The 11:00 AM ceremony is for the following academic programs:

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Nursing and Health Care Leadership

Nursing Informatics

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

The 2:00 PM ceremony is for the following academic programs:

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse PractitionerEm

Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Family Nurse Practitioner

Women’s Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner 

RSVP and Ticketing

• Please RSVP even if you are not attending; if you are not attending, we can release your tickets to the waitlist.
• Each graduate is allotted 6 tickets. These will be electronic tickets and we will need an email address for each ticket. Please enter this information on the RSVP form.
• Graduates do not need tickets, nor do children who will sit on laps.
  We do not anticipate all tickets being used; there is an option on the RSVP form to sign up for the waitlist to receive additional tickets.
   

Ceremony Logistics

• Pinning will take place in the Langford Auditorium 
• Graduates should plan to arrive by 10:30 a.m. for the morning ceremony and 1:30 p.m. for the afternoon ceremony
• When you check-in, you will be given a seat number; you will be seated alphabetically within your specialty as this is the order you will be called up on stage
• You will be pinned or handed your Post-Master’s Certificate by your program director
• The ceremony is expected to last approximately one hour

Attire for Graduates

• The Pinning ceremony is not a graduation ceremony. Students do not wear academic regalia or honor cords.
• We recommend business attire for graduates