Commencement

  • Three women in graduation robes holding their diplomas.

    VUSN graduates 449 students at 2024 commencement ceremony

    Founders Medalist Teresa Cagle, who graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice, stands with Vanderbilt School of Nursing Dean Pam Jeffries. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 9, followed by Investiture on Friday,… Read More

    May. 13, 2024

  • 6 graduates in caps and gowns hold their diplomas

    School of Nursing graduates 433 in Investiture ceremony

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday night, followed by Commencement and Investiture Friday. Students completing their programs in August and December 2022 and May 2023 were honored.  Read More

    May. 15, 2023

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    School of Nursing graduates celebrated for resilience and accomplishment

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated Commencement and Investiture Friday for those graduating in summer and fall 2021 and spring 2022. In total, 385 Master of Science in Nursing and 62 Doctor of Nursing Practice students graduated. An additional eight PhD in Nursing Science students received their degrees from Vanderbilt Graduate School. Read More

    May. 17, 2022

  • Dean Pam Jeffries in academic regalia shakes hand of Founder's Medalist Tip Tilton, who is also in regalia

    Nurse Informaticist Tip Tilton named Nursing Founder's Medalist

    Master of Science in Nursing graduate Tip Tilton was selected as the School of Nursing's Founder's Medalist for the Class of 2022. The mother of two maintained a 4.0 cumulative GPA at Vanderbilt while earning her MSN in Nursing Informatics and working more than 40 hours a week as an RN quality improvement coordinator for John Muir Medical Center. She is now a clinical nurse informaticist at the Center for Digital Health Innovation at University of California, San Francisco. Read More

    May. 13, 2022

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    Class of 2022: Military nurse and master’s student Stacey Rokas turns to Vanderbilt while on front lines of COVID pandemic

    When military nurse Stacey Rokas filled out her application to Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, she was embedded with the U.S. Marines on a training exercise with an international joint force in South Korea. She was the officer in charge of medical care. Read More

    May. 12, 2022

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    2021 Founder’s Medalist has global reach

    Founders Medalist Teresa Cagle, who graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice, stands with Vanderbilt School of Nursing Dean Pam Jeffries. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 9, followed by Investiture on Friday,… Read More

    May. 26, 2021

  • Dressed in academic regalia, faculty emeriti Susie Adams and Melanie Lutenbacher process into Commencement 2021

    Vanderbilt University confers emerita status on five School of Nursing faculty; Dean Norman named dean emerita

    Founders Medalist Teresa Cagle, who graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice, stands with Vanderbilt School of Nursing Dean Pam Jeffries. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 9, followed by Investiture on Friday,… Read More

    May. 20, 2021

  • MSN graduates and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NPs Michael Booth, Austin Rockenhaus and Ashley Arlington.

    Dean urges Class of 2021 to work for health equity and autonomy

    Founders Medalist Teresa Cagle, who graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice, stands with Vanderbilt School of Nursing Dean Pam Jeffries. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 9, followed by Investiture on Friday,… Read More

    May. 17, 2021

  • Vanderbilt Nursing faculty in academic regalia walk in procession behind the VUSN school banner

    Class of 2020 called “the hope of nursing” during Investiture celebration

    Founders Medalist Teresa Cagle, who graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice, stands with Vanderbilt School of Nursing Dean Pam Jeffries. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 9, followed by Investiture on Friday,… Read More

    May. 7, 2021

  • Exterior of the VUSN building with an apricot banner & #VU2020

    Vanderbilt Nursing graduates told “the world needs you more than ever”

    Founders Medalist Teresa Cagle, who graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice, stands with Vanderbilt School of Nursing Dean Pam Jeffries. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing celebrated graduating students and their entry into the nursing profession with a pinning ceremony and reception Thursday, May 9, followed by Investiture on Friday,… Read More

    May. 14, 2020