Wu, Hayward Alden Santos Yatco and Avital Zion.
